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Title: Art of Pitching by Tom Seaver ISBN: 0-688-13226-X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 31 March, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: SEAVER MIGHT BE THE BEST EVER
Comment: TOM EXPLAINS THE MOTION OF THE PITCHER EXCELENTLY.TOM SEAVER WITHOUT QUESTION HAD THE GREATEST WINDUP,PITCHING MOTION FOLLOW THROUGH IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME.HE SPECIFACLLY GOES OVER EACH PART TO ALLOW YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FOUNDATION IS AND TO ALLOW YOU TO DEVELOP THE IDEAL PITCHING MOTION TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL ON ALL YOUR PITCHES.HE COVERS ALL THE PITCHES AND THE ARM ANGLES AND CONDITIONING.IT IS WHAT ALLOWED HIM TO LAST 21 SEASONS AND FINISH HIS CAREER WITH A 2.86 ERA 3,600 K'S
311 WINS A HIGH WINNING PERCENTAGE AND VERY FEW WALKS.THE DROP AND DRIVE STYLE OF PITCHING IS THE BEST OR I SHOULD SAY THE ONLY PITCHING MOTION THAT SHOULD BE USED.IT ALLOWS THE WHOLE BODY TO BE USED FOR MAXIMUM VELOCITY AND EFFECTICENESS.SEAVER'S KNEE TOUCHED THE GROUND AND THE FRONT LEG MUST BEND TO ALLOW ALL YOUR VELOCITY TO GO TOWARD THE PLATE,RYANS ALMOST TOUCHED THE GROUND.DISCIPLES ARE CLEMENS,RYAN,KOUFAX,CONE.IF YOU FOLLOW ANY OTHER STYLE YOU WILL NOT LAST AS LONG.MY FRIEND TOSHI IS WRONG THIS MOTION ALLOWS YOU TO PITCH WITHOUT,INJURY RYAN,CLEMENS
CARLTON.HE INSINUTATION THAT THIS WILL CAUSE INJURY IS RIDICULOUS BECASUE ALL THE PITHCERS THAT HAVE USED IT HAVE LASTED THE LONGEST AND PITCHED THE MOST.CLEMENS(281 INNINGS 1987 MOST SINCE CARLTON)RYAN CARLTON(LAST PITCHER TO THROUGH 300INNINGS 1980) BOTH PITCHED OVER FIFTEEN STRAIGHT YEARS OR LONGER WITHOUT EVER GOING ON THE DISABLED LIST.HE QUOTES TOM HOUSE BUT WHAT HAS HOUSE EVER DONE IN THE BIG LEAGUES,HIS BIG THING IS THAT HE WORKED WITH NOLAN;WELL NOLAN IS A DROP AND DRIVE PITCHER DUH!!!TOSHI ALSO TALKS ABOUT WHERE THE GLOVE HAND SHOULD BE AND SEAVER HAS IT CORRECT RIGHT ON THE LEFT KNEE.SEAVER CREDENTIALS ARE IMPECABLE AND HE USED THESE MOTIONS HIMSELF SUCCED NUFF SAID
Rating: 3
Summary: The last chapter is the star here
Comment: Seaver gives a training program for an aspiring or experienced pitcher from A to Z.
The best parts of this book are the beginning and the end: He describes workouts at the beginning of the book, some of which I have used, but even better is his "join me" chapter at the end of the book. In this chapter, he takes the reader with him in a game against the Cards, shows how he pitched, complete with a chart, and shares with us his thought processes during the game. This last chapter was worth a star by itself.
However, there is one critical fatal flaw in the book: He did not describe what makes a pitch move (ball rotation and rotational direction).
I am a softball pitcher, and these chapters helped me as well.
Rating: 2
Summary: Good for its time but now sadly dated
Comment: Just because someone is a great pitcher does not necessarily make them a good coach. What many athletes say they are doing and what they in fact intuitively do are often quite different. Similarly what the eye thinks it is seeing and what pitchers actually do are also quite different. The ideas in this book have been largely refuted by newer scientific research using computer analysis and high speed video playback analysis. I am amazed that a book could still be in publication that continues to advocate the "dip and drive" hypothesis, and the idea that the glove arm should drive down. If followed literally this is the sort of misguided information with which coaches can ruin a good pitching talent, or even cause serious injury.
The book was good for its time but is now superceeded by more scientifically based ideas such as those advocated by Tom House.
The only interesting aspects of the book are those related to how to throw the curveball and change-up pitches. However the didactic lecture about the first and second most important pitches being the fastball was pendantic to a fault.
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Title: Science of Hitting by Ted Williams, John Underwood ISBN: 0671621033 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 29 April, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: NOLAN RYAN'S PITCHER'S BIBLE : THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO POWER, PRECISION, AND LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE by Tom House, Jim Rosenthal, Nolan Ryan ISBN: 0671705814 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 15 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: 101 Pitching Drills by Bob Bennett ISBN: 1585182249 Publisher: Coaches Choice Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Physics of Baseball (3rd Edition) by Robert K. Adair ISBN: 0060084367 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Pitch Like a Pro : A guide for Young Pitchers and their Coaches, Little League through High School by Jim Rosenthal, Leo Mazzone ISBN: 0312199465 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 15 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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