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Why our current perception of adding velocity is going to create more problems like this

Posted on April 11, 2022April 12, 2022 by Andrew Parks

The other day, I was having a conversation with one of my good coaching friends. We met back when we were still players and have continued to keep in touch beyond our playing careers. During the conversation, he brought up a similar problem two of his better pitchers were experiencing.

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