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If my kid can do anything its pitch..Today the freshman coach wants him to use the SLIDE step with runners on first.WOW,I dont want to risk my kids arm by doing this. I cant see how this CAN"t be dangerous.Yet hw will expect junior to use it with men on first.do i tell junior to just pitch normally and when the coach chews him out say I forgot.OR have him tell the Coach that his arm hurts when he does that.How do I save my kids arm from these guys?,,:grouchy
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Powerful Solution #2: "Pitch from the stretch with one motion, all the time."
If you pitch with a slide-step:
>> You won’t consistently throw good low strikes.
>> You will dramatically lose velocity.
>> Your off-speed pitches won’t work.
>> YOU RISK INJURY WITH EVERY PITCH!
Here’s why:
With the slide-step, your lower body leaves before your arm can swing down, back and up from the “hands-together” set position.
As a result, your arm plays “catch-up” throughout your entire delivery.
That means you lose all of your lower-half power because it’s already fired before the arm is ready to throw...
...AND it places a lot of stress on the shoulder and elbow and causes you to lose velocity.
OK, in order to pitch with one motion all the time, you should...
1) Speed up the hands and the leg kick simultaneously.
2) Abbreviate your leg kick (knee to knee), but make sure to load up the weight on the back foot (the one touching the rubber) so you can generate “energy” while delivering the pitch towards the plate.
That energy will equal velocity.
It will also give your arm time to remain in sync with the body so you can make good off-speed pitches low in the strike zone and remain injury-free.
Yours in baseball,
Steven Ellis
I found this article agree or not? I sure do!
Powerful Solution #2: "Pitch from the stretch with one motion, all the time."
If you pitch with a slide-step:
>> You won’t consistently throw good low strikes.
>> You will dramatically lose velocity.
>> Your off-speed pitches won’t work.
>> YOU RISK INJURY WITH EVERY PITCH!
Here’s why:
With the slide-step, your lower body leaves before your arm can swing down, back and up from the “hands-together” set position.
As a result, your arm plays “catch-up” throughout your entire delivery.
That means you lose all of your lower-half power because it’s already fired before the arm is ready to throw...
...AND it places a lot of stress on the shoulder and elbow and causes you to lose velocity.
OK, in order to pitch with one motion all the time, you should...
1) Speed up the hands and the leg kick simultaneously.
2) Abbreviate your leg kick (knee to knee), but make sure to load up the weight on the back foot (the one touching the rubber) so you can generate “energy” while delivering the pitch towards the plate.
That energy will equal velocity.
It will also give your arm time to remain in sync with the body so you can make good off-speed pitches low in the strike zone and remain injury-free.
Yours in baseball,
Steven Ellis
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