What's up baseball players. In today's video, we're going to
talk about how to pitch to a hitter with an open stance. So
this is typically a power hitter kind of move. Although it's
certainly not limited to that any hitter can use an open
stance, it was really popular. Maybe like a decade ago, it's a
lot less popular today. But again, this is stuff you will
see. And it can really kind of throw you for a loop because it
looks so different. And it can be really confusing about, you
know, where do I pitch them? Like, what's my attack plan?
Does this change anything that I can like see their, their chest,
all this sort of stuff. So in today's video, we'll go over all
the stuff you need to know about pitching to open stance hitters.
Alright, so we're gonna jump into this. But remember,
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important. Okay, so number one, this is what an open stance
looks like, right, there's gonna be a lot of variations of it, it
might be a little bit open, it might be a lot open. But that's
what an open stance looks like. So number one, you have to
understand that this essentially doesn't tell you anything.
That's the scary thing is it feels like because they start
here, you can't pitch them in because they can just like
easily get to it right. But obviously, this is not where
this foot is going to finish up. When you start your delivery,
when like your leg kick comes up, they're going to close off
and get to the regular stance. So essentially, and this isn't
like a super complicated thing, you just have to remember, this
is all smoke and mirrors, this does not really impact what's
gonna come next. And you have to sort of wait and see throw a
couple pitches, and you have to be really perceptive as a
pitcher, you have to really watch. And after you throw that
first pitch, and I think what's good to do, especially with
these guys, when you don't know them, and they're not like a
huge threat and huge situation is be aggressive and throw the
ball over the middle the plate and the first pitcher too, and
see what's gonna happen and see where they end up. If you throw
a fastball down the middle in the first pitch, which I
advocate for, for a lot, a lot of different reasons that I
won't go into here, it's gonna give him a chance to show you
what his like, I'm ready to swing I want to attack stance
looks like so but basically, he's going to close off at some
point. And then this is the stance that you're looking at.
And that the big takeaway here in general is that this does not
matter. It's smoke and mirrors. It's just a smoke screen. I
could use all the smoke analogies I want. But basically
you have to wait and see what happens when that foot comes
down. Some hitters will kind of dive in, and they'll be a little
bit closed. But most of them if they're good hitters, they'll
just end up in the same position that everyone else ends up in.
So again, if I'm Mike trout, I have that really, you know,
simple stance, where I just lift up and plant great. Mike trout
could be here and plant in the exact same place that he does
with his with his regular stance. Right? So again, that's
the big thing is it's not really different. It just comes down to
understanding what do they do next, then going back to all the
other stuff, how close are they to the plate? where their hands?
What's the first move? Are they long? Are they Dippy, all that
sort of stuff. So when you are approaching a hitter with an
open stance, be aggressive early. And just don't let your
brain be swayed by that initial fear of panic of like, Oh crap,
I can't throw this guy anything because he's just got two eyes
on me. He looks like he could hit anything he wants. He
doesn't have time to say Oh, inside fastball, I'm gonna keep
my foot out here and yoke it or be like, oh, outside, fastball,
boom, that's not how that works. He's gonna have to get ready
just like everyone else is and have his foot down before the
ball is on its way or like right when it's being released, right?
That's about the timing when a hitter is getting that front
foot down so they can start their swing and be on time. So
again, this is really scary for young pitchers. As soon as you
figure out that this is just a red herring that this is not
real life, then you have to your task is challenging. And and
really look once that pitches through Where was he? What did
his swing look like? That's the one you have to go off of, then
essentially you're ignoring the rest of it for the rest of the
bat. And just going off of that little freeze frame image in
your head of this is where the hitter was once his foot is
down. That's the hitter that I'm pitching to. Not this hitter.
This hitter is fake. This is the real hitter once his foot comes
down. Okay, I got a great question here on YouTube. That's
why I made this video. So thank you so much. I can't remember
your name. But shout out to you. You know who you are. This is a
great question. So if you have more of them, always leave a
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