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My son is a 2016 C/OF.  His HS Varsity coach said he should work on pitching over the summer.  He has never pitched except on very rare occasions when much younger.  His summer team coach has put him in a few games for a couple of innings and he has performed well.  I took some video and am attaching a couple here.  Based on this does it look like he has potential? I've posted in general discussion asking for feedback as to whether it's too late for this and the feedback was 'no'....but of course there are so many other factors involved in making the change.  First off I'm just trying to determine if it appears that he has good foundational skill set/mechanics that could be further developed.  I don't know if that's something you can tell from video of just a couple of pitches but I thought I'd post and see what feedback I get.  Thanks.

 

http://youtu.be/-cKkhkS2bd0

http://youtu.be/n9pbZur-jDk

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Way too much camera movement and too far away through a fence.

 

If you want to get good input set up a tripod and film from the side FB primarily and then a few offspeed pitches. Film from glove side.

 

Then move the camera behind the catcher and do the same thing. Some like the camera behind the pitcher showing ball flight if it is not in game video. 

 

If your camera has a slo-motion feature film a few like this mostly from side view. 

Learning, 

 

I am a the pitching coach at Quincy University in Quincy, IL. 

 

New to the site, but always interested and excited about helping pitchers. I just saw your post, and thought I would provide some insight. 

 

First I would agree with the previous post. The best way to evaluate your son's pitching mechanics is to film from the 3B side. This allows us to see important things like stride length, glove sync, linear shift, balance, flex-t, etc. I would also encourage you to grab some film from the 1B side as well. This allows coach to evaluate his arm swing from behind. 

 

Finally, I would grab just a few pitches on film from behind the catcher. Its not incredibly valuable to view this from our perspective, but it does allow the pitcher to showcase movement, command, and deception. 

 

I wanted to provide you with our pitching philosophy. I have attached a power point for your review. This attachment is something we share with all of our pitching recruits, as well as our current staff. We get in a classroom right away and really invest in the material of this power point. Might be helpful as your son makes the transition to the mound. 

 

Hope all this has helped. Keep us posted on his success. 

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