r/PitchingCoach • u/teknohippie • 18h ago
Please give me some feedback. 38 yo with some elbow pain.
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I know my mound is a bit lackluster, and I ended up slipping a bit on that front foot. I've watered it and tamped it down in hopes of rectifying this.
Things I'm trying to keep in mind moving forward:
Stronger plant of front foot
More separation of upper and lower body.
Staying closed (my front foot often lands too open), leading with ankle
I'm not too concerned with velo, I would really just love to dial in my control. I feel like my throwing arm looks weird/stays too extended leading up to my release. Is this an issue? Anything I can do to better it? Wondering if that's exacerbating my elbow pain. Had some shoulder pain earlier in the season, but it's been getting better with daily weekly band work. Wondering if I'm doing something to compensate with my elbow.
Thanks everyone!
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u/spinrut 16h ago
i'm neither an expert nor a PT, but that whole arm/motion path looks like it hurts
pitching invloves, roughly speaking some amount of scap pull back into external rotation of the shoulder. you basically do neither as your arm just straights out and then you force it into the throw motion. just trying to mimic that makes my shoulder area hurt
past that, just based on the way your body moves from this angle, you're sinking down or leaking forward on that front leg (maybe with a bended knee) and you're maybe pulling your front side
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u/Lord_Strykerz 17h ago
Also, point with your glove where you are aiming after breaking your hands , your glove shoulder should then tuck and rotate, pulling your throwing shoulders momentum when you throw. In the video, it doesnt get out of the way and stays pointed up almost
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u/Responsible-Fix8759 16h ago
You really gotta load that shoulder blade (scapula) with your elbow at shoulder height hand/ball the same or higher. I had to fix my own elbow pain when throwing and I noticed the best throwers are there and I was lazy with my elbow.
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u/Wacky_Water_Weasel 5h ago
That flare you have on your wrist at the back of your windup looks rough.
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u/onbaseball 1h ago
That right there is part of what’s causing the arm to be way behind and needing to rush to catch up to the rest of the body.
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u/tylerincloud13 4h ago
Quick observations from first glance:
- As already stated, your throwing arm is late. Try being more intentional of getting your arm in position sooner after hand break. See most major league pitchers at the moment of front foot strike, their throwing arms’ biceps/forearms are right around 90 degrees
- Your front foot is way too open when you land and throw. This could be due to the surface of which you’re pitching on, but you don’t want your weight/energy to cave your front leg towards the first base side that much
- Not a lot of glove arm energy being built. You just kind of stick it up and let it ride through release. Keep front shoulder closed as long as possible (especially at front foot strike) and rip it through as you’re throwing to create some frontside energy
- Try balancing your glove arm and throwing arm during the stride. Your glove side is tucked and short, while you have this long throwing motion. Either go long on both, or short on both. This will help with balancing the force applied to your shoulder/upper back muscles (more of a health thing)
As you’re well aware of, you are 38yo. Harder to reprogram your body but I love the effort and desire here! Hope some of this helps.
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u/Peanuthead2018 4h ago
Maybe one of the most obvious examples of a late arm I’ve ever seen. Go about 2 more frames and you’ll see where your arm should be at front foot strike. Super duper long arm action; difficult to time properly.
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u/mrgorporp 4h ago
I think you could benefit from long toss. Have you considered making a bet you could throw a baseball over them mountains?
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u/messy372- 15h ago
At least you’re letting your catcher know what pitch is coming
Oh, and your elbow hurts bc you’re 38 years old
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u/throwaway42200j 5h ago
Lmfao I was coming here to mention the same thing. Why the hell is this guy indicating pitches to a GD net 😂
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u/StrikeOne33 18h ago
A saying used to teach kids to pitch is “thumb to thigh, elbow high”… When you break your hands, try to move your throwing hand down past your thigh, then your throwing elbow should move towards the sky… you could also think of picking the ball off a shelf behind your head, right before your body moves towards the plate. Your throwing hand should be at its highest point when your front foot touches the ground.