How a BAD Pitching Coach Can Ruin a GOOD Pitcher
January 18, 2009
Ultimately your pitching Coach is your boss. If you piss him off, there is a good chance you may be out of a job. The problem is if he is a BAD pitching coach, he could jeopardize your career. It has happened many times before. The key is to keep the Coach happy, while you find the best support you can, to help influence your career.
What makes a BAD pitching Coach?
Someone who has no experience in playing the position at the top levels of the game, or someone who has no certified education of how to coach the position. Read more
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Scap Loading and the Back Side to Pitching
December 31, 2008
If you haven’t learned about “Scap Loading” then you are not tapping into your velocity potential. If you are not pinching your Scapular before committing your shoulders to the target, then you are losing a lot of velocity. If you have read some of my articles on this site you have heard this before. Greg Maddux in this picture is a perfect example of tightening the rubber band. He is building torque in his core by driving his hips open to the target, while he is pinching his shoulder blades together. This is the Ace Pitcher 3rd Component of Pitching. Here are some more photos of Pitchers performing this component. To put this into more detail we must look closer at the mechanics of Greg Maddux.
Greg Maddux is a Pitcher who is 40+ years of age, who is not a hard thrower anymore but he can still hit 90 if he desires. Most people would credit his name in the game of baseball to one of the craftiest pitchers ever. I would credit his name to one of the most efficient mechanics to play the game. This is why he is pitching into his 40’s. What has saved his arm, is the fact that he puts less abuse on it than the average pitcher. How he does this is by building momentum and using that momentum to build maximum torque in all his rotational pivots . He also keeps his arm in the safe zone his entire delivery. It sounds simple, be it takes incredible muscle coordination. Read more
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