What is weighted-ball training? At its simplest, weighted-ball training for pitchers is using baseballs of various weights to build arm speed and arm strength, frequently with max-effort reps.

What is weighted-ball training? At its simplest, weighted-ball training for pitchers is using baseballs of various weights to build arm speed and arm strength, frequently with max-effort reps.

Weighted baseballs boost pitch speed, young arm injury fears Minnesota high school pitchers have latched onto the growing popularity of training with heavier balls to improve arm strength and add ...

Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Tayler Saucedo uses a weighted ball to warm up in the bullpen before a spring training baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, March 6, 2024, in Surprise ...

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The idea of weighted-ball training for pitchers to throw faster has been around for more than a half-century. There are studies on the process dating to the late 1960s. In recent years, it's taken ...