Hello, I am a 14 year old life-long utility player in Babe Ruth League, next year WILL be my last year in youth basbeall because I am homeschooled, and therefore, cannot join the High School Baseball team.
so basically I am trying to get as good as possible for next year, anyway, I pitched for the first time (Practice or not) in a game last week and coach said if I worked at it, I could be an ace by next year, so I have been working on that for the past week.
so we went to the fields today to get some video of my mechanics, first thing you’ll probably notice is, I have glasses on, well, I just had a bout of Sinus Drainage and I can’t put my contacts in till I get all the snot cleared out.
I have noticed the following from the video:
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I am reaching more towards the second baseman, than actually at second base.
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My arm slot is a little low.
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that I L-S-L my arm (Longarm-Shortarm-Longarm)
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my Stride is WAAAAY too short, I could nearly double stride length and still be comfortable.
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I need to speed up my pace a little during the actual pitch and slow it down in between them.
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I need to work on my follow-through, sometimes I muscle-up and don’t.
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I need to try and stay consistent.
also, if you think my wind-up looks like Daisuke Matsuzaka’s I will take that as a compliment, he is my favorite pitcher and I’ve been emulating him since I started pitching last week.