pitching video

[CanadianKid]

I just recorded a video of my bullpen session, looking for comments on what I'm doing right and wrong.

Thanks in advance!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5nyw__iquM

[kylebee]

I made this clip from the video for you and anyone else who wants to chime in:

http://70.47.144.103/~drive/images/ckidcombo.gif

IMO, here's what I think you could do better to generate a bit more velocity:

1) When you pick up your leg, you basically sit it back down and stride into footplant. Think about "gliding" through the release point a bit more, like Tim Lincecum does in this video:

http://70.47.144.103/~drive/images/lincecum.gif

2) Related to #1, get quicker to the plate. You are "balancing" yourself too much and slowing your lower half down. Develop momentum into footplant.

3) Finish your pitches better. Stick your pitching-arm shoulder into the catcher's mitt. Separate your lower half from your upper half as best you can and drive towards the plate.

Health-wise, I think you look pretty good. Your pitching arm is through the horizontal and up at footstrike/shoulder turn, you have a smooth and long arm action (down, back, up), you pitch with a firm front side, and your arm decelerates uniformly (though you do pull it across your body).

Chris O'Leary might chime in, and he'll probably say he doesn't like your glove leg locking out at release. I'm not as concerned with the triple extension displayed, and I think that it does add velocity through well-maintained kinetic link principles that even Dr. Chris Yeager talks about in hitting.

All opinions are just some guy who studies biomechanics from an amateur POV and loves baseball, so take it for what it's worth. Best of luck out there!

[CanadianKid]

Thanks for the response. I will work on doing all those mentioned and hopefully put up another video, weather permitting.

[bob_r]

I would agree with kylebee on his points especially about your throwing arm shoulder. There is an expression about going over an imaginary wall with your reach and release. It looks like you stop yourself before you let your pitching arm shoulder finish over your glove side foot.