Wetmore: Making a Perfect Pitching Coach

[Seth Stohs]

Derek Wetmore wrote an article on what is important in a pitching coach. He chatted with several pitchers about what is important to them in a pitching coach. 

 

The four thoughts were:

 

1. Communication
2. Understanding of Mechanics
3. Knowledge that every pitcher is different.
4. The mental part of the game.

There are 4-6 quotes on each topic. This is a tremendous article.

 

What are your thoughts? What would you add to his list?

[ashbury]

What I might add are Vision and Imagination.   The ability to see what's wrong, the ability to see what's right, the ability to see the possibilities that don't even exist yet.

[Paul Pleiss]

Things to have in a piching coach:

 

1. Looks good walking from dugout to the mound.

2. Covers his mouth when he talks to pitchers on the mound.

3. Has a plethora of baseballisms "calm down son, just throw strikes" etc

4. Looks good in a team jacket

5. Has a good supply of dugout pranks.

 

Fin.