Overview: How to improve your arm strength and throwing velocity

Your arm strength and throwing velocity play a big role in how you perform as a baseball player, and "arm velo" is a core metric colleges use to evaluate where they see you playing in the field. The resources below will get you started on work you can do to build your arm strength to both improve throwing velocity and keep your arm injury free.

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To get you started, if you only have time for one drill to focus on, here's a good one from the team at ARM Pitching Development.

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First up with a more extensive routine, here are 3 core arm strength and mobility exercises from Ultimate Baseball Training:

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Next, the crew at Summers Method focus on 10 mobility exercises you can weave into your arm strength training:

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Third, from Developing Prospects Baseball below is a simple free weights training program to help build arm strength:

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