Hips, Glove Work, and Command

 

Cause for Uneven Hips

Uneven Hips arise from your Front and Back Heels starting too far apart.

When your Front Heel is more than one baseball width from your Back Heel, your Hips end up uneven.

With your Heels too far apart, when you lift your Front Leg, your Front Leg naturally goes behind your Front Hip and tilts your Hips.

Uneven Hips

You can only throw the ball when your Hips are level.

Your Hips being uneven prompts your Body to make a natural balance adjustment.

Your natural balance adjustment makes your Hips level.

With your Hips level, your Body goes into a throwing motion, and you deliver the ball within your target area.

Even Hips

When your Front and Back Heels are one baseball width from each other, your Front Leg naturally goes up to your Hips and your Hips end up level.

With your Hips level, there is no balance adjustment and there’s a good chance your Throwing Arm works at the same time as your Stride.

Your throwing action takes the ball to your target with uncanny regularity.

Better Positioning

Your level Hips promote your Throwing Action and give you exceptional command.

The Pro Pitching Institute teaches your Heels to be one baseball width apart and Hips to be level, or your instruction is free … No questions… No hassles… and no hard feelings.

Coach Skip Fast
“Command by Choice, Not by Chance”
Pro Pitching Institute
https://propitchinginginstitute.com
856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

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Front Knee, Glove Work, and Command

 

During your Front Leg Lift, you want your Front Knee to stay in front of your Front Hip.

Any variation and your destructive Front Knee position hurt your Glove Work and command.

Your Goal

Your Glove Work gets your Lower Body to fire your pitches, your Lower Body drives your Throwing Arm, and your Throwing Arm automatically sends the ball into your target.

Your Glove Work

When your Front Knee position is behind your Front Hip, your Glove Work suffers.

Your Throwing Arm controls your Glove Work and never gets your Glove Work to ever fire your Throwing Arm.

On the other hand, when your Front Knee finishes ahead of your Front Hip, your Glove Work fires your Lower Body, and your Lower Body drives the ball into your target with uncanny regularity.

Your Command

Your Front Knee staying in front of your Front Hip keeps your Body in balance.

Your Balance allows you to direct your Glove Work to fire your Hips.

From the point where your motion is in balance, your whole motion is automatic.

The ball goes to your target without you thinking about your motion.

Better Positioning

Your Front Knee staying in front of your Front Hip prompts uncanny command.

The Pro Pitching Institute teaches your Front Knee to stay in front of your Front Hip, or your instruction is free … No questions… No hassles… and no hard feelings.

Coach Skip Fast
“Command by Choice, Not by Chance”
Pro Pitching Institute
https://propitchinginginstitute.com
856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Copyright © 2023, Pro Pitching Institute.

Shoulders, Glove Work, and Command

Level Shoulders promote great Glove Work and, as an outcome, exceptional command.

Definitions

Glove Work – The path your Glove Hand takes to get your Throwing Hand to send your ball on target.

Shoulders Level – At the top of your Front Leg Lift, your Shoulders are horizontal.

Target Area – Take your worst pitch and draw an imaginary circle around your target.

Not Level

Your Shoulders being out of level cause your Body to adjust to their elevation.

The biggest change comes in your Throwing Arm.

Your Throwing Arm controls your location, and your Throwing Hand places the ball somewhere in your target area.

At separation, any sort of Shoulder tilt forces your Throwing Arm to adjust your balance.

Your ball rarely goes into your target.

In fact, you only hit your target 1 out of 10 times.

Level Shoulders

When your Front Leg Lift shows level Shoulders, your Throwing Hand responds to your Glove Work.

Your Glove Hand comes right to the target and your Throwing Hand answers with a good path to the target.

You hit your target with uncanny regularity.

Better Positioning

For your Glove Work to control your command, you need your Shoulders to be level.

The Pro Pitching Institute teaches you to come out of your Front Leg Lift with your Shoulders level, or your instruction is free … No questions… No hassles… and no hard feelings.

Coach Skip Fast
“Command by Choice, Not by Chance”
Pro Pitching Institute
https://propitchinginginstitute.com
856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Copyright © 2023, Pro Pitching Institute.

 

Foot Work, Glove Work, and Command

 

The correct Foot Distance promotes great Glove Work and exceptional command.

Your Foot Position

When your Foot Distance between your Feet is greater than one baseball width, your weight goes on your Back Foot.

From the Back Foot, your Throwing Arm moves your weight from your Back Foot to your Front.

Instead of getting involved with your command, this motion prompts your Throwing Arm to be engaged with your motion’s balance.

Your Glove Work

When your Arm is used to balance your motion, your Glove Arm reacts to your Throwing Shoulder.

Your Throwing Arm Shoulder comes to your target and your Glove Work path follows your Throwing Arm.

Your Glove Work remains inconsequential and ineffective.

Your Command

You change your Foot Positioning, and your point of balance is at a point that’s directly in front of your Back Foot.

Now, your Glove Work controls your Throwing Arm.

The ball goes into your target with uncanny regularity, your Throwing Arm always shows fastball speed, but the ball takes on the look of your Grip.

Better Positioning

For your Glove Work to control your command, you need your Foot Positioning to be in balance.

The Pro Pitching Institute teaches you to begin your motion with your Feet close together, or your instruction is free … No questions… No hassles… and no hard feelings.

Coach Skip Fast
“The Pitching Process Doctor”
Pro Pitching Institute
https://propitchinginginstitute.com
856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Copyright © 2023, Pro Pitching Institute.

What Does “Good” Pitching Look Like?

 When a Person plays with a rubber band-powered, balsa wood toy airplane, they wind the propeller, and, when they let the propeller go, the rubber band supplies extra thrust.

The plane’s rubber band mirrors the twisting force an elite Pitcher creates when they end their stride with their hips and shoulders at opposing angles.

Like the rubber band powers the plane’s propeller, the torque their lower body generates spontaneously whips their throwing hand into release and sends their fastballs directly into their intended target.

Need Your Lower Body to Fire?

Want your Body to fire your Hips and send the ball to your target?

The Pro Pitching Institute teaches you to manage your Lower Body, or your instruction is free … No questions… No hassles… and no hard feelings.

Coach Skip Fast
“The Pitching Process Doctor”
Pro Pitching Institute
https://propitchinginginstitute.com
856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Copyright © 2023, Pro Pitching Institute.

Why Do Most Coaches Fail to Teach “Good”?

 

Most Coaches miss the fact that, when a Person is perched on one foot, the Individual’s hips and shoulders move as one.

Few Coaches seem to realize that, when a Person stands on one foot and is asked to move their hips, their hips won’t turn (can’t turn) until the Individual moves their shoulders.

Without this understanding, most Pitching Coaches allow their Students to end their front leg lift with their weight over their back foot.

They force the Pitcher’s hips and shoulders to move down the mound as a single unit, and effectively eliminate the lower body torque the Pitcher needs to send their fastballs directly into their intended target.

Want Your Lower Body to Fire?

Want your Body to fire your Hips and send the ball to your target?

The Pro Pitching Institute teaches you to manage your Lower Body, or your instruction is free … No questions… No hassles… and no hard feelings.

Coach Skip Fast
“The Pitching Process Doctor”
Pro Pitching Institute
https://propitchinginginstitute.com
856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Copyright © 2023, Pro Pitching Institute.

Throwing Hand Control, Balance, and Command

 

My name is Coach Skip and I’m about to teach you Throwing Hand movement, balance, and command.

Preliminaries

Your Starting Position impacts your Throwing Hand.

The correct Throwing Hand movement promotes balance and command.

However, when your Throwing Hand merely reacts to your Starting Position, your Body moves out of balance, and your command suffers.

Poor Throwing Hand Movement

When your Front Leg is behind your Front Hip, your weight is over your Back Foot, and your Front Leg is forced to move first.

Your Front Leg takes you out of your Starting Position, and your Hands keep your Body in balance.

Your Hands keeping your Body in balance has your Throwing Hand acting on its own.

Each different pitch you throw will have a slightly different release point and arm speed.

Good Throwing Hand Control

However, when your Front Leg is even with your Front Hip, your weight is center right in front of your Back Foot, and things change dramatically.

Your Glove Hand takes your motion out of balance and fires the ball to your target with uncanny regularity.

No matter the grip, your Throwing Hand keeps the batter guessing about the pitch by showing the Hitter a constant fastball speed!

Accomplishing This?

Want your Body to produce a good Throwing Hand movement?

The Pro Pitching Institute teaches you to manage your Throwing Hand movement, or your instruction is free … No questions… No hassles… and no hard feelings.

Coach Skip Fast
“The Pitching Process Doctor”
Pro Pitching Institute
https://propitchinginginstitute.com
856-524-3248
skip@propitchinginstitute.com
#ElitebyChoice

Copyright © 2022, Pro Pitching Institute.