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9:53 pm
May 8, 2010

singtall

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Nicolas pitched great today. he had plenty of power and accuracy. much better than last season. we have been working on some changes to get him more consistent and less pain. we worked on the leg lift/drop/slide, we worked on snapping his glove side elbow into his side to start the uncoiling towards release, and we worked on releasing his arm out then towards his left pocket to relieve any strain on his arm.

from the slow motion scene you can see he's losing a little core torque at landing. his shoulders are turning a little too early. it looks like he's firing his shoulders too early possibly.

any suggestions are welcome.

10:04 pm
May 10, 2010

singtall

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I spoke with Nicolas about the mechanics of the video and we agreed that he had 2 main issues: 1) laziness. he was too lazy to stride out further and use his body. 2) pressure. he was brought in to clean up after another pitcher and Nic wanted accuracy. in the end, he went with his old faithful mechanics from last year early season. he was very accurate. the coaches said he had one of the highest recorded strike counts in the league. the bad side…he was sore for 2 days. that's a real problem when you have games every other day.

we now face the same dilemma as last year. how do we make the change that will save his arm while still needing to see strikes?

10:39 pm
May 12, 2010

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we ditched the elbow pull to the side because it was causing the early turn and loss of torque.

we went back to Brent's drills and focused on a good stride and torque. i think he looks better, but he lost some accuracy. he is missing the ball high.

any ideas on why he misses high?

1:53 pm
May 28, 2010

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