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Common Pitching/Throwing Problems to Watch:
· Poor balance - weight is on heel
· Over-rotates the upper body before coming out of the balance position - ends up in poor landing position
· Poor arm action - too much arm pulling the arm back behind the body
· Breaks hands too far away from body, too low or too high or not in the center
· Fingers get under the ball and the wrist hooks
· Not getting the arm up into the high cocked position (L-position) at foot plant
· Poor timing of the leg going down and out and the arm going up
· Poor weight transfer - body gets out ahead of the arm
· Lead arm action too aggressive causing shoulder to open too early
· Lead leg goes out and down instead of down and out
· Swings leg out to landing
· Lands on heel
· Lands on a stiff front leg
· Lands too open or too closed - loses power and adds stress to the arm
· Leads with upper body and strides too short
· Over-flexes back leg, pushes out and over-strides
· Doesn't brace up front knee upon landing - knee continues to drift forward
· Arm angle too high - head comes off line - pitcher leans to one side
· During arm acceleration, throwing hand comes too close to head.
· Poor hip rotation - backside and back foot drag away from rubber
· Poor finish - pitcher too upright - cuts off arm into body - doesn't finish with a flat back
· Recoils arm upon ball release
· Ball has cutting action (horizontal break) because pitcher is getting on the side of the ball instead of staying on top and behind the ball.
Remember the key to more velocity is good mechanics, a strong arm and a well conditioned ball player. Once a ball player develops better mechanics, he/she will find that his/her control gets better almost instantly. And with good mechanics, throwing becomes much more effortless and much more fun.
The Hozer Throwbag is the only product on the market that allows you to properly correct your throwing mechanics because it allows the full release of a regulation size and weight baseball while you practice on your own. |