halskinner
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Looking large.
This is a tactic that I taught to students when they used the straight out of the glove into the forward wind up type wind up. Used by a pitcher that is very proficient at changing speeds and has 3 speeds to call on, it is very effective at setting the batter up.
I have to use myself as an example here. I am 6’6” tall and that was also my normal stride length when I pitched. However, when I wanted to ‘Look large’, I would take a noticeably longer stride length than normal, maybe 10 to 12 inches longer in my case. An increase of about a foot is very noticeable to the batter.
I would bring my hands together to start the pitch and then flare both my elbows up and out to the sides very quickly. As I brought the elbows up I would expand my chest and take a full big double lung full of air. That was sort of like I was flapping my wings once AS I started my forward momentum. When my elbows came down and touched my sides, the ball came out of the glove and the arm circle started.
As I was bringing the elbows up, I put a look of great strain on my face, like I was pushing a truck uphill.
Doing these things gives yuou the appearance that you are going to throw the ball faster than the hiotter has ever seen because all these things ARE noticed by the hitters. It is different from your normal pitch.
Now picture your pitcher doing this with her pitch. Do all that with a fast pitch, maybe two. Then do all that and release a slow change up or off-speed.
Then do all that and give them a slow change up. Then do all that and give them a fast one. Always set the batter up for the next pitch and never let em know what’s coming next.
Have fun with it. My students and I certainly did.
This is a tactic that I taught to students when they used the straight out of the glove into the forward wind up type wind up. Used by a pitcher that is very proficient at changing speeds and has 3 speeds to call on, it is very effective at setting the batter up.
I have to use myself as an example here. I am 6’6” tall and that was also my normal stride length when I pitched. However, when I wanted to ‘Look large’, I would take a noticeably longer stride length than normal, maybe 10 to 12 inches longer in my case. An increase of about a foot is very noticeable to the batter.
I would bring my hands together to start the pitch and then flare both my elbows up and out to the sides very quickly. As I brought the elbows up I would expand my chest and take a full big double lung full of air. That was sort of like I was flapping my wings once AS I started my forward momentum. When my elbows came down and touched my sides, the ball came out of the glove and the arm circle started.
As I was bringing the elbows up, I put a look of great strain on my face, like I was pushing a truck uphill.
Doing these things gives yuou the appearance that you are going to throw the ball faster than the hiotter has ever seen because all these things ARE noticed by the hitters. It is different from your normal pitch.
Now picture your pitcher doing this with her pitch. Do all that with a fast pitch, maybe two. Then do all that and release a slow change up or off-speed.
Then do all that and give them a slow change up. Then do all that and give them a fast one. Always set the batter up for the next pitch and never let em know what’s coming next.
Have fun with it. My students and I certainly did.
