Switch Pitching 101

SHP stands for " S witch- H anded P itcher" or switch pitcher. photo:  @ PatVenditte A switch pitcher can throw well with both arms and is very rare in baseball. Ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte is listed as SHP or BHP (both-handed pitcher) Today's roster moves: Add RHP Dan Otero (recalled) Add SHP Pat Venditte (recalled) Aaron Brooks optioned to AAA Brad Mills DFA — Oakland Athletics (@Athletics) August 15, 2015 ..

Brandon Tillmon: Left for football, right for baseball Brandon Tillmon at River Bluff High School in Lexington, South Carolina. Tillmon is a right-handed pitcher on the baseball team and the starting quarterback who throws the football with his left arm. That’s correct – Tillmon is a left-handed quarterback and a right-handed baseball player. Athletes at the highest level have a hard time achieving such a feat, but it’s something Tillmon has done since he was 7 years old. “It was just something I taught myself,” Tillmon said. “I wanted to be a catcher, and my dad told me I couldn’t do that if I was left-handed. From that day, I just picked up a baseball and started to throw it right-handed. I did it so much, it became natural.” Dual threat: Bushland's Mathis throws football with right hand, pitches with left hand That is Bushland quarterback Kameron Mathis cocking his right arm to throw a football. And that's also Bushland pitcher Kameron Mathis loading up to thro

Having trouble throwing a baseball? The cause is rarely mechanics, so it's all in your head ... Check out Dr. Richard Crowley, a sports psychologist, author of  Mentalball  and originator of how to cure the Yips.  Apparently, his mental approach benefited Dodgers Steve Sax’ out of control baseball yips to first base.   http://sportsmaker.com/ Yips (noun) extreme nervousness causing a golfer to miss easy putts.  the loss of fine motor skills without apparent explanation, in one of a number of different sports. The Yips: Difficult to understand, difficult to cure | MLB.com The Yips is no mythological plague. For reasons unknown, players can encounter a mental hurdle that flat-out won't permit them to complete one of the game's mundane on-field tasks. Infielders suddenly can't find the first baseman's glove on routine throws. Catchers can't execute the simple task of returning the ball to the pitcher. the phrase "Steve Blass

Check out the recent news video about aspiring switch pitcher Jared Skolnicki. He's a natural lefty, who has the abilty to pitch both ways in college. Like Pat Venditte, he's playing summer ball with the Wisconsin Woodchucks.  Learn more about #WisconsinWoodchucks pitcher Jared Skolnicki: http://t.co/xRVzQxO1WJ pic.twitter.com/5L9XclgxXJ — Wisconsin Woodchucks (@ChucksBaseball) August 4, 2015 Jared Skolnicki is a lefty (pulldown 94.2 yesterday) decided to throw right handed today 😳 #AmbidextrousGains pic.twitter.com/BygNkYgSbW — Taiki Green (@itstaiki) August 27, 2015 Twitter:  Jared Skolnicki @ sayhomies Kent State University Athletics -   Jared Skolnicki  - 2014  Baseball ..

2016 Pat Venditte joins the Seattle Mariners bullpen (27 Aug 2016). Very exciting news. Player profile and stats 2015 Looking forward to watching Venditte back on the mound - throwing double sidearm. photo:  @ PatVenditte Pat Venditte pitched a few games in the bigs, then went on the DL June 12 due to a strained right shoulder. He has been switch pitching for the Nashville Sounds in AAA. As expected, it's Pat Venditte joining the #Athletics today with the departure of Brad Mills. — Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) August 15, 2015 Athletics to recall ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte from Triple-A Bill Baer Aug 15, 2015, Hardball Talk A's call up switch-pitcher Pat Venditte, who gives up walk-off in loss to Orioles ESPN .

Information about ambidextrous pitchers for highly uneducated Big List of Switch Pitchers - learn about switch pitchers from Little League to the MLB How rare are ambidextrous pitchers? Glove options for switch pitchers What year did the switch pitcher rule change? The Pat Venditte Rule Pat Venditte: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Why are switch hitters rare? Did you know?    The majority of ambidextrous throwers are naturally right-handed.    Pat Venditte is not an amphibious pitcher. Favorite headline of week. He pitches righty, lefty — and evidently, also underwater. Faces Aquaman in next outing. pic.twitter.com/efxaQxFp8Z — Neill Woelk (@NeillWoelk) June 8, 2015 Who's Who of Ambidextrous Pitchers Pros Pat Venditte - Sidearm ambidextrous pitcher in the MLB for the Oakland Athletics - spent seven years in the minors with the NY Yankees  - pitched for Creighton University Bluejays - started throwing with both arms when he was 3-years-old Rya

School: Centreville Academy in Mississippi Summer Team: Louisiana Outlaws Positions: LHP/RHP Bats: Both Throws: Both Glove: Akadema Ambidextrous Glove News articles about Jaden Morris... Ambidextrous 11-year-old able to pitch left-handed, right-handed By Matt Sigler, natchezdemocrat.com, 13 June 2015 Jaden Morris is an ambidextrous pitcher for the Louisiana Outlaws, a travel team he currently plays for. Morris, who attends Centreville Academy, is also a switch hitter at the plate. Read more Either way fine with him - enterprise-journal.com: Sports Jaden Morris, a 10-year-old Centreville Academy fifth- grader, is an ambidextrous hitter and pitcher. ,,,

In the summer of 2015, fan favorite Jamie Moyer was inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame. Moyer was the Mariner franchise's all-time leader in starts, wins and IP. He went 145–87 with an ERA of 3.97 over eleven seasons with the M's. source:  wikipedia.org Inspiring Young Pitchers Jamie Moyer inspired many young kids to play ball and try pitching, regardless of their talent. He was very generous and involved in the community. For several years, he sponsored the Magnolia Baseball Club, in Seattle, to encourage youth to continue playing beyond Little League. Young lefties aspired to throw like Jamie Moyer. Players wore their Moyer #50 jersey to practice. Jamie Moyer even inspired natural righty Henry Knight of Seattle to start throwing left-handed when he was nine. Switch pitcher Henry Knight A few years later, Moyer watched Henry Knight taking grounders at shortstop during a select team tryout. After the infield workout, Knight switched gloves an

Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte went on the DL with a right shoulder strain in early June. Venditte started throwing again with both arms at the end of June, and started throwing bullpens in mid July 2015. We hope to see him back on the mound soon. Update: Venditte is in the bullpen for the As. Posted a  2.53  ERA in 10.2 IP,  0.75  WHIP (24 Aug 2015) As expected, it's Pat Venditte joining the #Athletics today with the departure of Brad Mills. — Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) August 15, 2015 Pat Venditte works 1 1/3 scoreless innings out of the 'pen for @nashvillesounds . Taylor Thompson now in. Sounds trail Memphis, 5-3, T8. — Jeff Hem (@JeffHemPBP) August 8, 2015 TBL: Former Creighton pitcher Pat Venditte talks pro ball, playing in Omaha again and more http://t.co/kTCO0SSs7t — World-Herald Jays (@OWHjays) August 5, 2015 Oakland A's option Pat Venditte to Triple-A, reports Omaha World-Herald http://t.co/xQ5yPXCatX — Tim Knight (@TimKnight007) Augus

The Wilker-Barre Record (PA), 10 Jun 1944 The recent demise of Tony Mullane, ambidextrous pitcher of the old-time Cincinnati Reds who shut the New York Metropolitans five times in one season (1887), put a spotlight on a new Brooklyn Dodger rookie, Calvin McLish, 18-year-old Oklahoma City high school pitcher, who may become the first ambidextrous big league pitcher of modern times. To the query, "Throw right or left?" Clavin's answer is, "right- also left, to a certain extent." Leroy Jarvis, Dodger catching rookie who brought Cal to camp this spring, says, "He can throw as well with his left hand as any of the others can with their right." Young Calvin is entitled to be nicknamed "Chief," having American-Indian blood in his ancestry. Down home, however, being part-Indian is no great oddity, so the nickname he brought is "Buster," meaning chubby cheeks in grammar school days. Read newspaper article Cal McLish , ambid

It's very important to start contacting coaches early if you are thinking about playing baseball in college.  Attend college games and camps to get exposure to college baseball. Top baseball players are selected by colleges during their junior year of high school or earlier. Focus on academics , developing skills, training hard and being a good teammate.  College coaches are looking for talented players with passion, energy,  character,  and good grades. How to Make a Baseball Recruiting Video Coaches Will Actually Watch There is  only one way  to make a recruiting video for baseball pitchers:  give recruiters and pitching coaches all the information they need to make a decision in that video. (drivelinebaseball.com) Learn more College Coaches Consider Parents When Selecting Recruits One key element that  soccer head coach  Erin  Chastain  considers is how much the parents let their young athletes self-advocate. That indicates a parent who is less likely to inte