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February 17, 2003 - Prospectus Q&A: Rick Peterson
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"Prospectus Q&A: Rick Peterson
by Jonah Keri
Rick Peterson has melded biomechanical research, psychological principles and
Eastern philosophy during his five-year tenure as pitching coach of the Oakland
A's. Under his guidance the A's have developed All-Star pitchers Barry
Zito , Tim
Hudson and Mark
Mulder , acquired and polished hidden gems like Chad
Bradford and implemented a minor league regimen that's yielded several
promising pitching prospects. He recently chatted with BP about organizational
communication, the virtue of empty-headedness on the mound, and the all-mighty
data.
Baseball Prospectus : How do you train and develop such a young pitching
staff?
Rick Peterson : The goal is for every pitcher to master the delivery. We
have a comprehensive program based on drills and throwing programs to teach
that. The core of efficient delivery theory comes from the American Sports
Medicine Institute (ASMI) lab of Dr. James Andrews. Last year, we had Tim Hudson
and Barry Zito down to work with Dr. Andrews. This year, we've got Hudson, Zito,
Chad Bradford (which should be interesting, because we've got no data on guys
who throw sidearm), Joe Valentine , John Rheinecker and Rich
Harden . Who we send is based on availability, plus targeting guys we want to
go. We actually had a high interest in about 15 guys going.
BP : Can you describe some of these techniques in more detail?
RP : We break down mechanics into four compartments. The first is
segmenting movements. We break the delivery down to components so pitchers can
isolate on each step in the process and learn what feels right and what doesn't.
Second, we have them go through movements in slow motion, so they feel the pace
of those movements and can tell if they're going too slow or too fast later on.
Next, we deprive individual senses. We do a lot of work with guys early in their
careers with their eyes closed, just training the body to move efficiently.
We'l"
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