Switch Pitching 101

The Crossover Long Toss Program helps the baseball player to build strength, health and longevity of the arm. The long toss throwing program is used by professional and college teams.  "The ultimate goal of the Crossover Long Toss Program is to maintain arm health while building a strong  foundation in the pre-season. This is accomplished by gradually increasing throwing workloads, which will help  to reduce recovery times during the season. By reducing recovery times, pitchers can start post outing workouts  sooner, allowing for an additional long toss session and/or bullpen to fine tune mechanics and pitches prior  to their next outing. Position players can benefit from building a strong foundation in the pre-season, just as  pitchers do, as well as refine their fundamentals with position specific drills.   One of the unique features of this program is the application of Crossover Super Sets. This method alternates  three sets of the Cross...

Boo Ferriss Dave Meadow "Boo" Ferriss Born: December 5, 1921 Hometown: Shaw, MS College: Mississippi State (1939-1942) Height/Weight: 6' 2", 208 lb. Positions:  Pitcher and Pinch Hitter Bats:  Left Throws:  Both, RHP in MLB Dave Meadow "Boo" Ferriss is a former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. When Ferriss was young he developed throwing and fielding skills to play baseball right- or left-handed. Ferriss was a teammate of hall of fame hitter Ted Williams. How Ferriss became an ambidextrous player - “One game there, as I started playing some, a runner came into me at second base and I guess dumped me and I fell on my right wrist and broke it. I was always throwing the ball around, outside the house and against the steps and everything with my right hand, so that summer I had my right hand in a cast and I started throwing lefthanded, just to keep active. I loved to get out in the yard and throw a ball -- a tennis ball -- outside the hous...

Josh Hoekstra Howetown: Weston, Wisconsin High School:  DC Everest Evergreens (2009) College:  Century College | Minnesota State University - Mankato Height: 6'7" (six-feet, seven-inches!) Weight: 250 Positions: P/1B/OF Throws: Both, Right-handed pitcher in college Bats: Switch hitter Josh Hoekstra, a tall ambidextrous pitcher, once threw a no-hitter. "It was a 6-4-3 double play and right when the first baseman Luke Dasher caught the ball it was the greatest feeling in the world, I've never thrown a no-hitter before in my life. It was an amazing feeling to throw a no hitter." Josh Hoekstra can pitch with both hands. He has been throwing with both arms since he can remember. (YouTube, Aug 19, 2010) Playing College Baseball As a Freshman pitcher Josh Hoekstra of Wausau, Wisconsin, came to Century because he believed Kotila could help him "develop into a strong pitcher on the mound." In 2011, Sophomore RHP Josh Hoekst...