pitching video of my son

Are you all able to open the video? I am hoping that some of you will be kind enough to provide some much needed feed back.

I was able to view the clip. Could it have been any longer?

Pretty nice for a 15 year old lefty.

What's the gun say?

Fastball is in the high 70's (78-79).

There's more there.

Experiment with faster tempo.

Experiment with more intent to throw the **** out of the ball.

Hips may be bleeding open a little to early.

Turn front hip into back hip and back hip into front hip to force a load. Then as you're moving forward, maintain this relationship in the hips and create a cusp to unload the pelvis as late as you can.

Infopimp,
Can you elaborate a little more on backing "him into front hip to force load" and the whole "cusp" thing.

thanks,
sherman

SHermanreed,
It appears that he has a strong base. Nice mound by the way! Two or three things that I noticed. First, I noticed that he steps toward third then establishes his pivot and balance. He actually changes direction three times (third, first, then home.) It is much easier to maintain dynamoc balance when stepping back (or mostly back) into pivot. Second, he lifts his front leg straight up and then comes down and "swings the gate" by opening his hips and stepping to the plate. This, I believe is some of what Info was talking about. Try having him take his front knee toward his back shoulder, then step straight to his target. He gets in a good position, but this should help him keep from opening up too soon and will improve his time to the plate from the stretch. It will also help to give him a devastating pick-off move with practice. Hope this helps, and best of luck this spring.

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Originally posted by shermanreed:
Infopimp,
Can you elaborate a little more on backing "him into front hip to force load" and the whole "cusp" thing.

thanks,
sherman

Sorry Sherman. It was a typo. I've fixed it.

Turn front hip into back hip and back hip into front hip.

Gotcha "Info" - will try it. Also, thanks "hsballcoach" - I see exactly what you mean about the gate and I understand about bringing the knee back toward his back shoulder and how this could result in keeping a runner off of balance.

Sherman, this delivery is very similar to Bobbleheads kid with the exception that your son does not start any momentum with his hands. You may want to expierement with his hands following his knee pump up, and a little further away from the body. (Mark Mulder does this well). This is designed not to change your style, but to free up your arms and help get them started. Also, while not losing balance see how much you can load your knee back toward second base, along with your right shoulder. This will really help load up more power, and give you a chance at throwing harder in the future. After this load is made make an attempt to lead with your butt toward the catcher. I know this sounds like alot, but Ill bet they are changes your son could make fairly easily. His balance is good, arm slot is good, and finish is good....there is a lot to work with here (any chance of you posting a video from the first base side?)...Good luck with the upcoming season.