- Aug 21, 2008
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The idea should be NOT to swim. We want the glove to stay as close as possible to staying on top of the stride leg. But, it will NEVER stay on top. It will fall behind or "swim" but we need to reduce the swim as much as possible.
#1. the idea should be to have as much if not ALL of your body going in one direction as possible. Swimming pulls the body off line and threatens the straight explosion.
#2. Think of a jump ball in basketball, We need both arms to explode upward to the target (the ball) we don't go higher by swimming with one arm.
#3. Swimming USUALLY means the hands separated very early, probably from a backswing, in the motion. Why wouldn't you want both arms pushing straight to the target, which will help enable to hide the ball from the batter? And will keep most of the body going forward.
#4. Pitchers who swim TOO MUCH will throw a lot of pitches to the glove side. This is a result of the body not staying lined up with the target due to the glove pulling offline.
Bill
#1. the idea should be to have as much if not ALL of your body going in one direction as possible. Swimming pulls the body off line and threatens the straight explosion.
#2. Think of a jump ball in basketball, We need both arms to explode upward to the target (the ball) we don't go higher by swimming with one arm.
#3. Swimming USUALLY means the hands separated very early, probably from a backswing, in the motion. Why wouldn't you want both arms pushing straight to the target, which will help enable to hide the ball from the batter? And will keep most of the body going forward.
#4. Pitchers who swim TOO MUCH will throw a lot of pitches to the glove side. This is a result of the body not staying lined up with the target due to the glove pulling offline.
Bill