Baseball Pitching: The Fix

Don't miss this episode: live videos, drills, exercises… everything you need to wrap your brain around the importance of the stability of the front leg.

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In this episode, Coach Larry Owens and I dive into the topic of the day: the use of sticky substances by MLB pitchers. I interviewed three younger pitchers and you will hear their take-home messages about the subject.

You will also hear Part One of "Sticking your Landing"; the importance of stability of the front leg for power through the acceleration and follow-through parts of the delivery especially as it relates to maintaining a good grip on the ball.

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Using a comparison to a quarterback's arm position, I discuss one of the most common flaws in shoulder mechanics that can cause inefficient spin, loss of velocity, and diminished command of the baseball. Leading with the elbow is especially common in youth pitchers. With an anatomy lesson in the forearm, and excellent questions from Coach Larry Owens of Bellarmine University, I teach how to see what it looks like and offer some tips on the why and how of understanding the issue.

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The fingers and fingertips are the last body part to have contact with the ball which makes them the most important body part to understand, have feel for, and strengthen. This episode was created to give you a new way, or a reminder, about the importance of what happens as the ball leaves your hand.

Head Coach Larry Owens from Bellarmine University is my Co-Host and as always, he sheds his unique perspective on this topic and the current increase in the hit-by-pitch statistic.

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In this episode, I share an "eye candy" moment from the mechanics of Giolito and Bieber. Using a detail of their mechanics as a sample, you will learn how to see and understand the shoulder position prior to the max external rotation position along with how to teach the feel and the skill involved.

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• Incomplete rotation to the plate
• Timing
• Stretch vs. Wind-up stride differences…

…are the topics discussed in this episode of The Fix.

Troubleshooting a pitcher's issues during the season must be done differently than in the off-season. If pitchers start to show sudden location, velocity, or arm-soreness issues, as coaches you need easy and simple ways to recognize the issues and make simple adjustments. This episode will give you some of the easiest fixes I use to get the job done without doing a complete overhaul to the pitcher's delivery.

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With my guest, Associate Head Coach Jon Watson, who was a closer in college as well as a former pitching coach with the Angels' Minor League system, we take this topic on in a 1-2-3 closer-style.

To coaches at all levels… don't miss this episode.

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Listen to Angel being interviewed as a guest on Pete Caliendo's renowned "Baseball Outside the Box" podcast.

I was honored to be a guest on Pete's podcast. He is an experienced baseball guy, interviewer, and owner of Caliendo Sports International. He asked many questions about youth baseball, injuries, mechanics, the mental game…and more. There is something for everyone and after listening to this, be sure and check out his archive of podcasts.

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Angel opens-up Season Eight, Episode One, with guest Head Coach Larry Owens from Bellarmine University.

Larry had a question about the pitching motion, specifically, the common flaw of lifting the rear leg off the mound early in the motion, so much so, that it looks like the pitcher is pitching on one leg.

Angel goes into depth about not only the role of the rear leg, but the effect lifting the leg has on rotation and arm mechanics.

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Join me in troubleshooting an arm-action issue. A coach/listener provided video for a consult with me to help him understand more thoroughly what this pitcher was doing wrong. I provide a visual/photo feedback session to explain what he's doing, why he is doing, and the details around the flaw.

You don't want to miss this as I guarantee, this is a flaw that you have seen and will continue to see; you can get a handle on this now.

To see the meeting and the visual demonstrations, this podcast is also available on YouTube at Angel Borrelli Pitching.

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