Dave S.

Dave Schuler's BIO baseball career:

     I have been privileged:  (38) years in baseball, (25) as a (LH) pitching coach. My background translates into my teaching ability and it canvasses (13) countries.
     Having spent eight years at all levels with the New York Yankees, we implemented tremendous emphasis on fundamental- detail. This development of completeness was evident in (i.e): defensive fielding and positioning, making for error-free  MLB Playoffs, with  intricacies of fielding, (LHP)pick moves (Andy Pettitte),  holding runners, etc. 
Those Minor  League years helped contribute to the sound fundamentals that fueled the Yankee dominance in the 1990's....and reuse of the Yankee minor league system... the continual ability to feed  and replace the players of the parent club. 
    Other pitching-traditional organizations of the Atlanta Braves, and Baltimore Orioles, are (2) of (12)  organizations in my coaching background, replanting my  retention of concepts, under over (70) pitching coaches in my career. This knowledge of techniques to improve performance is evident daily in practice in my current position as AAA pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies. 
    I’ve accumulated assistance in the development of over forty impact pitchers’ to the major league level, including Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, Eric Bedard, Russell Ortiz, Keith Folkes, Sterling Hitchcock, Ramiro Mendoza, John Parrish, Russ Springer, Josh Outman, Tyler Chatwood, Juan Nicasio, Drew Pomeranz, Kyle Davies,
John Maine, etc. 
     Many pitchers I had the pleasure to work with over the years are still pitching injury-free and effectively in their second decade at the Major League level... career-longevity  largely due to properly formed  mechanics. 
    My Taiwanese Major League development programs required analysis prior to strategic implementation, and bridging language barriers to find the proper device for developmental action. Since the many English-based "baseball clichés"were indiscernible overseas, and with the help of  immersions into Asian, European, and Hispanic cultures, I  have embraced the the need to create....creating  fitting listening and non-verbal communication skills and breaking down translational barriers with metaphorical adaptation. Within my God-given teaching gifts, the  many experiences have shown me the importance of good timing and to cultivate the importance of people: "People don't care what you know, until they know you care!"
     I have also been blessed with a keen eye related to visual mechanics, aided by  years of high-speed film analysis.
In (2005), serving as both the AA Atlanta Braves pitching coach + the rehabilitation pitching coordinator, my position 
 organized, planned, directed and executed the rehabilitation of : (17) Atlanta Braves pitchers, in a Summer of 160 days, at the Milk House in Disney World. I benefited greatly from working in conjunction with Jeff Blum, (their physical therapist). 
     My Hispanic group of rehab pitchers grasped well the visual language, inviting (metaphorical) teaching of the positioning and of ideal pitching deliveries, and arm-action.  I believe this eventually lessened instructional time, practice time, and healing time....I also joined them, with my own rehabilitation, rehabbing the Type Two Rotator Cuff surgery performed by legendary orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews, (2005). (I also had Dr Frank Jobe repair my elbow in 1978, when I pitched for the California Angels); both household names. Experienced knowledge in these areas, has allowed me to continue to still throw some stiff  batting practice,( now at age  59).
    {From my experience, I believe that "cloning" the perfect delivery, early-on in the rehab process, by beginning to video tape the individuals' flat- ground and more natural throwing motion. It becomes a video aid for the pitcher, enabling a quicker healing process. It's specifics, all the way up to the final stage of the pitcher's 90% effort off the mound, gives a "hand up" to each pitcher's healing process after surgery. He will then be physically stable enough to revisit more of his past delivery.}
  Constant supervision of the rehab exercises,(so important to joint strength), will lessen possible re-injury or relapse, and becomes instrumental to keep inflammation levels at a minimum in the future.

Overall, our creativeness  in Orlando,  promoted  our pitcher's arm- strengths, throwing velocities, saved the Atlanta Braves $ hundreds- of-thousands, and exceeded the expectations of Dr.James Andrews. 
  

--2010- Present: EBCA (European Baseball Coaches Association) : Pitching Instruction Clinics and formal presentations to both coach and player,  in ten-day visits to Germany, Amsterdam, and
recently France, the last three Winters. 

Mohegan World Baseball Convention speaker, 2013, in Connecticut. 

 --   Personal Awards:
• Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1975.
• Pitched in both the American and National  Leagues.
(10) Winter Baseball seasons as a player and a coach in Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
• Participated in (7) combined  Professional and Collegiate  championships:
- American League West                                                           -Pacific Coast League                                                                                                                           -International League                                                                 ----
-Fairbanks Goldpanners( 3 ) National Championships
-USA Team, the first U.S. baseball team  (undefeated) to win a Gold Medal, World Games, (Central America),  Gold Medal, (1973); defeated Hall of Famer Dennis Martinez, 1-0, in Nicaragua.
•  Coaching: All-Star Pitching Coach, S.A.L( 2000), Dominican Winter League(2005),Texas League, (2012).

Other:  University of New Haven, Hall of Fame inductee, (1994) 

Related Interests:  
 • Specifically related exercises to strength training, avoiding inflammation, and studies improving white muscle, (quick twitch), into the throwing motion. ( We have begun the Sparta Program now, with the Rockies organization, involving Load, Explosion, and Drive testing and strengthening of related individual player needs).
• Only truths  involving proper throwing motion and pitching mechanics.
• Sports Psychology, case-by-case studies, with Dr.Bruce Ogilvie, 1996, Los Gatos, CA. 

Dave S. has not provided a session plan.