Baseball: Pitching is causing my side to hurt?

I am a right handed pitcher, but when I throw my left side hurts. The pain starts while I am pitching, and gets worse with each pitch. Some pitches feel fine, others hurt horribly. The area that hurts is between my back and my side, between my hip and my ribcage. Am I doing something causing me to strain this area? Please help... Thanks
I am 18 years old if that matters

You should probably go see the doctor, preferably get it looked at by someone who specializes in baseball.

Also, try and post a video of your pitching so that people can take a look and offer some advice.

does anyone know of any baseball pitching exercises that i could do at home without getting out of the house?

i can only get out of the house sometimes, so good answers would really help.

Good goal. The exercise I am about to show you is also going to improve your accuracy.

Depending on your arm strength, I would get a reasonably heavy weighted baseball. Use the baseball in the following exercises. You will also need a medicine ball.

1. Put your arm up three-five inches away from a wall. Bounce the weighted baseball against the wall and catch it. You should be getting tired by the 15-20th one. If not, your ball is either too light or too heavy.

2. Grip the medicine ball in one hand. Bring it up over your head and transfer the ball to the other hand. Repeat this process until your arm is tired.

3. Throw the medicine ball in a baseketball-type fashion to a another person. Make sure you are using your legs too. You do not want to damage your arm because you are just using your arms.

4. After you complete these exercises and rest, throw 5-10 pitches at full speed (try your best in a house). You will not see immediate improvement but eventually, you will. A study in Australia found that worked with excercises like these saw an increase in velocity within six weeks.

Use these excercises along with your normal workout. Good Luck.

where can i find "the science and art of baseball pitching?"?

im going to be a college pitcher this upcoming year, and have heard a lot of good things about this book. should i get it?

where can i get it?

thanks

I would get it from Dick Mills website. www.pitching.com
You can also read some previews of whats in the book. It's $77 dollars plus shipping but it is better information then you have ever got at any clinic and you can go at your speed and you own it. The momentum pitching book is $25(e-book) and I highly recommend that. Good Luck

http://www.pitching.com/product/the-science-and-art-of-baseball-pitching/

can pitching win you a game in baseball?

which is more important in a baseball game pitching or hitting?

Yes. Just look at tonight with Cliff Lee. Great pitching can always beat the best lineup, like the yankee's lineup.

Where can I find good (baseball) pitching tips online?

The best website to visit is www.ehow.com and search for baseball pitching. It has awesome tips. Here is an example of how to throw a fastball:
1.Choose one of the following handgrips for a combination of comfortable release and maximum control.

2. Grip the ball perpendicular to the seams, at their widest point, with your middle and index fingers spread 1/2 inch apart. Your thumb lies perpendicular to the seams on the underside of the ball. With this grip, expect the pitch to rise as it makes its way to the catcher.

3. Alternatively, grip the ball with your middle and index fingers at the point where the seams are closest to each other. Your fingers should lie perpendicular to the seams. Expect the pitch to sink.

4. Hide the ball in your glove.

5. Wind up, and use this windup to gain power. Use the same motion you use with other pitches so that the batter has trouble predicting a fastball.

6. Release the ball from your fingertips to maintain control and gain spin.

7. Continue the motion of your arm after releasing the pitch, and follow through with your body. Allow your natural momentum to carry your body forward.

Tips:
For increased backward rotation of the pitch, snap your wrist slightly as you release the ball - this sacrifices some speed but makes the pitch harder to hit.

As your control improves, adjust your grip to maximize speed without losing control.

Warnings:
Gripping the ball across the seams may cause blisters.

Slang term for fantasy baseball pitching adds and drops?

What is the slang term used when a person adds/drops starting pitching throughout the season everyday and during the playoffs to better his wins a strikeouts?

Streaming... some people just call it a spot start.

Are there any good free websites to learn about high school baseball pitching?

just look it up!

What muscles, muscle categories, and ,muscle processes are used in baseball pitching?

not just the arm movement but the whole process. muscles, such as the fibia, tibia, etc. Muscle categories, such as flexor, extensor, etc.
muscle processes such as abduction, adduction, etc

I hate to break it to you, but the tibia and the fibula are bones in the lower leg, NOT muscles. To answer the question, look up the muscles of the upper arm and shoulder on google.

looking for evaluation of my fantasy baseball pitching staff?

outside of getting destroyed in the saves category because i lack a closer outside of Brian Wilson, is my pitching overall "good?" any advice? here are the pitchers: Justin Verlander, Roy Halladay, Dustin McGowan, Jeff Francis, Tony Pena, Joba Chamberlain, Rafael Betancourt, Nate Robertson, Jake Westbrook.

decent....what stats do you league score???? wins and ERA your good strikeouts Halladay is decent if healthy.......i hope your league does give points or have a catogory for SAVES cause you have no closers........other then that i like your starters im high on mcgowan francis iffy robertson and westbrook if they pitch like they did 2 years ago instead of how they did lts year......

Have any good baseball pitching exercises that can help improve velocity?

I'm fifteen years old and I'm looking for exercise that can improve my velocity, yes i know velocity isn't everything but it gets you a step ahead of the game if you can spot your pitches and throw them at a constant speed

Hi Sdpads,

There are basically two methods you will want to incorporate to strengthen your arm:

1. Start a general weight training program designed for pitchers. This type of program will build up all your major muscles: legs, back, arms, chest, abs, etc. Tom House has a good workout routine in one of his books. You could go by a library and pick one up. I used his program and say my fastball increase by over 10 mph.

2. Isolate smaller muscles of your pitching arm. There are number of different ways to do this and this is essentially what some of the other people are recommending when they say grind your hand in rice or squeeze tennis balls. Ultimately, you are trying to develop your forearm, triceps, biceps, and shoulder muscles. There are thousands of different ways you can attack these muscles. The focus should be on picking a few you like and continuing to do them. Other popular ones are to use a piece of elastic at least 3 feet long that has one end stuck in a door hinge and you use your arm to stretch it out in a number of different ways. If you are looking to buy one, you can find these on the web or at a lot of baseball training stores.

Another way, is to use a broken wooden broom handle or wooden bat handle which has a thin rope tied to it in the middle of the handle and on the other end of the rope their is a 5 to 10 pound weight attached. The rope should be roughly 3 to 4 feet long. By holding the handle out in front of you, alternative rolling your wrists so that you are rolling the rope around the handle all the way till the weight meets the handle. Then, you do the reverse by rolling your hands backwards and letting the weight down. This exercise is great at developing your forearm muscles on top of your arm and will give you more control over your pitches. If you do not feel much muscle fatigue, add more weight

Hope this helps,
Jack Elliott

http://baseballtrainingtechniques.com/Baseball-Pitching/