The Pro Pitching Institute

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Well-Planned Foot Placements Boost Command

In pitching, as in everyday life, your body always returns to a balanced state, and, when in balance, you have a choice how you want to move your arms.

Why Your Pitches Miss Your Target?

There's a good chance you're swinging your front leg into your front leg lift and, to move down the mound, you have to reverse your front leg swing.

When your front leg swing sends your Body toward your target, your Body uses your throwing arm for balance, you lose control of your throwing arm path, and you can only hope your ball ends up where you want.

Command Your Pitches.

On the other hand, your command immediately improves when your foot placements allow you to lift your front leg into your front leg lift.

By eliminating your front leg swing, you free your glove arm to create the imbalance that’ll trigger your lower body to send your pitches directly into your intended target.

Secrets to a Balanced Front Leg Lift.

Here’s a tip … You’re more likely to command your pitches when your foot placements, legwork, and front leg lift work together to keep your glove arm free to deliver the command needed to keep your pitching dreams alive.

Need help with your command`? I’m waiting for your call.

Coach Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
Turning the need for command into an expectation.
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Thursday, February 10, 2022

Command: Trust Your Front Leg Lift

When you micro-manage your Front Leg Lift, you send more pitches into your intended target more often than ever.

Fact: Your Body’s constant self-corrections keep you from falling over.

Planned Self-Corrections Promote Command.

When you begin your delivery with a well-planned Front Leg lift and you move your Glove Hand away from your Body, your Back Leg flexes, and, once you tuck your Glove Arm, you trigger a cascading series of command-producing self-corrections.

Your Lower Body rotates, your rotation causes you to stride, and, at foot plant, your Body’s self-corrections use your Lower Body to whip your Throwing Arm into release and send your pitches into your target with uncanny regularity.

Unplanned Self-Corrections Hurt Command.

Without an effectively choreographed Front Leg lift, when you move your Glove Hand away from your Body, you’re less likely to experience any Back Leg flex.

Without a Back Leg reaction, your Throwing Arm is going to catapult the ball through several random arm slots.

Bottomline, your random arm slots mean you never really know where any single pitch will end up.

Command Is a Flexible Front Leg Lift.

If you want to turn your command into an expectation, make sure, out of your Front Leg Lift, your Back Leg flexes as your Glove Hand moves away from your Body.

Need help? Coach Skip is waiting for your call.

Coach Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
“Turning command from a want into an expectation!”
+1-856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
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Thursday, February 3, 2022

Front Shoulder Positions Dictate Command

Once you finish your front leg lift with your feet in line with one another, you can trust your body to send your pitches directly into your target with uncanny regularity.

A Closed Front Shoulder Hurts Command.

Stand in place, and, to throw the ball, you must move your front shoulder out of the way.

Having to deliver the ball around your front shoulder means you can only hope your ball goes where you want.

An Open Front Shoulder Promotes Command.

Stand on one foot with your front heel in line with your back foot, clear your front shoulder and you automatically whip your throwing arm into release.

Reproduce these conditions in your pitching motion and your body spontaneously whips your throwing arm through the same path on every pitch.

The Transition Is Easy.

If you must clear your front shoulder to complete your delivery, it’s because you end your front leg lift with your weight over your back foot.

You reverse this by ending your front leg lift without your feet going past one another, spinning out of your front leg lift, and letting your body automatically produce the command you want.

Commanding Your Front Leg Lift.

Once you finish your front leg lift with your feet in line with one another, you can trust your body to send your pitches directly into your target with uncanny regularity.

Need help using an open front shoulder to create command? Coach Skip is waiting for your call.

Coach Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
“Pitch location by choice, not chance!”
+1-856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
http://propitchinginstitute.com
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Thursday, January 27, 2022

Real-World Experiences Expose Command Failures.

Trust your real-world experiences to help improve your command.

Proof Balance Without Movement Hurts Command.

When balancing on a bike in place, at the first you’re about to fall over, you trust your subconscious will move your handlebars to the opposite side.

When pitching and a weight shift sends you toward your target, you can trust you will lose control of your Throwing Arm path.

Evidence Your Subconscious Is on Automatic.

When balanced on a bike and there’s a threat you’re about to fall over, you can trust your subconscious will move your handlebars.

When pitching, as you drive down the mound, your body will use your Arms for balance, and you will lose your command.

Confirmation You Can Control Your Arm Movements.

When riding a bike and you keep your weight positioned over your rotating wheels, your arms will be free to steer you where you want to go.

When pitching, as you spin your torso down the mound, you can trust your Arms won’t be needed for balance and will remain free to command your pitches.

Bike Behaviors Build Command.

When you end your Front Leg lift with your weight around your Back Leg and spin down the mound, you can trust your pitches will go where you want.

Need help balancing your Front Leg lift? Coach Skip is waiting to hear from you.

Coach Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
“Pitch location by choice, not chance!”
+1-856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
http://propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Your Command Struggles are Avoidable.

Command is a behavior.

Place your posting foot on a 2x4, center your other foot over the beam, and bring your Glove Side elbow behind your Body.

Do this several times in a row and, each time you do, out of the corner of your eye, notice how your throwing hand instinctively comes through the same release window on each motion.

How does your front leg lift behave?

On flat ground, get into your regular front leg lift and bring your Glove Arm elbow behind your body.

Unlike the 2x4, either your Body twists around itself, or, if you move forward, your motion stops when your front foot hits the ground

If this describes you, the imbalance your front leg lift creates is destroying your command.

What’s the fix?

Your fix is to end your front leg lift with the same degree of balance you had when you were perched over the 2x4.

From there, a simple Glove Arm movement magically produces the next-level command needed to realize your pitching dreams.

Command is about balance.

The only way to command your pitches is to use what you discovered from your 2x4 experience to keep your Glove Arm free to send your pitches directly to your intended target.

Need help balancing your front leg lift? Coach Skip is waiting for your call.

Coach Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
“Pitch location by choice, not chance!”
+1-856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
http://propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Striding Hurts Your Command

When you turn your stride from an action into a reaction, you watch your pitching dreams materialize before your eyes.

Spin Around Your Core and Command Is Sure to Follow.

Much like a figure skater beginning their spin, for you to spin into your ball release …

1. Your weight must be evenly distributed around your Core,

2. Your Arms must be free to initiate your spin, and

3. When your Upper Body begins your spin, you can only have one foot on the ground.

Striding Prevents Command.

When you stride, the conditions needed for command disappear.

1. Your stride shifts your weight toward your target,

2. You use your Throwing Arm to offset your forward weight shift, and

3. You can’t use your Upper Body until both Feet are on the ground and your weight moves back to center.

Your Solution: Turn Your Stride into a Reaction.

Your stride becomes a reaction when …

1. You end your Front Leg lift with your weight evenly distributed around your Core,

2. Your balanced Front Leg lift keeps your Arms free to move the way you want, and

3. You start your spin while perched on one foot.

A Reactionary Stride Forces Command.

Spin down the mound, your stride forces you to use your Throwing Action to get your Body back to balance and, consequently, send many more pitches directly into your intended target.

Need help turning your stride into a reaction? Coach Skip is waiting for your call.

Coach Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
“Pitch location by choice, not chance!”
+1-856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
http://propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Command is Very Teachable

Teaching yourself command can be as easy as adjusting your Starting Position.

Your Feedback Loops

Your Brain continually receives messages about your balance, determines how you react to any imbalance, and dictates the movements needed to stabilize your Body.

The only way to control your movements is to understand how your Body reacts to your imbalances, then plan your movement around these reactions.

Poorly Timed Imbalances Hurt Command.

A plan that ends your Front Leg lift with your weight over your Back Foot means your movement down the mound creates an imbalance, drives your Body to self-correct, and alters your Throwing Arm path.

Start this way and, unless you find the right tempo, you’re unlikely to produce the command you want.

Balance Drives Command.

However, end your Front Leg lift with your Body in balance, and it becomes very possible to choreograph the end of your stride.

By finishing your delivery with the right imbalance, your Brain uses your Throwing Arm to get your Body back in balance and, in the process, produce the command that’ll keep your pitching dreams alive.

Make Your Command a Foregone Conclusion.

Once you design a Front Leg lift that’ll promote balance, you can choreograph the self-corrections that’ll produce the command you want.

Need help with your Front Leg lift? Coach Skip is waiting for your call.

Coach Skip Fast
Pro Pitching Institute
“Pitch location by choice, not chance!”
+1-856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
http://propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice