Pitchers: Five Ways For You To Get More Out Of Your Fall Baseball Season

Fall baseball offers baseball players, especially pitchers, a unique opportunity to improve their skills. It’s also the time many college freshmen will get tested at the college level.

Here are five ways to get the most out of your fall season:

• Keep a good attitude—be a student of the game.
• Work on your fundamentals—strength, agility, endurance, and mastery of skills.
• Use additional game experiences to build leadership qualities—courage, poise, and confidence.
• Allocate bullpen time for developing another pitch.
• Above all, work on mastering control over your pitches!

If you struggled during the summer with too many walks, pitched behind in the count too often, didn’t throw enough first pitch strikes, or had a fear of throwing inside, then the fall is a great time to try some new pitching drills.

For example, to make your bullpen sessions more game-like practice hitting your spots in tough pitch-count situations like 3-0 with the bases loaded. Also, be sure your practice routines include a batter.

Better yet, make the Designated Hitter part of your fall baseball season. With the DH, you'll get instant feedback on the location and effectiveness of each pitch you throw, so you can work on fixing mistakes until pitch location becomes “second nature.”

Get the most out of this year’s fall season. Try and learn new things that can improve your pitching skills.