Learn how to Use your stride to produce command with velocity
Why Your Pitch Isn’t Hitting the Target?
Proprioception
- Proprioception is your “sixth sense,” where your body’s ability to sense its position, movement, and effort without relying on vision.
- A breakdown at your starting position, including front leg lift, separation, and foot strike forces, can lead to compensatory movements and an increased risk of injury.
Kinetic Chain
- The kinetic chain relies on a precise, sequential transfer of energy from the ground up, with the front foot landing and bracing before the rapid acceleration of the upper body and arm.
- Any deviation from this sequence breaks the chain and places undue stress on the shoulder and elbow.
You’re causing a breakdown in both your proprioceptive feel for accurate delivery and the actual outcome of your pitches.
- An improper starting position, a poor front leg lift, or your front leg beginning your motion causes the body to tilt, disrupts weight distribution, and forces you to make compensatory movements to regain balance.
- These tilts disrupt coordination between the upper and lower body, resulting in a loss of control, lower-body movement in the kinetic chain, or both.
- Consequently, the lower body’s compensatory movements cannot contribute efficiently to the throw; you end up relying solely on your throwing arm, resulting in less power and accuracy.
When you begin your motion with your feet too far apart, you’re performing a proprioceptive flaw that could, after your compensatory movements, hurt your command and minimize your velocity.
When your front leg lift goes behind your front hi[, you have a proprioceptive issue that could, after your compensatory movements, impact your command and affect your velocity.
When your front leg starts your movement down the mound, you have a proprioceptive flaw that could, after your compensatory movements, influence your command and hurt your velocity.
When your throwing arm goes low and behind your body, your front leg fires first. You lose your kinetic chain, your throwing arm lags, and compensatory movements take over.
Coach Skip Fast addresses these issues.
Coach Skip truly makes proprioception and the kinetic chain second nature.
By focusing on these precise movements, you’ll develop a more efficient and powerful pitching motion, maximizing your kinetic chain and proprioception without needing to think about them actively.
- Your Starting Position (Emphasis on Proper Setup)
- Foot Placement: What is the position of your feet?
- Glove Hand: Where does your glove hand need to be?
- Knee Bend: How do you bend your knees?
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Your Front Foot Lift (Initiating the Drive)
- Thigh Rotation: What happens with your front thigh?
- Knee Alignment: Where is your front knee?
- Foot Placement (Critical): Where do you place your front foot?
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Your Separation (Setting Up for Power)
- Throwing Hand: What’s your throwing hand’s position?
- Glove Hand: What’s your glove hand’s position?
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Your Motion (Dynamic Movement to Delivery)
- Glove Hand Action: What part of your body moves first, and how does it move?
- Throwing Action: How do you deliver the ball to your target?
Through these mechanics, Coach Skip Fast ensures that your weight remains centered, the body stays balanced, and tilting is prevented.
- The glove hand is ready to initiate movement and transfer energy efficiently from the lower body through the core and into the throwing arm.
- This efficient power transfer allows the lower body to effectively pull the throwing arm into the throwing motion, which in turn facilitates a proper energy transfer and leads to more accurate throws.
