a longer stride length usually causes you to have a relatively stable front leg but will make it a lot harder to rotate the back leg. and also, the straightening of the knee should also be caused by the hips rotating, IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT PUSHING like youre in a car crash(pitching is rotational and linear). thats why its good to land a bit right of the drive line, so when you rotate your hips, your knee will naturally straighten as your hips are pulled back. so try adjusting stride length and working on hip rotation.
This is great stuff coach ! can't wait to see the drills you would be utilizing to develop hip speed and correctly using the lower half. Can't wait to share this with my pitchers.
This is great stuff. Makes total sense to me, although getting my body to replicate the motions consistently is the hard part. Do you have some drills I could do to help with feel and get myself to repeat things consistently?
very helpful, my coach sent this to me because I've been struggling with front knee for a while and I believe this is going to improve my mechanics a lot!
@@ohiobaseballscienceacademy9658 I pitched up intel high school and always taught front lands straight. My sons travel ball coach says its ok to land about 45 degrees or front foot not straight. I dont see any professional pitcher out there front foot landing not straight. I feel he's teaching them wrong.????
STEELRAID 44 front foot cannot be “closed”. It will not let the hip get into a position to turn. It will also eventually cause hip labrum issues. Land straight, heel to toe.
You need knee flexion at foot strike. Look at Nolan ryan for example, his front knee is flexed when the front foot lands, then straightens like a pole vault as his fwd momentum pushes thru. So your theory is partially correct.
Thank you for this video. It describes perfectly my "bad" front leg and shows / describes how the perfect mechanic is. Do you have some exercises to train your front leg to be straight and not in a 90 degree angle?
Niklas Meyer Thank You for the reply. Yes, we do. I will look at filming a set to post. Thank you for the suggestion. We have 3-4 that seem to work really well.
Good video. Not understanding the front foot and heal then toe thing that you are doing to hit the breaks. Seems unnecessary. I've seen some pitchers do this at a high level but most coaches at a high level want the entire front don't planted and not heal / toe. But I don't get it. Maybe it's a preference thing? What's hard is defining the non negotiables vs the negotiable movements.
a longer stride length usually causes you to have a relatively stable front leg but will make it a lot harder to rotate the back leg.
and also, the straightening of the knee should also be caused by the hips rotating, IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT PUSHING like youre in a car crash(pitching is rotational and linear). thats why its good to land a bit right of the drive line, so when you rotate your hips, your knee will naturally straighten as your hips are pulled back.
so try adjusting stride length and working on hip rotation.
So you shpuld "feel" the hips rotating to make the front leg extend? Rather than pushing that front leg into extension?
This is a great explanation, I feel like I understand much more after listening to it. Thank you!
This is great stuff coach ! can't wait to see the drills you would be utilizing to develop hip speed and correctly using the lower half.
Can't wait to share this with my pitchers.
Great video guys. Well explained and thought out.
I was wondering how to fix this mechanical error thank you. Ya the best.
Best help I’ve found after looking for hours
Jackson Harless we are very happy to hear that! Stay tuned on our channel. Now that we are coming out of Covid, we will be posting more content.
This is great stuff. Makes total sense to me, although getting my body to replicate the motions consistently is the hard part. Do you have some drills I could do to help with feel and get myself to repeat things consistently?
John Solfest Thank you! Glad this was helpful. Yes, we do. We are shooting new series now going over specific drills. Stay tuned!
That's special tequnic. ..
Thanks for this video
Shiva baghel You are welcome. We will be shooting more series in a few weeks!
Do you have any drills for keeping the front leg braced with hip rotation?
very helpful, my coach sent this to me because I've been struggling with front knee for a while and I believe this is going to improve my mechanics a lot!
Mason Fike glad to hear it! If you need anything specific let us know and we can send you something. Good luck and thank you for the comment.
@@ohiobaseballscienceacademy9658 I pitched up intel high school and always taught front lands straight. My sons travel ball coach says its ok to land about 45 degrees or front foot not straight. I dont see any professional pitcher out there front foot landing not straight. I feel he's teaching them wrong.????
STEELRAID 44 front foot cannot be “closed”. It will not let the hip get into a position to turn. It will also eventually cause hip labrum issues. Land straight, heel to toe.
Great video.. How do you kinow your hip speed is increasing?
Great video
Is there a mechanical advantage that pitchers with narrow hips have over those with wide hips?
I think I was pushing too hard on the front leg extension which was making my patella tendon hurt
Thanks for the video this is really helpful. Btw it's the Iron Byron (after Byron Nelson), Iron Mike is the baseball pitching machine.
Guillaume Couture you are welcome. Let me know if you have any more questions. Also, thanks for the clarification on the iron Byron. Never knew that!
You need knee flexion at foot strike. Look at Nolan ryan for example, his front knee is flexed when the front foot lands, then straightens like a pole vault as his fwd momentum pushes thru. So your theory is partially correct.
Thank you for this video.
It describes perfectly my "bad" front leg and shows / describes how the perfect mechanic is.
Do you have some exercises to train your front leg to be straight and not in a 90 degree angle?
Niklas Meyer Thank You for the reply. Yes, we do. I will look at filming a set to post. Thank you for the suggestion. We have 3-4 that seem to work really well.
swing the gate? and how do throw at a down angle with you elbow below your shoulder?
How does one measure the hip speed you talk about? 4 then 6 then 8-10mph im assuming
Good video. Not understanding the front foot and heal then toe thing that you are doing to hit the breaks. Seems unnecessary. I've seen some pitchers do this at a high level but most coaches at a high level want the entire front don't planted and not heal / toe. But I don't get it. Maybe it's a preference thing? What's hard is defining the non negotiables vs the negotiable movements.
Are there any drills on this I could use?
New drills should be posted this week 9/30
Towel drill
you never taught learning front leg brace drills