It felt nice, but I need the proper warmup. The pregame jogging, stretching and long toss. Arm strength has never been one of my assets. Some people just have the ability to just rear back and that ball comes zipping out. I don't.
I don't need to explain why a strong arm is valuable at every position, but I will explain why "too many mind" applies to myself. First of all, the phrase comes from the movie, The Last Samurai, when one warrior explains to an American newcomer, that he must stop thinking about outside distractions.
I'm obviously very annoyed that I can't light up a radar gun, and I'm fortunate that throwing comes last on a catcher's priorities. But here in lies my problem. I know that to gain arm strength, I'll need to spend months on a daily long toss program, as such. And I've tried to get a LT partner over the summers, but there's really nobody in Brooklyn that I know that can commit to it. It's really a shame I go to such a prestigious University where the athletes come from across the country to play.
Anyway, so instead of really getting out there to long toss everyday (and again, during the winter, it's hard to do anything baseball related), I just think about everything when I throw. Keeping my front side closed, getting my throwing elbow back, keeping the knees bent and staying low, etc.
I think it's good that I'm aware of the proper mechanics, but I should probably just be throwing the ball and focus on being consistent, because thinking about all these things won't make me throw faster, only long tossing will.
Well, that's all that is going on inside my head these days.
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