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The Pitching Windup or Stretch

March 8, 2009

dizzy_dean.gifThe windup is almost scared to the game of baseball. It really has no purpose besides a kind of placebo effect on the mental state of the pitcher. The windup represents the old style of pitching. Back in the day when the pitchers would use the windup to get their arms moving faster. Now that we have learned that doing this is destructive to pitching velocity the windup has become just an extra step to throwing in the stretch. A little more time to focus on the target. Read more

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Written by Brent Pourciau · Filed Under Pitching Articles | Leave a Comment