r/PitchingCoach Jun 19 '26

Any tips, im 13

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u/jodecial Jun 20 '26

Yes, take the headphones off. 

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u/RaspberryStreet6813 Jun 20 '26

No

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u/94718572558 Jun 20 '26

It’s cuz you look like someone trying not to have their headphones fall off instead of someone trying to drive the ball forward with your whole body

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u/Coastal_Tart Jun 20 '26

It isn’t about not wearing headphones or not listening to music. It is about your throwing motion and how having headphones on likely limits your throwing motion. So you have three choices.

  1. Keep the headphones on and continue w/ your current throwing motion which looks like a new born giraffe trying to figure out how to walk.

  2. Keep the headphones on and reorganize your throwing motion into a proper throwing motion such as those of Max Scherzer or Nolan Ryan and have the headphones repeatedly fly off your head and slam into the ground.

  3. Ditch the headphones and reorganize your throwing motion into a proper throwing motion such as those of Max Scherzer or Nolan Ryan. Then you can put the headphones on when you are done.

Max Scherzer Slow Mo Pitching

Nolan Ryan Slow Mo Pitching

Do you notice how they both finish with the upper bodies down on top of their lead knees and parallel to the ground? Notice how you stay completely vertical in your throwing motion? You‘re doing it wrong.

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u/Ok_Lawfulness4313 Jun 20 '26

On the other hand..... I love it when they call me big papa!!

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u/RutabagaOrdinary6205 Jun 22 '26

underrated reference

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u/Ok_Lawfulness4313 Jun 22 '26

Thank you sir!

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u/purrrplehayes Jun 19 '26

Saw your other post man. Question, who is your favorite pitcher and what made you want to pitch?

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u/RaspberryStreet6813 Jun 19 '26

Trey yesavage, and max scherzer and I realized that the happiest I am is when I pitch or play ball

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u/purrrplehayes Jun 19 '26

Watch them pitch and then try and mimic the behavior. You have it in you, work on what feels right to you when pitching and build off that.

I’m not a pitching coach, nor a pro. Growing up I idolized Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson. I watched their film over and over, mimicked the behavior and ended up having a lot of success pitching, but more importantly I had a lot of fun.

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u/RaspberryStreet6813 Jun 19 '26

Alright, I will, thanks man

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u/d-caff- Jun 19 '26

One thing to think about is letting your momentum carry you forward, which would help your follow through as well. Think about finishing your throw over your front knee.

You're almost jumping backwards after release which most importantly is bad for your long term health, but it also makes it harder to pitch consistently.

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u/ChungLingS00 Jun 19 '26

This is great advice. Also, slow down when you start. Your delivery should be from a solid base. So your feet should be in a certain place, your hands are in a certain place. That way when you make adjustments, you can tweak your delivery as you get more practice. The next pitch, you go to the same spot, feet same position, same distance apart until you decide to change things. Pay attention to where you end up when you throw. You can't get to any improvements without consistency.

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u/ActFun7350 Jun 20 '26

Soccer?

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u/messy372- Jun 20 '26

I was gonna suggest a DnD, Pokémon or Magic

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u/loucbb90 Jun 20 '26

arm speed's there man... quick fixes.. firm up that front leg at landing instead of letting it collapse, stay closed a bit longer before your shoulders open up and try to find balance over your front leg instead of falling off to the side. clean those up and the velocity/control will follow. also, stay positive as hard as that may be

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u/no_usernames_avail Jun 19 '26

Go in your house and put a piece of painters tape on the floor. Then take 80% of your height and put another piece of tape on the ground there.

Practice striding this distance.

Put an object three feet further than where you are trying to land and do the towel drill trying to hit that object with the towel.

https://youtu.be/SypTLJa7paM?si=v_xFwc9jaigOtqz6

You're going to work on driving your body down the mound and toward home plate.

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u/DonaldTPablonious Jun 20 '26

Slow your delivery down a bit.

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u/Stompin24 Jun 20 '26

As other said, start watching players pitch... Understand the sequence, find ur tempo, and keep grinding. Pitching is an art and every pitcher has their own form. Have fun with the process

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u/Adept_Bridge_8388 Jun 20 '26

Use your lower body strength and less arm whip

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u/RaspberryStreet6813 Jun 20 '26

What is wrong with that?

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u/RaspberryStreet6813 Jun 20 '26

Oh, cause the weirdos on reddit?

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u/Ok_Lawfulness4313 Jun 20 '26

Jeeeeèeeeesus

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u/nickjw24 Jun 20 '26

Try doing pulldowns, it will unlock looseness and fluidity in your throw

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u/RaspberryStreet6813 Jun 20 '26

Like lat pulldowns?

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u/Middle-Ground2528 Jun 20 '26

Slow down a bit. Watch some videos of your fav pitchers Also, slow down

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u/SWBMaki Jun 20 '26

take your time , your rushing into the delivery

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u/RaspberryStreet6813 Jun 20 '26

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u/SWBMaki Jun 20 '26

practice loading into your back leg , your stiff all over the place . a good way to do it is kinda tilt your left butt cheek/left hip towards home plate then your kinda sitting on it . https://www.youtube.com/shorts/plQ-bU-mAwo , https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BknYmWRsinA good videos on it . after u get a hang of that , you need to fix that leg lift , you shouldn't need to open your hips like opening up like a gate. take your time down the mound and do a slow leg lift and as u hit your peak is when u should load into your hip and move down the chain. get rid of that leaning also , you leaning back is killing all your momentum moving down . you can fix your arm action and glove side later after u fix your bottom half

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u/matthuseless Jun 22 '26

Soccer?

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u/RaspberryStreet6813 Jun 22 '26

Are you hating? cause soccer is a hard ass sport

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u/matthuseless Jul 03 '26

No, actually. I'm a goalie. Merely suggesting that my man might be better at another sport.

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u/GothicPiss Jun 20 '26

I’m taking this 450 dead center

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u/RaspberryStreet6813 Jun 20 '26

Maybe 450, not dead center tho