Understanding the Stride and Glove Hand in Pitching

 

The Stride

The primary purpose of the stride is balance and controlled momentum.

A proper stride keeps the pitcher stable, aligns the body for delivery, and efficiently transfers momentum toward the plate—setting the foundation for power and consistency.

The Glove Hand

The glove hand guides the body and orchestrates delivery.

The glove hand helps maintain balance, guides the throwing arm, and steers the ball toward the target.

Precise glove-hand action reduces unnecessary movement, tightens the release window, and improves accuracy and command.

Ideal Synergy

When stride and glove hand work together, the stride flows seamlessly into the delivery, the glove hand guides the body and throwing arm toward the target, momentum transfers efficiently through the kinetic chain, and velocity and accuracy improve without added effort.

Repeatable mechanics, exceptionally consistent glove-hand behavior, are essential for reliable performance.

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Practice these techniques, and you will improve both accuracy and power.

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Weight Distribution: The Secret to Consistent, Accurate Throws

The Problem: Too Much Weight in Front

When your weight drifts forward, your throwing arm is forced to work overtime to compensate for poor balance, you lose your natural ability to aim, and you pull your throws.

Because your lower body can’t contribute fully and your arm ends up doing all the work, your power production drops, and you increase stress on your shoulder and elbow.

This “weight-forward” mistake creates inconsistency and makes accurate throwing feel harder than it should.

The Solution: Keep Weight on the Back Leg

The foundation of consistent, powerful throwing is centering your weight between your feet with a slight bias toward the back leg, keeping your body stable, and allowing your throwing arm to move freely and efficiently.

To store energy and stabilize your upper body, you stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, your weight favoring your back leg, and, as you begin your throwing motion, maintain that back-leg emphasis.

You shift your weight forward only as you throw, letting your legs and hips power the movement rather than your arm, and you land on a balanced front side with a relaxed follow-through.

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Mastering Glove-Hand Activity for Unmatched Pitching Control

Your glove hand initiates your upper-body sequence, maintains balance, and helps transfer energy cleanly into the throwing arm.

The Pitfalls of Passive Glove-Hand Activity

An inactive glove hand derails your delivery.

When your glove hand fails to engage, the connection between the lower and upper halves results in reduced velocity and effort-based throwing.

An inactive glove side changes how your throwing arm accelerates, leading to poor accuracy and unpredictable misses.

Without an active glove side, your body struggles to stay aligned through foot strike and release.

Achieving Optimal Glove-Hand Activity

To maximize glove-side efficiency, start with a balanced leg lift.

Merely, keep your front side stable while your throwing hand faces second base and your glove hand faces home plate.

As you move into the stride, rotate your glove hand to bring your elbow from facing up to facing down. Your controlled inward rotation activates your kinetic chain and syncs your upper body with the lower half.

Your engaged glove side anchors the torso, promotes a repeatable stride and consistent drives the ball to the target with remarkable regularity.

Our Guarantee

A properly trained glove hand unlocks robust, accurate, and repeatable pitching.

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Coach Skip Fast
“Command by Choice, Not by Chance”
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856-524-3248
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