So guys, Dan Blewett here. So we're gonna go over the inside move which is one of
the two pickoff moves second base but this one's a little misunderstood I see
it performed by lots of young pitchers and they really just don't use it the
way it's intended to be used there's two pickoff moves to second the inside move
which we're gonna cover today and then there's also the spin move which is the
true pickoff the second base alright so real quick though before we start just
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go through the inside move I'm gonna demonstrate right here but basically
this move is intended for two purposes number one to get for us to find out
what the hitters doing so the inside move looks like this I lift my leg and I
turn and then I throw in high levels of baseball you only see pitchers do this
when it's a bunting situation and that's what what the fact-finding nature of
this move is they do this to figure out is the guy squaring around when I lift
my leg so I lift my leg guy squares I take the move because there's a guy one
second and now I know that he's gonna bunt we
put on a bunt play whatever it is we can cut that guy down at third base
obviously any pickoff move to second base you can only do in second base is
occupied so the inside move again its butchered most of the time anyway so
most of the time pitchers do it like this right they just lift their leg up
or maybe they go a little higher but it's so fast that it it's not gonna have
any effect it's gonna again simply used for two things number one fact-finding
on the bunt and if we do that we should continue to stare down the down home
plate and lifted our normal or maybe even a slower cadence so that we give
the hitter time to really do drawn in and think that you funny
or show us that he's bunting second we're gonna do this when we maybe hit
the automatic steal so first and second three two count
two outs right they're automatically going the pitch because it's either a
foul ball ball and which is a walk or a strikeout right so the automatic steal
whether it's first and second or bases-loaded they're gonna be going as
soon as the pitcher lifts his foot so a lot of times especially younger levels
of baseball if I just lift here they're taking off now
I go and I have caught him okay those are the two chief Hughes is the biggest
thing with this move is this is not the move that you want to do this and then
throw because look at the throwing position I'm in I'm stepping with the
with my left foot like wait open my global arms out here it's a really
awkward arm side turn you always want to make glove side turns in baseball so
when your shortstop taking a throw from the outfield
you always trying to align yourself to catch it here and go through rather than
catching it here wheeling around awkwardly so this doesn't put us in a
good throwing position that's why the spin move which is this one is the the
true pickoff the second base and the last thing about it is if we do this at
the right times which is when there's an automatic steal or maybe a guy this is
super aggressive whatever we're gonna catch a guy not read like he's not gonna
be taking his first steps and go oh crap I'm caught and go back he's gonna be
fully committed to going to third base so if he's leaving he's going on first
move I have lifted he's taking off now I turn he's gonna be pretty far between
second and third right so at this point I don't want to automatically throw to
second base - they're smart and this happens all the time
they'll just continue on to third base and they'll be safe 99% of the time so
as a pitcher you need to be prepared to find the guy I'll line your hips to him
sprint at him and probably get the bone of the third baseman you don't always
have to give it to the third baseman it's me they're gonna be the shortstop
of the third baseman and ideally you throw it in front of the runner so it's
gonna chase him back on the run down starts but again whoever the closest
fielder is is gonna be fine so again if I do this move my goal just from the
logistical standpoint of the mechanical aspect of it my goal is to keep my eyes
my shoulders pulling the hitter as long as possible until I get to the apex of
my leg kick when I lift to the top here once I get to here I have to make a
decision which is either to the plate or to second base so you can't go up come
down and then turn I'm gonna go here and then I'm going to turn my feet and I'm
gonna give the ball off probably somewhere here in between third and
between third and second so again you shouldn't consider this a true pickoff
move because I'm never in most circumstances gonna throw it right back
to second base if it was the situation where you'd get a guy going coming back
you just go spin move and nail him but the logistics of the spin move and the
pro greenus for that is somewhere in a cover in a different video all right so
just a quick tutorial of the inside move to second base