Jackie traina warm up on balance beam

[Etdad]

Watched Alabama vs Georgia game and they showed j train warming up use a balance beam. Has anyone ever use this before and what are the benefits.

 

[humpty]

Seem something about a balance beam in kempfs book.

 

[Amy in AZ.]

One of the parents made one last year. Her DD had a specific balance problem. It worked for them.

 

[Jojo]

I use a "stride board". It's just a 1"x4" x 6'.
Teaches my beginners how to stride straight and balance in my experienced pitchers. I use it off to the side for full out pitching as well.

 

[riseball]

It is a great tool and a real eye opener. Well worth the $20 to put one together. Only downside is you can't use cleats.

 

[cuzmail]

IIRC, they said it was to help her correct a problem she had coming off the power line. It was not something she normally does in the her warm-up.

My DD has the same problem sometimes. Planning on going to Home Depot and buy some lumber in the morning to make one

 

[coach james]

I use a 6' long piece of scrap deck board (5/4) to have the girls pitch on as well as bat on for those who stride too far in or out.

 

[SoCal_Dad]

I was surprised at how high it was built up - looked like 3-4 boards stacked on top of each other.

 

[cuzmail]

I was surprised at how high it was built up - looked like 3-4 boards stacked on top of each other.

?? More incentive to stay on the power line. Stepping off has consequences!
Does seem like they would be more in tune with potentially tweaking an ankle. Guess they figure that it caused her so many problems last year; she either fixed it this year or injured herself trying.

 

[Rick Pauly]

One of the keys to pitching is that the mid section (core) of the body connects and stabilizes the upper torso with the lower torso. Using a balance beam is one way to help ingrain this. If you feel like your pitchers upper torso is loose and disconnected (significant lean toward 3rd for RHP or lean forward of vertical) a balance beam can help. Personally, I don't use a beam much 'cause in order to build in some decent muscle memory you may have to use a relatively high level of energy.......at higher energy on a beam I worry a bit about injury.