Pitching Mechanics

A slide show showing good tempo, timing, and deception

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Pitching
• Mechanics
• baseball
• instruction
• tempo

[kennylala25]

i smell tommy john

[BioForceBB]

@kennylala25

Why? His shoulder is very strong and balanced. Has great flexibility. And he manages his workloads.

Those are the primary factors in TJ.

[myherofguitar]

@BioForceBB

tommy john has nothing to do with the shoulder...its the UCL ligament in the elbow.

[BioForceBB]

@myherofguitar

Sure it does. Research shows that the vast majority of elbow issues start with shoulder tightness, weakness, imbalance, or other damage. The elbow is the weak link and generally gives out.

Take a look at what happened to Strasburg. I noticed he complained about shoulder tenderness far before the UCL problem.

Watching a pitcher's external rotation through high speed video is a good tell-tale sign that tightness is progressing and should be looked after.

[evcamonchris]

@SimpleStuff31 and maybe some do, but if you look at the pitching greats and the pitchers who throw 95mph and up none land heel first because of what I said previously.

[BioForceBB]

@evcamonchris Nolan Ryan was heal to toe. Actually was on the side of his foot.

[Iverson1232]

isn't his release point a little bit low?

[wogdoggy]

@wits1end0 not a big believre in teaching balance point which kills tempo..the fact that he IS leaning forward before his hands break is proof he uses a lower load and isnt an arm thrower..grain taken

[wogdoggy]

boy does he get a great jump toward the plate,very athletic kid

[Mirageil]

@BioForceBB No, he wasn't.

actually, in Randy Johnson's book 'Power Pitching', Randy reminds constantly Nolan's Ryan's advice that changed his career and made him the pitcher he was. the advice was "land with the ball of your foot."

[wits1end0]

Not bad mechanics but as with most things there is room for improvement.. A tip from a veterinarian and baseball coach friend "start with the feet and work up when observing" In this video the player does not get his chin over the ball of his pivot foot when he comes to a point of balance. He is leaning forward prior to the hands breaking. Therefore his foot lands before his arm is ready. But it is just an opinion take it with a grain of salt.

[SharkAttackProd]

has he been injured yet ?

[MrCjval09]

@kennylala25 Your not totally off with this remark... Watch his arm angle and how it comes back and never really gets up... That can put lots of strain on that elbow. Maybe another things to fix would be his landing, lands on his heel, needs to land on balls of feet. Minor flaws and very correctable.

[SimpleStuff31]

@evcamonchris well i guess maddux lied, i looked at some high speed vid, he lands heel toe.