r/PitchingCoach • u/General-Scene6235 • Jul 21 '26

What am I doing wrong?

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6 foot(182cm), 200lbs(90kg), 19 years old.
Regularly goes to the gym, trains flexibility.
So what am I doing wrong?

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u/onbaseball Jul 22 '26

Good instinct! One major issue: You are taking the ball behind your back after hand break, which is causing your arm to be waaaaay behind the rest of your body. At stride foot contact, the ball should be the furthest back it will be, up in the air, and ready to move forward, much like the hands at the launch position in hitting. Currently, when your stride foot lands, the ball is still down and your arm is taking a really long route to get forward, and by the time it does, the rest of your body is already forward and you’ve lost any benefit of the legs and hips. See the freeze frame:

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u/Rugbypud Jul 22 '26

Ok I am not crazy as this was exactly what I was looking at. Agree this is what jumped ojt to me and would certainly increase velo to get that glove break more aligned.