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Front Knee Position: Setting the Stage for Success

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The position of your front knee at the start of your delivery is crucial for balance, power, and accuracy.

Front Knee Behind the Front Hip: The Reactive Approach

Starting with your front knee behind your front hip often leads to a reactive delivery. Your body is constantly trying to catch up to your weight.

Because you’re reacting, your delivery becomes less consistent, you’re likely to have varying release points, and you’re leading to unpredictable pitch location.

The throwing hand trying to keep the body in balance is a major red flag. Your legs and core should provide the balance, not your arm.

Front Knee Ahead of the Front Hip: The Proactive Approach

Starting with your front knee slightly ahead of your front hip promotes a proactive and balanced delivery, and you move toward the target.

Your weight is centered, creating a stable base for your delivery.

The kinetic chain works optimally by facilitating a smooth and efficient energy transfer from your legs and hips through your core and into your arm.

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A Simple Way to Improve Command

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Front Foot Wider Than Your Shoulders

Your front foot wider than your shoulders leads to the front knee naturally drifting behind the front hip during the leg lift.

Your feet wider than your shoulders create an unstable and unbalanced position, reducing control over the pitch.

You will likely “fly open” or have difficulty repeating a consistent release point.

Feet One Baseball Width Apart

Feet one baseball width apart promotes a more balanced leg lift, keeping the front knee in front of the front hip.

Your feet one baseball width apart provides better control, gives you a better sense of where the ball will go, and encourages a more linear and repeatable delivery.

Conclusion

Your feet one baseball width apart helps you maintain proper alignment, keeps the front knee in front of the hip during the leg lift, and allows for a more consistent and repeatable delivery, leading to improved command.

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A narrower stance, roughly one baseball width apart, promotes better balance.

We’re so confident in our instructions that we offer a unique guarantee: if we can’t help you get the ball to your target regularly, your instruction is free, no questions asked.

Coach Skip Fast
“Pitchers: Get the Lower Body Involved©”
Pro Pitching Institute
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856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
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The Misconception Of Arm Dominance In Command

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Complicated Command

Many pitchers overthink their arm action, believing it solely dictates where the ball goes.

This over-reliance on the arm leads to inconsistent release points and poor command.

The throwing arm plays a role, but it’s more of a facilitator than the primary driver of location.

The Importance Of A Strong Foundation

Starting with the weight over the back foot allows for a smooth and powerful leg lift without compromising balance.

A clean and controlled glove hand movement sets the stage for the rest of the motion.

The lower body rotates, generates the power, and directs the pitch toward the target.

The arm action then follows naturally, executing the pitch with the power generated by the lower body.

Simple Command

Actual command originates from a stable lower body and a coordinated sequence of movements.

The throwing arm is a tool to deliver the pitch, not the sole determinant of its location.

Our Guarantee

By focusing on a strong foundation and allowing the lower body to drive the pitch, pitchers develop consistent command and improve their overall effectiveness.

We’re so confident in our instructions that we offer a unique guarantee: if we can’t help you get the ball to your target regularly, your instruction is free, no questions asked.

Coach Skip Fast
“Pitchers: Get the Lower Body Involved©”
Pro Pitching Institute
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856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Copyright © 2025, Pro Pitching Institute.

Level Hips

 

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Your Hips

Uneven Hips at the top of your Front Leg Lift take your motion out of balance.

At the top of your Front Leg lift, you want your Front Hip to be even with your Back Hip.

How?

You get your Hips to be level by keeping your Front Knee in front of your Front Hip and your Front Foot in front of Back Foot.

In this way, your Hips are level, and the ball goes to your target with uncanny regularity.

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Throwing Action

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My name is Coach Skip and I’m about to teach you a “balanced” Throwing Action.

Starting Position

Your Starting Position determines your Throwing Action.

Bad Arms

Your Throwing Arm going behind your Body offsets your Starting Position and you see fewer pitches going into your target.

Good Arms

Your Throwing Arm ending up in front of your Body gives you a balanced Throwing Action.

Your Throwing Arm reacts to your Glove Arm and more pitches end up in your target.

How To Accomplish This?

Want to end your motion with your Throwing Arm in front of your Body?

The Pro Pitching Institute teaches you to manage your Throwing Action, or your instruction is free … No questions… No hassles… and no hard feelings.

Coach Skip Fast
“The Pitching Process Doctor”
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Foot Strike

 

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An Out-of-Balance Foot Strike

At the end of your Stride, your Throwing Arm reacts to your Body’s position.

When your Foot Strike position is out of balance, your release is spotty at best.

Balanced Foot Strikes

Land your Stride with your Foot Strike in balance and your Throwing Action reacts a lot differently.

Your ball ends up in the target with uncanny regularity.

How To Accomplish This?

Want to end your Stride in balance?

The Pro Pitching Institute teaches you to manage your Stride, or your instruction is free … No questions… No hassles… and no hard feelings.

Coach Skip Fast
“The Pitching Process Doctor”
Pro Pitching Institute
+1-856-524-3248
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Front Knee Position

 

Pro Pitching Institute is one of the top 100 baseball blogs on the Internet.

My name is Coach Skip, and you’re going to learn about a “balanced” Front Knee position.

Poor front Knee

During your Front Leg Lift, your Front Knee going behind your Front Hip prevents your Lower Body from commanding your pitch.

You never know where your ball ends up.

The front Knee You Want

However, your Front Knee staying in front of your Front Hip allows your Lower Body to command your pitch.

Your ball goes into your target with uncanny regularity.

How To Accomplish This?

Want to know more about your Front Knee location?

The Pro Pitching Institute teaches you to manage your Front Knee, or your instruction is free … No questions… No hassles… and no hard feelings.

Coach Skip Fast
“The Pitching Process Doctor”
Pro Pitching Institute
+1-856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
http://propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Copyright © 2022, Pro Pitching Institute.