“Proprioception and Your Kinetic Chain Unleashes Your Lower Body”

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Feel Your Lower Body Get Involved

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Feel Your Lower Body Get Involved

In professional coaching, pitchers feel their hips initiate rotation before the front foot hits the ground.

For over 20 years, Coach Skip Fast’s online course has taught you a starting position that is sure to work your lower body.

In high-level pitching, your starting position begins hip rotation before your front foot lands.

Your starting position serves as the timing mechanism for hip rotation.

The way you execute your starting position dictates when your hips rotate and how efficiently your entire kinetic chain fires.

How your Starting Position Times your Hips

Your starting position controls your hips primarily through stability, balance, and controlled movement.

1. Your “Hold” Mechanism

Your duration and stability of the moment your front knee is lifted directly influence your timing.

A stable, momentary hold allows you to gather potential energy and ensures your weight is shifted back correctly. This balance sets up a powerful, controlled forward move, with your hips ready to fire before your front foot lands.

A rushed or unbalanced balance point forces you to move forward prematurely, often causing your front foot to land too early resulting in your hips chasing your front foot, leading to late rotation and loss of velocity/command.

2. Your “Go” Mechanism

The way you initiate the move out of the balance point is the literal start of the clock for your hips.

An efficient start involves a controlled, linear movement that maximizes your coil. This subtle forward movement is designed to keep your torso closed while your lower body is preparing to rotate.
Your hips begin their rotation when you use your glove hand sweep as a trigger, allowing your lower body to dominate your movement before your torso commits.

Your starting position determines how long your hips are held back and how they are released, making it the single most important factor for achieving your optimal timing and separation.

After your starting position sets your hip rotation timing

You moves into your crucial stride phase, which culminates in your powerful, coordinated launch of the ball.

converting the potential energy stored in the starting position into kinetic energy for the pitch.

1. Your Linear Movement

By the controlled lowering of the lead leg from the balance point, you begin moving straight toward the plate.

Goal: To generate momentum and move your center of gravity down the mound while keeping your torso closed and separated from your lower body.
The Coil: During your stride, your hips begin to move forward while your shoulders and throwing arm lag behind, maximizing hip-shoulder separation.

2. Your Rotational Cue

As you get close to landing, your glove hand has swept across the body.

The Hips Fire: Your aggressive inward sweep of the glove arm acts as a lever, initiating the rapid rotation of the hips and pelvis toward your target before your front foot hits the ground.
Arm Acceleration: Your throwing arm and shoulder now begin to accelerate, receiving energy from your hips and core.

3. Your Finish

Your movement culminates as your front foot lands firmly.

Bracing: Your landing provides a stable, anchored pivot point. Your glove-side shoulder and arm decelerate as you pull inward, helping your torso rotate explosively around your stable front leg.
Release: Your stored energy is violently released through your torso rotation and whip-like action of the throwing arm, delivering the ball.
Follow-Through: Your body continues to rotate and decelerate safely, allowing your back foot to come off the ground and move forward as you finish in an athletic fielding position.

Coach Skip Fast’s online course flawlessly gets you into this starting position and beyond.

You’re setting yourself up for an optimal energy transfer through your entire kinetic chain. Every movement prepares for your next, culminating in maximum power and consistency.

Your pitch motion is hidden within your body.

You move the right way and you get the right result.

The Central Role of the Glove Hand

Your core concept —that the glove side is the critical trigger—is your missing link.

By keeping that front side closed and your glove hand near your front hip for as long as possible, you create a powerful tension – your hips load up against that closed front shoulder, like twisting a rubber band.
- Your glove hand acts as the release valve, stopping your forward momentum and forcing your body to rotate violently around that anchor, immediately cueing hip rotation and unlocking the massive energy stored in your core. Hip rotation precedes shoulder rotation to maximize your whip effect.
Your results beautifully tie your mechanics directly to the outcomes.
- Proper hip/trunk rotation and timing ensure maximum energy transfer from your lower body to the ball.
- Your arm acts as a passive whip rather than a force generator, reducing strain on your elbow and shoulder.
- A consistent, repeatable, and balanced delivery creates a stable platform for your arm to release the ball at the same point every time.

Your delivery system allows you to achieve the most velocity with the least effort and arm wear.

You turn pitching from an act of throwing into an act of controlled rotation and energy transfer.

With coach Skip’s instruction, everyone gets a drill to tell you whether your lower body is involved

1. The Setup

You establish a narrow, athletic, and slightly closed base.
By implying your front foot is slightly angled and your back leg is ready to push, your loaded position is ready to move forward.
Your glove hand is your initial “stay closed” cue.
Stop: An important pause to feel and confirm your athletic balance and loaded tension.

2. The Coil and Break

Your body is perfectly stacked over your pivot foot, maximizing balance and preventing lateral drift.
Your front heel lines up with your back toes, and your front toe points toward the target.
You establish your early arm cocking position and create your anchor point for your hip drive, resisting your early rotation.
Stop: Another pause to feel your coiled tension, confirm your lower body is loaded, and your upper body is separated, with the arm and glove in the optimal power position.

3. The Fire

You initiate hip and trunk rotation, setting your kinetic chain’s whip-like action toward the plate.

Your drill sequence is a sophisticated way to engrain sequential movement and front-side control—your true keys to velocity, command, and durability.

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