What You ACTUALLY Have To Prepare For As A Pitcher

October 3, 2025

One of the first questions to ask in preparation in training is, do you actually know what the requirements are for the thing that you're preparing to do?

If you're a pitcher, do you actually know what you have to do? Do you know how many throws you have to make? Do you know what intensity that has to be at? Do you know that your coach is going to ask you three different times to get hot when you're in the bullpen and then you don't actually go in, and then he expects you to be ready to go on the third day in a row where you get hot for the fourth time. You know that’s gonna happen, right?

Do you? Be honest and be real about what it is that you actually have to prepare for. Not how it's supposed to be, but what actually really happens. Be honest and real about that because if you're not, then you have no chance at actually being prepared for it.