Fantastic video ,,, Renaissance/Revelatory info ....What we didn't know back in the seventies Seems like cavemen days baseball,,What crude barbarians we were...
In respect to your health issues, you can get a lot of support with a supplement called MSM. Also, get the skins of fruits and vegetables in your diet, peppers, potatoes, eggplant. If you are able to handle it, not just an orange or banana but some part of the peel. This is where ligaments and tendons get their substance, not from candy and spaghettios.
I've Been doing the complete opposite. Almost kind of catapulting my arm in a way. This makes much more sense. Especially after watching major league pitchers throw like your describing. Can't wait to try and do this
Dear Brent, Hope it would be OK to refer people to your videos in my pitching video. You cover the nuclear physics of pitching. I'm gonna cover just basic points. I'm sure you'll watch it at some point. Thanks Tony
thanks for all the amazing vids. my son has learned so much. any tips for a 9 year old who's having trouble with the "delay" arm action after the hand break. it's his first year playing. 9 Year Old Pitcher Throws 56 MPH Lincecum Darvish like
i cant see the "bump" of 10 degree shoulder adduction before elbow extension and internal rotation. I checked out some slow motion footage frame by frame
Brett, when you break your arm from the glove, what is the first movement? For me, i slightly drop my arm and then move up to what you said? is that near satisfactory?
i got everything except that i dont know how to make my "back" so flat when i did my followthrough like Mariano Rivera and Greg Maddux, 2 of them after release the pitch, their back is flat, and right hand is lower than left knee
my son need to increase velocity in pitching we have him in core training,but what else can we do to help him at least 10 mph.. he is a Jr in high scool.. we are not doing any tournaments this summer, but concentrating in his pitching and speed any suggestions we live in Florida
Brent, you mention 90deg arm flexion at front foot strike. How does this correlate with arm slot? Also is there a strong correlation in velocity with arm flexion of 90deg vs say 80deg? I can see for instance 125deg giving you less counter movement, and not as optimal as 90 or less.. My son throws 3/4 arm slot, so I'm just trying to understand how that comes into play.
I'll add a nice scientific evaluation as you did present it well. However, using you big muscles to lead (lower half) and a whip arm angle to gain velocity is not safe long term. Using technique and your lower half to release in front of your plant foot can save an arm. Long stride and aggressive lower half insures that. Also the ability to stay over the top. Then minimal grip pressure can make the ball run.
A lot of emphasis on the 90 degree angle but no one throws from a 90 degree angle. Because there’s no explanation here of what actually occurs at the point of delivering the ball this emphasis on 90 degrees could be taken literally by kids and cause serious injuries because they may try and force the 90 degree angle at release.
I'd say look at how pitchers who haven't had arm injuries like Felix Hernandez, Zack Greinke, and Johnny Cueto. I'm pretty sure they don't throw like this. Tell me if I'm wrong. I'd say longevity is a lot more important than velocity.
Should be true but unfortunately not so. My son is a first team All-state pitcher. His Junior year he had a record of 9-2 losing his first outing and his last, in state semi-finals. He is a 6'3", 190 lefty trained by a former major league pitcher since he was 9. His throwing motion is smooth and repeatable where he rarely tires or experiences arm pain. He threw only 83-85 mph but uses all quadrants and changes speeds well. Every college recruiter wants him at 88 before they offer! He knows how to pitch, they want him to throw hard. Paradigm has shifted. Colleges want hard throwers they can teach to pitch, not interested in teaching a pitcher to throw hard. They recruit earlier and earlier, all 2019 scholarships were given by the time his junior year ended. Teach them to throw hard, blow his arm by 20. Get TS and start their second career....terrible.
What you are teaching is what tears the UCL and the Subscapularis muscle on the front of the shoulder. As well it cannot increase velocity as it does not increase shoulder rotation rates. There is emphasis on the hip rotation. The arm is not connected to the hip. It is connected to the shoulder. This type of arm action is the reason why pitchers of all ages from MLB down to youth ages are damaging their pitching arms at an alarming rate.
TheRealg34 old school way? So no hip to shoulder separation? And you threw 95? Really doubt it. Would like to see video of you pitching and I bet even if you threw 95 you will see your mechanics weren't "old school"
