by Brent Pourciau | Dec 20, 2022 | Pitching Drills
Improving velocity is a key goal for many baseball pitchers. One way to do this is by focusing on stride mechanics, and the Stride Excelerator by TopVelocity is a tool that can help pitchers develop their stride depth to increase stride momentum and ground force...
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 takesĀ fast twitch muscle strength. Fast twitch motor neurons recruit more muscle fibers. This means more control of the body and also more explosive power....
by Brent Pourciau | Jan 30, 2009 | Pitching Articles
Pitching is a very complex sequence of movements and the key is avoid the pitching misconceptions that plague the game today. So many things happening during a blink of the eye within the pitching delivery that create a ton of illusions in the game. What is even...