Originally Posted by IEBSBL:
Originally Posted by SultanofSwat:
Originally Posted by IEBSBL:
"The reason we preach top half is because during BP you are hitting from flat ground.
The premise is wrong. Pitchers don't release the ball at the top of the mound, they release it directly above their landing foot, which is at the end of the mound (essentially flat ground). So, there would be no appreciable difference in pitch angle.
Also if BP is thrown from the typical 30-40 feet, the pitch angle is actually much steeper, not flatter.
We throw BP from in the circle not 30-40 ft away.
There were many other points made to debunk this as well. Bottom line I just don't think we should teach something we can't prove. Ask this coach for some hard evidence to show his methodology works. I am always all about converting when confronted with evidence rather than anectdotal hogwash. This is how so many people waste so much money on such bad instruction. "My son's instructor played pro ball and he said..." who the ?#$& cares. Can he stand behind what he says with evidence? Video? Science?