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Friends,

Though I have been loathe to do so for various reasons, I finally decided to post a recent clip of my RHP. He's a junior this year, so knowing how important the upcoming season/summer are for him, I'm looking at this winter as really crucial to raise the bar as high as his abilities can go. Being overseas, I have no pitching coach (just me), and we plan to get started on a major conditioning and skill development campaign to optimize his readiness for the season to come. In that light, I seek suggestions on what people may see that we can work on (extension and proper 'finishing' of the delivery are what I see).

Knowing that many of you whose oipinions I respect very much seldom if ever drift down to the Pitching Forum, I thought I'd put a little note up here in case any of you have a few minutes to take a peek and then offer your opinions on where we need to work.

LINK HERE He was a couple months past his 16th b-day when this was filmed (back in August).

Would appreciate any constructive feedback. Thank you in advance.

Krak
"I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive." Roberto Clemente #21
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I preface my comments with the disclaimer that I am not a pitching coach but, I really like his delivery alot!

Positives I see are

.good quick tempo allowing him to work fast
.good high kick with his knee to the chest
.excellent staying back getting to the top of the delivery until he is ready to go forward

His stride might be a little short, but its obviously not too short to be successful. He had good instruction!
Thanks, Dad. I think you're spot on about the length of the stride. That has been mentioned before, when he had a chance for an impromptu lesson with a pitching coach who happened to be at one of his games last summer. What's weird is that our pitchers over here are forced to throw from a 'synthetic' mound - one of those big green ramps - and I think this thing has caused him to be a little short because of the risk of stepping off the front lip of the ramp (or slipping on it if it's a little damp).
It's definitely one of the challenges of trying to learn the right way in a far-off land!!
I appreciate your input, and we will be working to solve this problem!
Thank you!
Krak

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