by Brent Pourciau | Nov 18, 2009 | Pitching Articles
One of the main reasons a pitcher the size of Tim Lincecum, can generate as much pitching velocity as a pitcher as tall as Randy Johnson, is because of how his linear drive transfers into core torque. The pitching key to Tim Lincecum's ability to create optimal torque...
by Brent Pourciau | Jun 18, 2009 | References
Stodden DF, Fleisig GS, McLean SP, Lyman SL, Andrews JR. Relationship of pelvis and upper torso kinematics to pitched baseball velocity. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 17(2):164-172, 2001. Matsuo T, Escamilla RF, Fleisig GS, Barrentine SW, Andrews JF. Comparison of...
by Brent Pourciau | Jun 14, 2009 | Pitching Articles
The online world of pitching experts have been throwing around the buzz word "Momentum Pitching" recently. This isn't anything new unless you are up to date on the breakthroughs of pitching science. Pitchers have been trying to find better ways to generate more...
by Brent Pourciau | Jun 6, 2009 | Pitching Articles
For all of those pitchers who are trying to develop more separation in the back hip to back shoulder, you will only achieve this with explosive triple extension pitching of the drive leg. “Triple Extension” is the extension of the ankle joint, knee joint,...
by Brent Pourciau | May 9, 2009 | Pitching Articles
There is a lot of controversy around why pitchers ice arm post game. After surgery I was very strict when it came to icing post game. I know that it isn't enough for me here to just say that, "Hey, I did it, so you should too." So, I took some time to research the web...