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Felix Hernandez
July 22, 2011
2:43 pm
lefty31

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This is the best footage I could find of his new mechanics..On television and in this video, it looks like he no longer gains momentum towards homeplate and rather, he is just coiling up then exploding..What do you think of this?

July 22, 2011
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Brent Pourciau USAW Certified
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Yes, he is rotating more at leg lift which is causing him to not fully triple extend before front foot strike but we are talking inches. I wonder if his velocity has gone up or down because of this. Do you know?

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July 22, 2011
3:24 pm
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Here is a graph of his average velocities by year:

http://www.fangraphs.com/pitch…..8;pitch=FA

 

He started these mechanical changes in 2010. '09 and '10's average velocity seem pretty consistent but his variance seems to be smaller in '10. In 2011, however, his velocity seems to have gone down.

July 22, 2011
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Nice find! I feel that his loss in velocity could be related to too much rotation at leg lift because this is causing him to open his lift leg to early during his stride phase. This is why he is not achieving 3x before front foot strike in this video. He was doing this when he was coming up into the big leagues and touching three digits.

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July 24, 2011
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Great stuff, Lefty.  It looks like he is completely stalled over the rubber until well after he reaches max leg lift.  He doesn't really start generating momentum until after he finishes his leg lift and then straightens back up on line to the target.  When I see young pitchers stall like that it affects their command as well as their velocity because they have to put so much effort into the end of the delivery because they wasted the opportunity to generate momentum early in the delivery.  This is an example of major league guys having the talent to overcome things you wouldn't want a young pitcher to emulate.  But, it affects them too – as Lefty's research and Brent's observation of his lack of extension shows.  Nice job, guys.     

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