Pitching aside … How do your foot placements impact your arms?
- · When your feet are wider than your hips, to get any one foot off the ground, you’re forced to shift your weight over your back-foot.
- · With all your weight over your back foot, to move anywhere, you must take a “step”.
- · Your “step” shifts your weight away from your back foot and, to keep you from hurting yourself, your opposite arm spontaneously moves up and away from your body.
How does something as simple as your foot placements relate to your throwing arm?
- · When you begin your motion with your feet too far apart, to take your front foot off the ground, you're forced to shift your weight over your back-foot.
- · With your weight over your back foot, to move your body toward your target, you must “stride”.
- · Your “stride” shifts your weight toward your target and, as an uncontrollable reaction, your throwing arm moves away from your body.
- · No matter the throwing arm path you want your arm to take, your throwing arm takes on a life of its own and will position itself relative to your “stride” tempo.
How can you use your foot placements to shrink your target area?
- · When you begin your motion with your feet one baseball width apart, your throwing arm won’t be as involved with your balance as with a wider stance.
- · Without doing anything else, because your foot placements keep your throwing arm available to respond to your lower body, you’ll automatically see your worst misses finishing closer to your intended target.
If you want to continue shrinking your target area to the size of your
Catcher’s mitt, contact us.
Skip Fast
Expert Pitching Coach
Professional Pitching Institute
Professional Pitching Institute
E-Mail: skip@propitchinginstitute.com
Cell or Text: 856-524-3248
Cell or Text: 856-524-3248
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