The Orchid Hypothesis

Even with flaws, any individual’s pitching is as hardy as a dandelion; able to take root just about anywhere and, when ignored, come back year after year.

Anyone can grow a dandelion, but only a Pitching Coach who nurtures their dandelion with neurological, physiological, and psychological science can build the delicate, mysterious orchid called predictable fastball command. 

Coaching Today

The notion a Coach can grow an orchid contradicts how most Coaches teach pitching today.

 Most Coaches, even Professional Coaches, haven’t taken, don’t take, the time to discover the science behind pitch location. If they did so, the orchid would take over the dandelion as the standard for fastball command.

The Next Generation of Coaches

That’s why Pitchers we work with get so excited and are so appreciative when we show them how easy it is to expect each pitch to travel into their target.

We believe, for the health and welfare of Pitchers everywhere, it’s time for Coaches to take the science behind pitch location more seriously.

By doing so, more Coaches will turn dandelions into the orchids you see at the top of every Big-League depth chart.

Experience Fastball Command Today

We use 5 easily executed, simply presented skills to guarantee fastball command.

Not satisfied with your pitch location. Let’s talk.

Skip Fast

Pro Pitching Institute

Instant Fastball Command Author/Coach

E-Mail: skip@propitchinginstitute.com

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Work Smart, Not Hard

During a pitching motion, every time a Pitcher shifts his weight his body will self-correct and every self-correction will change his throwing arm path.

It’s physically impossible to stop a Pitcher’s self-corrections, but it is possible to manage them.

A Pitcher Works Hard When His Self-Corrections Manage Him

A Pitcher who works hard is trying to figure out a weight shift pattern that’ll take his throwing arm through the same path on every pitch.

On an outing by outing basis, a Pitcher eventually finds a productive arm slot, but, since there’s no way to duplicate this feeling from one outing to the next, dominant back-to-back outings become few and far between.

A Pitcher Works Smart When He Manages His Self-Corrections

A Pitcher who works smart works with someone who’s trained to make his throwing action his only self-correction. By doing this, his throwing arm comes through the same path on every pitch, and he can expect his pitches to travel directly into his target.

A Pitcher who uses his throwing action as his only self-correction turns his pitching results into a repeatable physical reaction.

With the Right Coach, a Pitcher Manages His Weight Shifts

The right self-corrections at the right time lead to pitches traveling directly into a Pitcher’s intended target. To the trained eye, a Coach uses a Pitcher’s disruptive weight shift patterns as a tool to make the Pitcher’s only self-correction his throwing action.

Our programs instantly spot disruptive throwing arm self-corrections. Instead of working hard, we give the Pitcher a simply executed and amazingly effective way to permanently change his movement patterns, and, by doing so, transition a throwing arm self-correction into a  desired, lower body-prompted, throwing action self-correction.

Not satisfied with your results. Let’s talk.

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“Lower Body Driven by Choice, Not Chance”

Pro Pitching Institute
“Law of Self-Correction^©” Author/Coach
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The “Law of Self-Correction©” Guarantees Pitching Success

The “Law of Self-Correction^©”.

After 25+ years of working with Pitchers, an “ah-ha” moment produced one simply presented, all-inclusive statement that explains what happens in ALL pitching motions.

The “Law of Self-Correction^©”

“A Pitcher’s pitching results are dictated by the way his body self-corrects his weight distribution.”

After applying the “Law of Self-Correction^©” to thousands of pitching motions over many years, Pitchers can be guaranteed it’ll optimize their pitch location, enhance their throwing arm speed, and ace any statistical benchmark anyone wants to throw their way.

The “Law of Self-Correction^©” Has a Solid Scientific Foundation

You already know about “Self-Corrections”
Your “self-correction” reflex is at work every second of every day but is most noticeable when your arms seemingly take on a life of their own.

You typically lose control of your arms when you walk a balance beam, walk on slick ice, steer a bike over a mountain trail, step on a pebble with your bare foot, take a bad step, walk a tight rope, etc., but it especially happens when a Pitcher makes a throwing action.

What are the factors behind “self-corrections”?

Environmental and physiological factors combine to produce your “self-corrections”.

●     Gravity keeps your body anchored to the ground.

●     A carpenter level-like mechanism within your inner ear monitors gravity’s impact on your weight distribution.

●     When your inner ear senses a weight shift, to get your weight back in balance, your body “self-corrects”.

In terms of a Pitcher’s “self-corrections”, when a Pitcher dissect his delivery, a tremendously complex pitching motion becomes extremely easy to understand. Better yet, “self-corrections” give ALL Pitchers, both young and old, a very concise, yet easily executed, road map to their Big-League pitching success.

Want to put the “Self-Correcting Principle^©” to work for you? Let’s talk.

Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
Self-Correcting Principle^©” Author/Coach
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Cell or Text: 856-524-3248
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Why Do Elite Pitchers Outperform Everyone Else?

An example of beginning your stride THEN separating your hands.

There are two categories of Pitchers in the World.

There are ...

1. The Elite Big-League Pitcher who can expect their pitches to travel directly into their target.

2. Everyone else.

What do Elite Pitchers do that others don’t?

Watch any elite Big-League Pitcher and you see a Pitcher who begins their hand separation at the same time they begin their stride.

Why does this happen? When your hand separation occurs at the same time you stride, you allow your lower body to produce the Big-League fastball command needed to challenge Big-League Hitters to reach base.

What does Everyone Else do?

Watch any Pitcher who begins their stride then separates their hands and you’re watching a Pitcher who can’t establish their fastball.

Why does this happen? When you stride out of your front leg lift, you naturally use your throwing arm to offset your forward weight shift. When you see your hands separating after you begin your stride, you know you’re using your throwing arm for balance, you’re forcing your throwing arm to always catch up with your body and, consequently you can’t know with any certainty where any one pitch will end up.

Become an Elite Pitcher.

We teach Pitchers how to separate their hands at the same time they stride. As a result, they can expect to deliver their pitches directly into their target and, consequently, keep their Team close enough to win each game they pitch.

Want to know more? Let’s talk.

Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
“Fastball Command Sequencing Plans^©” Author/Coach
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Cell or Text: 856-524-3248
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It’s never too early to discover pitch location

How good a Pitcher are you?

Pitchers don’t need pitch location to produce good stats. This is because developing Hitters ...

• Allow the pitch count to swing to the Pitcher’s advantage.
• Swing at pitches they shouldn’t.
• Are learning to adjust their approach at the plate, pull inside pitches and know when to check their swings.

Big-League Hitters are done developing. The only way to get them out is to place your pitches in a spot where they can’t drive the ball.

It’s never too early to develop a Big-League pitch location.

No matter your age, your body works the same way as everyone else and, knowing this, it’s never too early to learn how to get your lower body to deliver your pitches into your target.

Again, no matter your age, you locate your pitches against the untrained Hitters you face, and your Big-League pitch location is sure to attract lots of attention from lots of influential baseball people.

Lower Body Engagement

There’s no magic formula for getting your lower body to drive your pitches, but, unless you think of your lower body engagement as something that happens, not something you do, you’re unlikely to produce the Big-League pitch location that’ll drive a very productive pitching career

Don’t know what impacts your lower body activity?

Getting your lower body to deliver your pitches into your target without changing your entire delivery is complicated but, when you understand how your body parts interact with one another, is very doable.

Unsure how this works? Don’t know someone who can do this? … then visit the Pro Pitching Institute.

Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
“Pitch Location Success Plans^©” Author/Coach
E-Mail: skip@propitchinginstitute.com
Cell or Text: 856-524-3248
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Baseball Pitching Predicament becomes Your Dilemma

As a Pitcher, you mistakenly grow up thinking velocity, not pitch location, is your ticket to your Big-League pitching dreams.

By the time you realize Big-League Hitters are better equipped to drive your mistakes than you’re equipped to hit your spots, it might be too late to change the course of your pitching career.

How does Baseball deal with this disparity?

Professional Organizations invite Lower-Level Pitchers with the best “feel” for their pitch location to fill their Big-League openings.

When these Lower-Level Pitchers test their skill against Big-League Hitters, the Pitcher can only “hope” to keep their pitches out of the Big-League Hitters hitting zone.

Unfortunately, a “feel” for the strike zone is something that’s very personal and, consequently, isn’t teachable.

Therefore, the Lower-Level Pitchers who get a chance to pitch in the Bigs rarely live their Big-League dreams for long.

We build pitching futures.

Our “Pitch Location Success Plans^©”  …

• Shows you how to turn your “feel” for the strike zone into the expectation that your pitches will travel directly into your target
• No matter your age or skill level, teaches you how to discourage Hitters from driving your pitches.
• Gives you the opportunity to move up the Baseball Ladder smoothly and seamlessly.

Want the skills needed to live your pitching dreams? Visit the Pro Pitching Institute.

Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
“A Pitcher’s Pitch Location Success Plan^©” Author/Coach
E-Mail: skip@propitchinginstitute.com
Cell or Text: 856-524-3248

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Don’t Let Hitters Steal Your MLB Pitching Dreams

The MLB Business Model wants you to succeed but doesn’t support your success.

Every Professional Pitcher and every Positional Player dream of having an MLB career.

- A Pitcher’s MLB pitching dreams ride on their ability to neutralize a constant flow of extremely talented Hitters. 

- A Hitter’s MLB dreams hinge on their ability to make the Pitcher constantly pay for their mistakes.

A high-end fastball can turn you into a Professional Pitcher, but to realize your MLB pitching dreams, you need to navigate your way around a constant stream of Hitters wanting to achieve their MLB dreams.

The only way to stop these skilled Hitters from stealing your MLB pitching dreams is for you to deliver your pitches directly into a target that’s been placed in a hard to hit spot.

Reality Check

Because MLB Organizations have lots of Pitchers in their Minor League system, they can fill their MLB openings with Pitchers who they think are ready to challenge MLB Hitters.

When a Pitcher gets their MLB call-up, but can’t locate their pitches, a stream of top-notch Hitters will reach base and the Organization will have no choice but to send the Pitcher back down.

We bridge the gap between professional pitchers and MLB inning eaters.

As just one example, after registering an 8.22 ERA over 7.2 innings during his first-ever MLB call up, a first-round MLB draft pick asked us to help him with his pitch location. We eliminated what was negatively impacting his location and, in his next call up, he started 22 MLB games while posting a 5.08 ERA over 117 innings.

Want to know what “Your Pitching Success Plan^©” looks like?  Let’s talk.

Skip Fast

Pro Pitching Institute
“A Pitcher’s Your MLB Pitching Success Plan^©” Author/Coach
E-Mail: skip@propitchinginstitute.com
Cell or Text: 856-524-3248
#ElitebyChoice

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