Http://www.BaseballByTheYard.com In today's video tip, Coach McCreary explains his opinions on what a proper arm path should be for pitchers and how that differs from what most pitchers are taught.
I agree coach. My Son and I were following the arm separation and his accuracy was lost. Before seeing your video we already made this adjustment back to keeping the ball down and up. We changed his pitching because other coaches were telling him about the arm separation. Thanks for doing this video it confirmed my thoughts.
this is very interesting! I've been coaching for quite a while and never heard it put that way. Guess I'm going to have to do some more research. good video!!
Great observation! The ball is concealed from the batter for a longer period of time as well which makes it more difficult to spot the ball at the release point. Velocity increases as well. Excellent!
From a scouting perspective, I would have to disagree. For the throwing are and front foot have a relationship. The Pitchers, or position player, must have his arm up when the front foot strikes. That's the key. As a scout, I want to see a strong "L" position at foot plant. Other positions cause pause, which is the general agreement within the scouting community. Pie throwers, elbow lifts, and this "90-90" relational arm paths typically do not reflect pitchers, or position players, with strong, healthy arms.
Hitting and fielding instructor. Its not a bad theory except hes not talking about scap loading with these pitchers. Its more about down then pulling back into that scapular muscle in the shoulder blade that creates the UP position as the body goes forward. Just like in hitting.
This is a quality comment that will be lost on most players and coaches. The contraction of the lower portion of the rhomboids and lats is key to "keep" the movement within the core and legs and allow the upper extremities to "flow" around the proper spine alignment because of centrifugal force. * But if the arm is late to the party because of poor path mechanics or timing issues the extra force created is loaded directly on to the arm ( generally elbow.) This is a feeling that only a player turned coach would know.
Hi James and thanks for the question. It's a hard one to fix but any drill that has the ball starting it's path down out of the glove instead of back and up out of the glove works. I recently added a video of a pitching seminar I did where I talk more about the arm path. The link is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q-7fZBWHuQs.html
Here he "wastes" gravitational potential energy (Mass*Gravity*Height) by pulling his arm from low to high: 3:24 Uphill instead of downhill. Yes, at one time he threw hard, but not anymore. And he over-pronated his release.
It's called cracking the egg; 4:05 Not really a necessity for good mechanics. If you supinate the wrist as the arm moves behind the head, you won't need to bring the arm down. Keep it up: Throw it down. More effective physics at your disposal.
