Cut from HS team, Drafted #56 overall. MLB pitcher for Oakland A’s. Master’s in Engineering - Carnegie Mellon University. Follow me you’ll learn to pitch.
USA
Joined January 2012
- Tweets1.1K
- Following185
- Followers1.1K
- Likes26
Notice the shoulders.
The throwing shoulder starts behind the glove shoulder. The glove shoulder doesn’t move much, while the throwing shoulder moves 180 degrees around it.
Lesson: Don’t end up square to the plate, you are sacrificing power.
Trystan Magnuson retweeted
Where your arm care exercises take place is a key consideration. Along these lines, here's one drill I don't like in a baseball population. #cspfamily
See how Nolan Ryan isn’t pulling with his glove arm, but rather rotating with his throwing arm/shoulder.
Notice that pitchers don’t pull with the glove, but rather throw with the shoulder of their throwing arm. (The glove stays in front of their core)
It’s a whip-the-throwing-shoulder-towards-the-plate kind of a feeling.
Look at front leg power.
Foot in front of knee.
Pushing to oppose forward momentum.
Front leg straight - after release.
When talking others about serious topics, I’ve been trying to ask more questions.
The Quakers used this technique in what was called a “Clearness Committee”
The gathering was used to help a person hear God’s voice and direction.
👇
Job’s friends spoke on behalf of God and God didn’t appreciate it.
I’ve been trying to ask more questions.
I’ve been seeking to understand others.
I’ve been offering less advice, but telling more stories from my own life.
I’m trying to get better at this.
👇
Notice how basically every big leaguer comes to a 90 degree armpit and 90 degree elbow at some point in their delivery.
Usually right as their front foot is planted after the stride.
Nolan Ryan’s mechanics evolved throughout his career, but the two biggest changes came between Mets - Angels and Angels - Astros.
youtu.be/wmluJsFy-Sw
A friend of Chapman invited him to join a local baseball team at the age of 15.
He began playing as a first baseman until the coach noticed that Chapman could throw well enough to become a pitcher, which Chapman began in 2003….
Eventually 100+mph
Instead of hip-shoulder separation, isn’t rotational velocity of the shoulders the only thing that matters?
More important than squatting a million pounds is your explosiveness.
Metrics like vertical and broad jump.
If you have high vertical and long broad jump, your body has potential to throw hard.
I know some coaches talk about hip - shoulder separation to generate power, but I don’t see it in the hard throwers.
I see them keeping their hips closed as long as possible and then driving their hips and shoulders together to deliver the ball.
If force = mass x acceleration (f=ma) how can a pitcher generate acceleration to increase force applied to the ball?
Look at the kinetic chain:
Feet, knees, legs
Hips, core, shoulders
Upper arm, elbow, wrist, fingers
A pitcher needs to maximize each to achieve their potential.
When I started my professional career with the Blur Jays, I tried to make an adjustment to my mechanics - slowing them down to be slow, slow, explode.
My velocity went way down.
It took me a few months to realize that I needed to get my whole body moving fast in my delivery.
Why turn your shoulders and show the ball behind your back? While it feels powerful, it can often lead to spending energy in rotation instead of toward home plate.
Keeping your shoulders in line with the plate…
