Training Savage Velocity & Command Together with Pitching Coach Rusty Kellum

Episode 35 of the Play Ball Kid Baseball Development Podcast podcast, hosted by Bryan Eisenberg, Sammy Eisenberg, titled "Training Savage Velocity & Command Together with Pitching Coach Rusty Kellum" was published on October 16, 2019 and runs 20 minutes.

October 16, 2019 ·20m · Play Ball Kid Baseball Development Podcast

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Summary

Pitching Coach Rusty Kellum combines some of the best techniques to increase velocity with those to increase command with astonishing results. Rusty Kellum is the Pitching Coach at Bishop John J. Snyder High School in Jacksonville, Florida. A pitcher himself, for legendary Coach John Tindall at St. John’s River CC in the early 90’s, Rusty learned to work hard at his craft and has used that training as a foundation to build ballplayers to this day. Coach Kellum has been a youth and high school coach for 27 years in the Sunshine State - beginning at Forrest High School and more recently with the 5 Star National program and the Cardinals at Bishop Snyder. Coach Kellum fuses new school data and methods with his old school temperament and work ethic. A mindset of “always looking to learn, not to replace but to enlarge”, has helped Coach Kellum stay relevant to today’s modern player. Coach Kellum runs summer training in Jacksonville, Florida and also offers private lessons. Coach Rusty Kellum asks why do you we need to train either velocity or command with our pitchers. What if we could train both. He setup an experiment and found astonishing results you will not want to miss. Sammy and Rusty discuss: Coach Rusty Kellum's baseball background The two pitching camps His recent experiment to increase command and velocity. What tools he used and what he did in each session. You can find him on Twitter: @RustyKellum.

Episode Description

Pitching Coach Rusty Kellum combines some of the best techniques to increase velocity with those to increase command with astonishing results.

Rusty Kellum is the Pitching Coach at Bishop John J. Snyder High School in Jacksonville, Florida. A pitcher himself, for legendary Coach John Tindall at St. John’s River CC in the early 90’s, Rusty learned to work hard at his craft and has used that training as a foundation to build ballplayers to this day. Coach Kellum has been a youth and high school coach for 27 years in the Sunshine State - beginning at Forrest High School and more recently with the 5 Star National program and the Cardinals at Bishop Snyder. Coach Kellum fuses new school data and methods with his old school temperament and work ethic. A mindset of “always looking to learn, not to replace but to enlarge”, has helped Coach Kellum stay relevant to today’s modern player. Coach Kellum runs summer training in Jacksonville, Florida and also offers private lessons.

Coach Rusty Kellum asks why do you we need to train either velocity or command with our pitchers. What if we could train both. He setup an experiment and found astonishing results you will not want to miss.

Sammy and Rusty discuss:

Coach Rusty Kellum's baseball background
The two pitching camps
His recent experiment to increase command and velocity. What tools he used and what he did in each session.

You can find him on Twitter: @RustyKellum.