You don’t want your motion to be like a see-saw.
Just like see-saws teeter from one side of a bar to the other, when
gravity forces you to end your front leg lift with your weight over your back
foot, gravity uses your throwing arm to balance your stride. Unfortunately, you
won’t be able to complete your throwing action until gravity stops needing your
throwing arm for balance.
When your motion is like a see-saw, your velocity is only as good as the
arm speed you generate as you rotate your shoulders around your head, but,
because your throwing arm is working alone, you never really know where any one
pitch will end up.
You want your motion to be like a merry-go-round.
With the right foot placements and front leg lift, gravity ends your
front leg lift with your weight vertically
balanced between your knees and
horizontally balanced along a line running from your head to your bellybutton. Your
weight distribution allows you to come out of your front leg lift with a hip
rotation. Just like you won’t move as quickly when you stand near the center of
a merry-go-round that you do when you stand near the outer edge, you allow your
slow-moving hips to whip your throwing arm into release.
When your motion mirrors a merry-go-round, your hip rotation maximizes
your throwing arm speed and, at the same time, your hip activity forces a
situation where, to get back in balance, gravity takes your throwing arm
through the same path on every pitch. Consequently, you maximize your velocity
while you see your ball traveling into your target more often than not!
Here’s the good news.
By following
the process outlined at the Pro Pitching Institute, you’ll make your motion more like a
merry-go-round and, in the process, challenge every hitter on every pitch.
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