Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Are you an “A” or “B” rated pitcher?

The difference between an "A" and "B" rated pitcher is like day and night.
  • An "A" Pitcher's foot placements keep their throwing arm uninvolved with their balance.
  • A "B" Pitcher's foot placements force them to use their throwing arm for balance.  
There's no middle ground. 
Either your body uses your throwing arm for balance or not!!!

“A” Pitchers
Overview - You’re an “A” pitcher when you know the movements to make that'll deliver every pitch directly to your target with different velocities and various movements.

There's ONE way to produce “A” performances!

Your focus – You focus on your foot placements, your front leg lift and your upper body throwing trigger.
Your foot placement choice – Your foot placements keep your hips level into the top of your front leg lift.
Your upper body – Your upper body remains uninvolved with your balance and free to move any way you want.
Your throwing trigger – You land your foot plant with a hip tilt to your glove hand side by rotating your chest toward your target out of your front leg lift.
Your throwing action – Your hip tilt forces a totally spontaneous and naturally productive throwing (re)action.

“B” Pitchers

Overview You’re a “B” pitcher when you do well against hitters with a flaw you can exploit and/or hitters who don’t recognize and fail to drive the pitches missing over the plate.

No matter what, everyone else is a “B” Pitcher!

Your focus – You’re more focused on what you see yourself do, not the actions causing you to do what you see yourself do!
Your foot placement choice – Your foot placements cause your hips to tilt into the top of your front leg lift.
Your upper body – You need your throwing arm to offset your hip tile at the top of your front leg lift.
Your throwing trigger – Before you can complete your delivery, you need to get your front foot back on the ground and get your hips back to level.
Your throwing action – Your throwing arm works independently to bring your throwing arm through your release window.

Contact us to find out how to transform your “B” foot placements into “A” performances.

L.A. “Skip” Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
skip@propitchinginstitute.com

“My simple, yet extremely powerful, business rule: fix it once and move on!”  


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