Pitching Mechanics

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Pitching Mechanics

• This presentation breaks down the components of
  pitching delivery. Every pitcher is unique but
  these things should be part of your delivery.

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Elbows Opposite and EqualGlove Over Landing
FootHips Rotate to Put Head Over Landing
FootShoulders Go Last to Deliver Ball
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Wind-up

• Keep it simple.
• Everything you do before you reach balance point
  is NOT pitching it is merely preparation to
  pitch.
• Make sure everything you do prior to balance
  point does not hinder your ability to execute the
  pitch.
• Keep your head in front of the rubber, weight on
  pivot foot, front cleats over the rubber.

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Stretch

• Get set Hands apart ? Get sign ? Bring hands
  together
• Be comfortable
• Breath, relax ? dont wear yourself out with a
  tension-filled set position
• See the base runner.
• Goal control the runners while focusing on
  executing your pitch
• Pick to get someone out, no lob-over.

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Leg Up

• Whatever your posture as your leg goes up,
  maintain that posture down the hill
• Be dynamic in your delivery ? let your pivot foot
  straddle the front edge of the rubber.

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Down the Hill

• As you pick up your leg and and go down the hill,
  your head only goes forward (towards home plate),
  eyes level, throw around your head
• As you go down the hill, what your throwing arm
  does your lead arm does.
• Elbows mirror each other ? same height (balanced)
• Shoulders in front of hips. Like you are on a
  tightrope (or a skateboard, snowboard) and trying
  to maintain your balance as you go down the hill.
  

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Delivery

• Torque creates arm speed and velocity.
• As you land, hips are opening and shoulders stay
  closed.
• Shoulders and hips in opposite directions for as
  long as possible. (Goal create and maintain
  distance between front hip and back shoulder).
• Delivery involves squaring the shoulders over
  ball of front (landing) foot. Goal ? late
  rotation.

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Finish

• As shoulders square up, squeeze glove and turn
  lead elbow down in front of lead hip.
• Chest goes to glove on delivery make chest drive
  through glove.
• Back leg comes up and over following in throwing
  arm slot.

• Fight head to keep eyes level.
• Head and glove should be over landing foot.