“Contact me if you find it hard to hit your target!” – Coach Skip Fast, 25+ Years Coach Pitchers.
Pitchers discover how to find the target.
Your instruction includes …
- Starting Position: Emphasizing balance and readiness to initiate the kinetic chain from the lower body.
- Separation: Focusing on the hand position as they prepare to deliver the ball towards the target. This is a key moment for loading energy and setting the arm path.
- Lower Body Involvement: Highlighting the crucial role of the legs and core in generating power and transferring it up to the throwing arm – the core of the kinetic chain.
- Homework: Reinforcing learning and providing opportunities for the pitcher to practice and internalize the concepts outside of the session.
- Review and Continued Instruction: A cyclical process of assessing understanding, correcting misconceptions, and building upon the foundational elements.
This structure is designed to help the pitcher develop:
- Proprioceptive Awareness: Through drills and repetition (including homework), the pitcher gradually develops a better “feel” for their body’s position, balance, and the sequence of movements in the kinetic chain. They become more aware of whether their weight is balanced in the starting position, how their hands separate from their body, and how the energy flows from their lower body through their core to their arm.
- Efficient Kinetic Chain: The instruction likely focuses on the proper sequencing and coordination of movements, ensuring that energy is generated and transferred efficiently. The starting position sets the foundation, separation loads potential energy, and lower-body involvement initiates power. Proprioception helps the pitcher “feel” when these links in the chain are working smoothly and when there are breakdowns.
- Muscle Memory: The homework and review process helps reinforce the correct movements, allowing the pitcher to develop muscle memory based on both conscious instruction and proprioceptive feedback.
This step-by-step approach, combined with homework and review, is a systematic way to build a fundamentally sound pitching motion that relies on both understanding the principles of the kinetic chain and developing the proprioceptive awareness necessary for consistent execution.
The pitcher feels every motion, knows when their motion is out of balance, and eventually has a motion where they hit the target every time.
Working with Coach Skip, pitchers from 8 years old and up develop proprioceptive awareness, an efficient kinetic chain, and muscle memory, so they never have to worry about finding the target again!
In-person instruction costs $60 per half-hour session, payable in Cash or via Venmo.
Instruction takes place at the Pitching Wall, located at 65 Fairmount Drive, Sicklerville, NJ 08081.
- The Fairmount Drive location is 3 minutes off Exit 41 on the Atlantic City Expressway.
Interested? Fill out this form, and Coach Skip will contact you within 24 hours!
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Unleashing Lower Body Power Through Proprioception | In-Person, South Jersey Pitching Instruction