Built to Last A Development-First Approach to Raising Durable, High-Performing Pitchers
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
15.09.2026
Verlag
Independently PublishedSeitenzahl
122
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/0,7 cm
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175 g
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798174653504
Every year, more young pitchers tear their UCL than ever before - and the instruction they're getting is often making it worse, not better.
Tommy John surgery used to be a career-threatening injury for professional pitchers in their thirties. Today, a growing share of it happens to teenagers - and sometimes kids barely old enough for middle school. The culprit isn't bad luck. It's a culture of youth baseball training that chases velocity and results on a timeline the body was never built to match.
Built to Last makes the case for a different approach: one that treats a young pitcher's development the way the body actually develops - in stages, through sound mechanics, and with long-term durability as the goal, not an afterthought.
Drawing on over two decades in professional baseball - including 15 years as the Milwaukee Brewers' Minor League Pitching Coordinator and National Scouting Supervisor, where he oversaw the development of more than 100 future Major League pitchers - Jim Rooney lays out a complete, development-first framework for raising durable, high-performing pitchers, including:
- Why age-appropriate training isn't the same as "going easier" on young athletes - and what skipping it actually costs later
- The kinetic chain principles behind every efficient throw, and why so many pitching flaws are misdiagnosed at the wrong joint
- TripleSpin, Rooney's rotational-sequencing pitching philosophy for building velocity that doesn't come at the arm's expense
- What the research actually says about the UCL and Tommy John epidemic - and the specific, correctable causes behind it
- The often-overlooked role of hip and shoulder mobility, strength and conditioning, recovery, and even complementary training methods like yoga and Tai Chi in long-term arm health
- Why showcase culture and results-based pressure are quietly working against the very players trying hardest to succeed
Each chapter opens with a real story from Rooney's coaching career - the flaws he's diagnosed, the fixes that worked, and the young pitchers whose careers were changed by patience instead of shortcuts.
Whether you're a parent trying to make sense of conflicting advice, a coach shaping the next generation of arms, or a player who wants a long career instead of a fast one, Built to Last offers a clear, research-grounded path - one built not for next weekend's radar gun reading, but for the years of healthy pitching that follow.
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