How your pitching chain drives your results?

Do you really understand your pitching chains?

The movements you see within any Pitcher’s motion comes from the Pitcher’s instinctive drive to keep their lower body as their center of balance.

- A Pitcher with a lower body center of balance gives their body no reason to use their arms to get their center of balance back to their lower body.
- A Pitcher who moves their center of balance from their lower body causes their mind to instantaneously use their arms to bring your center of balance back to your lower body.

Every pitching chain starts somewhere.

When a Pitcher begins their motion, they do 2 things.
- They begin their motion by planting their back foot on the ground and then
- They place their front foot on the ground.

How a Pitcher performs these 2 very controllable actions tells their body which hardwired “action-reaction” roadmap their motion is going to follow.

Once a Pitcher makes a specific “action”, their hardwired “action-reaction” roadmap produces a new center of balance. Their body “reacts” to their next center of balance with another very predictable “action-reaction” roadmap response. Pitchers travel along their “action-reaction” roadmap until they get their center of balance back to their lower body.

What causes a Pitcher’s pitching chain to produce sustainable excellence?

The way a Pitcher begins their “action-reaction” roadmap dictates their center of balance as they come out of their starting position and how they come out of their starting position determines their level of success.

Productive Pitching Chains … When a Pitcher begins their motion with their lower body as their center of balance, their hardwired “action-reaction” roadmap forces them to use a glove side rotation to land their foot plant with their center of balance centered on their front hip. The Pitchers plan on their body to move their center of balance back to their lower body by making an involuntary throwing reflex. In the process, the human body’s pursuit for a lower body center of balance takes the Pitcher’s throwing hand through a totally spontaneous, very sustainable, extremely consistent release window.  

Disruptive Pitching Chains … When a Pitcher begins their motion with their center of balance away from their lower body, their hardwired “action-reaction” roadmap forces them to spontaneously use their throwing arm for balance land cause them to land their foot plant with their center of balance centered on their back hip. Unfortunately, their arm action moves their throwing arm path from what they want to a path their hardwired “action-reaction” roadmap demands their arm take.  Once their front foot gets back on the ground, their hardwired “action-reaction” roadmap moves their center of balance from their back hip to their lower body. With their lower body as their center of balance, to complete their delivery, the Pitcher must move their center of balance away from their lower body. Easily done, but due to the Pitcher having to use their throwing arm for balance earlier in their motion, the Pitcher’s throwing hand begins their throwing action from a less-than-optimal position. The result … the Pitcher’s ball doesn’t end up where they want nor behave how they want!

Any Pitcher wanting to make their pitching chain more productive, please contact me at imlookingforapitchingcoach@propitchinginstitute.com.

Skip Fast

Chief Learning Officer/Executive Director
Professional Pitching Institute

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