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A Lesson From Thor On Throwing Smarter, Not Harder

March 14, 2017

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The baseball world is fascinated with Noah Syndegaard (myself included!):

Thor Auto

primarily because of his reputation as one of the hardest throwers in baseball (click here)

But Thor is now teaching us a lesson in throwing smarter, not harder.

In the March 3, 2017 issue of the NY Daily News (click here for the article), Noah Syndegaard made waves about not pitching in the World Baseball Classic:

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but hidden in the article was a commentary on his maturation as a pitcher:

NYDN Passage

Pitching is NOT about strikeouts, it's about disrupting the hitter's timing.

If you're not working on your changeup, you're not learning how to pitch!

I have areas on my website on the value of the changeup (click here):

Changeup Newsletters Page

and I have a video presentation in my video library that goes over the grip AND when to throw it (click here):

Video Library Page

if you want to subscribe to my video library, click here.

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