The Bump Mechanic

Former @BUKnights Pitcher experienced Pitching Coach building basic mechanics to assisting the mental, physical and emotional approaches to performance pitching

[Center Grove Volleyball @CenterGroveVB]

Congrats @CenterGroveSB on winning Regionals in 10-run win! #redemption

[Eli Bridenthal @ecbriden24]

There was a small issue with getting my name officially in the portal earlier yesterday. My name is now officially in and you can reach me at [phone].

[New Palestine Dragons @NPHSDragons]

Payton Dye takes us into the softball team’s regional championship celebration.

[New Palestine Dragons @NPHSDragons]

For the 13th time in school history, your softball regional champions, the New Palestine Dragons.

[Eli Bridenthal @ecbriden24]

Home plate view of FB and SL shapes.

[Kentucky Softball @UKsoftball]

Proud of these smarty Cats for getting in done on and off the field!

@CollSportsComm 🍏✏️💯📚

[Madeline Engle @2025maddieengle]

I have decided to enter the transfer portal with 3 years of eligibility left. Thank you IU softball for the many memories.

[New Palestine Dragons @NPHSDragons]

Payton Dye and the @NPDragonsSball team take us into their sectional celebration.

[Kara Biever @KaraBiever]

2026 Sectional Champs with some of my favorite people ❤️🥎

[Eli Bridenthal @ecbriden24]

Grateful for my 3 years at Xavier University, with that being said I will be entering the transfer portal.

RHP 2 years of eligibility remaining

6’2 / 200lbs

17 career appearances
FB:90-94 T94.9
BB:80-85
Split:78-82

Contact info: 317-565-3333

Video and Metrics attached:

[Mississippi State Softball @HailStateSB]

On the first pitch she saw!

@MizunoSportsUSA | #HailState

[Mississippi State Softball @HailStateSB]

We can turn it too! Dawgs get out of the jam!

📺 https://t.co/DAsEN46AYE

#HailState

[Trine Thunder @TrineAthletics]

CHAMPS ONCE AGAIN! The Thunder defeat Calvin to claim their 5th straight MIAA Tournament Championship and an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament!
#TrineNation

[Dirt Bro Diamond Training @DirtBroUSA]

Teams that don’t strike out at a high clip win more games. Simple as that. This is amplified at the college level — and even more at the high school level and below.

Once you get to two strikes, it becomes a team at-bat. Grind it out. Compete your tail off. Choke up, shorten up, widen out, move closer to the plate — whatever helps you execute your two-strike approach. Some call it their “B swing.”

Make the pitcher work.

We preach “look fastball away and adjust,” but there are plenty of effective two-strike approaches. You have to experiment and find what fits your swing and mindset best.

A quality two-strike approach often leads to hard-hit balls. But even when it doesn’t, the defense still has to field it, throw it, and catch it. That’s pressure.

A lot tougher to defend than a right turn back to the dugout.

#DoingDirtWork

[👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈 @TheEXECUTlONER_]

This young man on the mound, a senior in high school, started the game and threw one pitch in the game on senior day.

The back story is that he was injured by a line drive in March ending his career with a brain bleed. The young man up to bat is a senior and the son of the mom who filmed this. He agreed to not swing at the pitch.

They said there wasn't a dry eye in the ballpark. This game is so much greater than that little white ball!

In a world of such chaos and hate, I love, love, love this so much.❤️

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

[hank 🇰🇷 @Brian_Haenchen]

New Pal’s @payton_dye_32 gets the scoring started with a LOUD homer to dead center. She was fired up.

Dragons load ‘em with two outs, but Lauryn Annee comes in and gets the final out for Ronc.

1-0 after 3 outs.

[Brent Pourciau, M.S. @TopVelocity]

🚨 Most pitchers are leaking velocity without realizing it…

The problem isn’t your arm.
It’s your DRIVE LEG. ⚡️

If your back leg collapses inward during the delivery, your body loses force before it ever reaches the baseball. That means:
❌ Less velo
❌ Poor command
❌ More stress on the arm

Elite pitchers do the opposite. They create powerful external rotation in the drive leg to load force, stabilize the lower half, and explode down the mound. 🔥

Here’s what separates high-velocity throwers from everyone else:
✅ Stable drive-leg mechanics
✅ Explosive force transfer through the kinetic chain
✅ Controlled momentum into front-foot strike
✅ More velocity with less arm stress

Your legs generate the power.
Your arm just delivers it. 💥

If you want to throw harder, move more efficiently, and train like the pros, TopVelocity breaks down the exact mechanics and drills used to build elite-level pitching velocity.

👇 Comment “VELO” and we’ll send you the training.
🔗 Or visit @topvelocity.org to start developing pro-level mechanics today.

#TopVelocity #PitchingVelocity #PitchingMechanics #BaseballTraining #ThrowHarder

[Brent Pourciau, M.S. @TopVelocity]

🚨 Pitchers: You’re Leaving Velocity & Arm Health on the Table 🚨

Start throwing footballs. Here’s why:

🏈 It teaches elite pronation
Spinning a tight spiral forces the thumb down — the same movement that protects your elbow and powers your release.

🏈 It cleans up dangerous mechanics
The size + weight slows you down just enough to eliminate excessive layback and bad arm paths.

🏈 It builds a high-performance arm path
You’re forced to stay connected to your trunk — exactly what elite throwers do to create more spin and velocity.

Most pitchers train harder.
The best pitchers train smarter.

If you’re serious about throwing harder and staying healthy… this is just the beginning.

👉 Learn the full system used by 100+ mph pitchers
👉 Build elite mechanics, strength, and arm durability

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#TopVelocity #PitchingVelocity #BaseballDevelopment #ThrowHarder #ArmCare #PitchingMechanics #VelocityTraining #BaseballLife

[The Bump Mechanic @BumpMechanic]

She never stops GRINDING! Great accomplishments @CharlotteRiehle AND ANOTHER FAVORITE ATHLETE 🤷‍♂️👊🔥

[GC Softball @GCSoftball24]

18 innings caught this week….around 300+ pitches over the 4 games. 300 squats and still managed to go 7/12 with 3 doubles and 9 RBI.