Your Proper Stride Length Creates Command

 

When your stride is right, your shoulders arrive aligned at foot strike to give you a clean line to the target and allow energy to move from the ground through the body and into the ball.

Too Long = Open Shoulders

You overstride, your body must catch up, and your front shoulder pulls off target.

Now you’re open early, and the arm must fight to find the target.

Too Short = Closed Shoulders

You under stride, your lower body never fully works, and your front shoulder stays closed too long.

Now everything is late, and the arm must force the throw.

The Real Issue Isn’t Stride Length

It’s a sequence.

Your body arrives at foot strike balanced, moving toward the target, and ready to rotate.

That feeling isn’t guessed; it’s trained.

Why This Matters

When your shoulders aren’t aligned at foot strike, energy leaks, velocity drops, and command disappears.

Because now the arm is doing a job the body didn’t finish.

Sequence Over Strength

Most pitchers try to fix their stride length directly.

That’s backward.

Fix the sequence, the stride organizes itself, the shoulders line up, and the ball finds the target.

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Coach Skip Fast
“Sequence Over Strength” –
The Missing Foundation of Pitching Mechanics
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