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The TUFFCUFF Strength and Conditioning Manual for Baseball Pitchers: A 52-Week Guide to Pitching Workouts and Throwing Programs

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Two words: BROADER SHOULDERS. For those who want to pitch at a professional level or just want to get into better shape for the next season, this guide provides hundreds of photos and descriptions of exercises and stretches to help get you there. After two months of TUFFCUFF workouts three days a week, my 11th grade nephew has added 5 pounds of muscle and is throwing the ball harder and farther. We live in a cold weather area, so he has to skip some of the recommended exercises, such as two-handed throwing of a medicine ball inside a gym. But most exercises can be done with a treadmill, dumbells, and a small indoor workout space.

The guide is probably even more helpful for college level players who have more time to focus on workouts and have access to better equipment and facilities. It also contains a variety of graphs and guidelines for players to chart their progress as well as a recommended diet. This guide proves getting to the next level requires work, not steroids.

I started Tuff Cuff in June. My fastball speed jumped from 84 mph to 89 mph this summer, and I touched 91 mph on scout day during fall ball. This program is SICK! I can't wait to see if it keeps going up!

After facing injury before my junior year of high school baseball, I was throwing an 80 mph fastball. After suffering injury and loss of velocity, I invested in this manual. Now, with my senior season right around the corner and only about 4 weeks of Tuff Cuff training under my belt, my fastball is reaching 82 mph and I've recovered my lost velocity. And that's with minimal to no throwing during the week. Inside this manual is unique stretches, gut busting core excercises, delicate scapula and rotator cuff strengthening, and much more. I highly recommend you put the time and effort into this guide.

This manual lives up to the billing. It is full of everything a young pitcher needs to take his game to the next level. In my opinion it is best suited to pitchers just entering high school but it would be helpful to anyone who hasn't been exposed to this material.

My only complaint is that I felt a little more text from the author would have been helpful at times when describing exercises or introducing each section of new material. This kept me from rating TuffCuff five stars but overall I am happy with my purchase.

One other point to consider is that some of the recommended exercises might require the purchase of home workout equipment such as light weights or exercise balls.

We have not begun to use this book yet but just looking through it and previewing what we will be doing has my son motivated. Having a precise plan always helps and this book is just that. My rating therefore is based more on 2 things: 1)what the book offers in terms of having a plan 2)the outstanding customer service we received when there was a glitch in our order. I e-mailed a concern to Steven Ellis (via Amazon) on Memorial Day weekend (Sunday no less) and received a response the same day that it would be taken care of. That kind of customer service speaks volumes.

I purchased this for my son who just turned 16. He is a pitcher and was looking for a workout program for the off-season. He has been doing the workouts for over a month now and is loving it. At a recent baseball meeting, he showed it to his coach and needless to say he was very impressed with the workouts and the book in general. Although I think the price is a little steep, it's the only one of its kind that received such good ratings.

you could definetly use this year round and apply to just pitching, but it is very easily modified to any baseball position, or other athletes as well. yes, you could basically get a lot of this info from other books, that's plural, meaning more than one. here it is in one book, with charts, sample workouts, schedules for in-season, off season, spring training, fall ball, evything you need. i would recommend some supervision with younger players (junior high and high school) to make sure of proper technique, but once established, very easy for them to take charge of their routine.

I have a 16yr old who was looking for a comprehensive program to build strength specifically for baseball. I researched quite a bit and find this program to be right on the money. My son loves it especially the detailed plan by season. I run a baseball org and have recommended it to others. Nice job!

This manual is very comprehensive. I was concerned the program would not be suitable for my 13yr old son. After reading the entire manual and seeing how closely it is designed around all different levels of play (middle school, high school, college and pro), I am very comfortable moving forward with the workouts provided. This is exactly what I was looking for. It is a, carefully planned, total body development process. I read concerns from others that they were surprised there weren't more rotator cuff exercises based on the name. In actuality, there are plenty enough exercises for the rotator cuff. The intelligent design behind this product is the stressing of importance on developing strength and flexibility in ALL of the muscles involved in pitching. Any good pitcher will tell you that power begins in the legs and core. Strong legs and core not only add power to a pitch, but take a lot of the stress off of the arm by aiding in the power process rather than leaving the sole responsibility on the arm and shoulder. Throwing with only your arm will eventually result in injury no matter how much you try to avoid it by doing rotator cuff exercises. That being said; this is not a program designed to teach you HOW to pitch. There are many other great instructional books and videos for that. This program is designed to develop peak physical condition for pitchers prior to the season's start and maintain throughout the season. I will write another review once results are achieved. For now, I am impressed with the design and look forward to seeing great gains in the future.

My son is 16 and I got this book for him for Christmas and he loves it. He uses it every day for his workouts. All of his friends look at it and even his pitching/hitting coach borrows it. It has been very useful to him. Thanks for a great product.