by Brent Pourciau | Feb 28, 2009 | Pitching Articles
Do you have poor hip to shoulder separation? Do you pull your glove side down and across your body hard? Do you drag your arm around into pitch release? Do you have shoulder and elbow pain that gets worse the longer you pitch? Good chance you have a major mechanical...
by Brent Pourciau | Feb 21, 2009 | References
I have been in a few heated debates over my pitching career and on this website. This is because I had an average to below average baseball career after I tore my rotator cuff at 18 years old in my first college appearance. So I don't have the labels like; All...
by Brent Pourciau | Feb 17, 2009 | Pitching Articles
Separation is a major component to developing top velocity and longevity. Separation pitching means having separation from your back hip to back shoulder at front foot strike. Notice the picture here of Felix Hernandez. His back hip is pointing towards home plate and...
by Brent Pourciau | Feb 12, 2009 | Pitching Articles
The biggest problem I find in young pitchers is that they have poor separation velocity in their hips to shoulders. There are many articles on this site covering the pitching component "Separation." It is so important because having separation from your back hip to...
by Brent Pourciau | Feb 10, 2009 | Pitching Articles
Is bad pitching mechanics a sign of poor awareness of movement or muscular weakness? Above average coordination takes fast twitch muscle strength. Fast twitch motor neurons recruit more muscle fibers. This means more control of the body and also more explosive power....
