The Physics of Baseball - Pitching

Ever wonder why pitchers go through those strange contortions to throw the ball?

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Science & Technology

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• baseball
• physics
• science
• pitching

[bigswanger281]

they all have bad mechanics

[thatguy1450237]

shut the hell up

[makeiteasyable]

ganon ba ..

[CAepicreviews]

damit i forgot what i wanted to say..........

[ajlepisto]

@zzhate Yeah and even then, who knows how accurate it is. Lots of clubs have been accused of inflating their pitcher's numbers and deflating opposing pitchers.

[239Legend]

@bigswanger281 they probably have better mechanics than u

[donervin1]

Pitching is a side ways body movement to front foot touch down but one must just prior to front foot touch down turn/open the front foot either pointing the toe down the line or at a slight angle for balance so as not to block hip rotation & forcing one to throw over the hip, I have a beautiful picture of Steve Carlton, Matt Morris, Tim Lincecum & a young pitcher in the Cardinals org. who all display how the proper side way's body and foot movement should be executed.

kom@Ervin@yahoo.com

[donervin1]

I would like to add, pitching is a side ways body movement to front foot touch down with a stride length of at least matching one's body height no body rotation prior to front foot touch down at which time only the hips rotate shoulders simultaneously following/rotating creating hip/shoulder separation which in turn brings the arm through into it's forward trajectory on to release point of ball. hip/shoulder separation must be executed in proper sequence at proper time

kom_ervin@yahoo.com

[pitchingsolutions]

Each Pitcher lands with their Front Foot closed to their target.

Their closed Front Foot landing blocks their Hips from a full rotation and they fail to fully transfer all the Lower Body energy into their Throwing Hand.

From my experience, when a Pitcher maintains an athletically "stacked" position while balance on one leg, their Hip rotation will fully transfer all their energy into their Throwing Hand and everything you stated becomes a reality.

L.A. "Skip" Fast

Pro Pitching Institute

[thementalcoach]

It would be interesting to see a show that discusses how much opposing muscle tension affects the physics to slow down the pitch.

[noahmcdx]

@baseball14328 that's what they said in the video...

[noahmcdx]

@bigswanger281 you don't know shit about mechanics. Arm action is only slight when it comes to mechanics. This guy has fine mechanics, infact good. He keeps his head over his chest and leads with his ass.