hey this is Dan Blewett today we're
going to talk about some pitching control
with you know we talked about
pitching mechanics and you know when you
have good pitching mechanics and
enhances your ability to throw strikes
but how do we actually throw strikes it
was a question I sort of pose myself
constable weeks okay say I have good
mechanics well how do I know to get the
ball on this side of the plate on that
side
you know pepper day you know curve ball
in the middle or curve ball on the plate
how do we differentiate that what does
our body do to get the ball here versus
here our mechanics are the same to this
point to this point
etc so what I found is that there's
basically three things that are gonna
keep you in you're in line number one
your eyes if you pick a good focal point
catcher's mitt is a good focal point
pick a good focal point that's number
one that's going to keep you on live
with your target number two is your
shoulders once you have your focal point
your eyes locked on it if your shoulders
are lap going as well upper arm whether
you're this guy for this guy as long as
your humerus your upper arm is on line
with your broker point I here where's
that makes two then number three is the
center of your chest which is going to
sort over the center of mass and the
axis of while around which your body
will rotate so basically what a boils
down to on the mound you know I have
good mechanics by land
we don't want to assume that we're going
to hit the same spot that my arm is
going to be the difference-maker between
arm side of the plate or glove side of
the plate they're just I guess I assumed
there was something different that was
governing you to get the ball on that
side of the other once your mechanics
are consistent then again how do I get
it there what am i decide one pitch to
the other so basically the three things
the eyes locked on a focal point the
shoulder lock on a simple point and the
driving your check to finish for that
poker friend my harm smiling eyes are on
the spot I land my shoulders on the spot
and then from this point we'll take that
center of my chest
it's going to drive forward towards it
there and you see my arms going to
exchange and be right on the spot versus
if I want to go glove side the plate
going away everything let me catch
you're still the same
down the way shoulders go down away and
I'll Center my chest also rides down
away and erm again arms finishing
returning to that same spot once we have
good mechanics and we have the idea that
if I lost the visual focal point my
shoulders driving towards that
in my chest is lasted we should throw
them all wherever we want it pretty much
whenever he wants to
however that's not the case obviously
the more lean athlete you are more often
you're going to do that here is what I
found is the area why we don't even
we're doing all those things what can go
wrong so number one Mendte there so when
you're clear you allow your body to
relax and to do its program today I'm
not worried about the batter making
contact I'm not worried about hitting
the battery I'm not worried about you
know meeting was change-up up my body is
going to be if I the change-up then my
arm
maybe gets a little bit of tension would
anxiety through it and know it makes an
error I don't get it to that spot
because I I get taken in my arm that's a
mental there and he's also focus any
distractions any loss of confidence is
going to derail you from even though you
might be locked with your foot and your
chest
number two spin area so again once we
get even if I'm locked eyes shoulder I'm
good to hear right here I can you make a
spin air scream instead of driving
forward my chest I instead
rotate in this arrow I'm gonna see my
fingers I'm gonna cut the ball a little
bit and I'm gonna spin away left side
from my spoon rather than driving drag
here which is sort of the opposite time
to be eyes good it's good if I'm a
little bit anxious and I stroll my chest
a little bit earlier now my arm drags
behind and now the ball is not
exchanging from my chest to the spot now
it sneaks up behind it drags and the
bottles in the fourth I would call here
and this was again singers through a lot
and you know short rest no regular
recipe who's not used to it yet luggage
of the pollution you're tired towards
the end of the game all these three
might be there
you let the eyes chest drums are
shoulder and chest a little bit extra
fatigue in your arm now maybe your arms
lags a little bit and you're here
instead of here so your trial and error
I have a lot of kids who watch the kids
I mean just my young athletes in general
good mechanics they get to this point
they get they land clothes they do all
those things but they still lose focus
and they don't throw as many strikes as
they should with repeatable mechanics
and when we bring a focus to their focal
point whether they're not they're
driving to their spot or not
and then when I'm not there driving
their chest at it rather than rotating
spinning drive that see the difference
maker so lots of kids who have 85% of
what we would say maybe he's perfect set
those kids can throw a lot of strikes if
they can take their chest that's the
important part you're going to rotate
naturally when you land you can't throw
like this with clothes you're going to
rotate so you don't need to rotate you
need to think about activating your core
a little bit more in an anterior sense
you know this is an anterior this is
wrote to read cor think about a little
bit more crunching your core down to
pull that son of your chest toward your
target and the arm is absolutely Malin
so again
everyone says you need to have good
mechanics to throw strikes but okay what
a good mechanics do for us how then when
I have good mechanics how do I know this
side that side up down how we
differentiate I think that's the these
you know these three points the visual
focal point driving a shorter the focal
point and lastly driving this chest to
the focal point and that's how we
actually throw strikes thanks