Adam Cornwell - University of Indianapolis

In today’s episode, I talk to Adam Cornwell. Adam joined the University of Indianapolis coaching staff after a two year stay at the University of Dayton. The Flyers finished second in the A-10 during the regular season. He helped guide the Flyers to the 2nd most strikeouts in program history during the 2021 season.

He joined the University of Dayton baseball staff in August 2019 following a one-year stint as an assistant coach at Iona College, where he served as the pitching coach for the Gaels.

He talked about the pitching development side as a coach.  He shares that pitching is all about disrupting timing.

He shares the biggest value that pitchers have and what he anticipates from them.

In this episode learn about the growth opportunity as a pitcher and what velocity is he looking for when recruiting. 

SHOW NOTES:

[2:19] What was one thing that you thought you did a good job of and one thing that you reflecting back you feel like you could have improved upon as a coach?

[4:48] How did you go about getting some players to be like I can do this?

[7:01] What rabbit holes have you kind of gone down on the pitching development side lately?

[10:01] What were some of the common things that you found when doing that screen on pictures was there a certain screen that like all of them failed or like a low-hanging fruit?

[11:45] How did you like the marv trainers are you talking about the plyo balls that they had? how'd you like those with the seams?

[14:24] Are more guys playing catch with those because it feels more like a baseball?

[15:15] Is increasing the velocity of your pitchers overall like a goal that you have at the end of the year?

[17:37] What's the biggest value that you see in pitchers who have experience versus those not having experience?

[20:00] What's the average velocity at the d2 level versus the d1 level?

[22:09] What velocity are you looking for when you're out recruiting?

[23:56] Why did you transfer to Pittsburgh?

[25:46] What were some of the things that you learned as a pitcher when you were there?

[27:24] What did you say you went out there and worked with?

[28:15] The growth opportunity.

[32:12] What would you say from a mechanical standpoint was there anything that you changed when you were out there?

[40:03] What pitchers do you like to watch right now?

[41:33] Is that something that you anticipate ever talking about with your players?

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