Ankle Kick | Talk Pitching | TopVelocity Baseball Forum

Hey Brent its Jared. I got a new pitching instructor (willing to work with me on your program), and was showing him photos about the 6 components of pitching. When he saw the photos of triple extension, and compared it to my delivery he said that my ankle isn’t all the way through like Chapman and Lincecum. He then said to extend with your hip and knee and “turn over” your ankle. I responded by saying that 3x is the extension of the hip, knee, and ankle. He said he knows, but just think to turn your ankle (and eventually said turn your ankle in the air), and you will naturally explode it. I then pitched and felt like I was pitching more like Jordan Walden than chapman and Lincecum. However, it was a lot harder than I usually throw, and he said(and I felt) it was much more explosive than usual. I’m sorry I didn’t get it on video (will videotape it next week), but was wondering what you thought about it. I know that ankle extension is NOT a pivot, and that low velocity pitchers pivot, while high velocity pitchers explode through (there is an animation on one of the articles you wrote that I looked at). Please tell me what you think, and the keys to think about while attempting to achieve triple extension, especially with the ankle kick (dorsiflexion?).

                                                                                              Thank You,

                                                                                                      Jared Apper