Positioning the “back knee behind your back foot” during the bent-knee stance creates a powerful coil, storing elastic potential energy, which is the very first and most potent link in the kinetic chain.
Efficient Linear Momentum Generation
The subsequent “leg movement” (the drive off the loaded back leg) efficiently translates this stored energy into linear momentum, propelling the body powerfully towards the target.
Hip-Driven Rotation
The front foot’s positioning facilitates powerful and sequential hip rotation, ensuring that the larger, slower segments initiate the rotational transfer of energy.
Glove Arm as an Accelerator
The lower body movement prompts your glove arm to initiate the throwing action, creating a counter-rotation that rapidly accelerates the torso and efficiently transfers energy to the throwing arm.
Synergistic Energy Transfer
Linear momentum from the stride, rotational energy from the hips and core, all combine to maximize the energy transferred to the throwing arm, creating a powerful “whip.”
Pitch Smart
The highly efficient and synchronized energy transfer achieved by this footwork, where all segments work in concert, forces are consistently channeled directly towards the target, and predictability leads to “uncanny regularity” in ball location.
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Coach Skip Fast
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“Unleashing Lower Body Power Through Proprioception”
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