@@chrisporter9881Yes, I noticed the same thing, the student's throwing side foot is forward while the instructor's glove side foot is forward when he demonstrates. ???
This is the best breakdown video of throwing mechanics I’ve ever watched. I’m 32, playing in a men’s league, but I still struggle with proper arm path. The tidbits in this video are extremely helpful.
I'm 36 and can't throw anywhere close to what I could in high school and progress of the last 4 yrs has been very slow but I'm getting there... kinda just ran across this out of nowhere.
Dude, I don't mean to one-up you but I'm 48 in adult League and watching this video and going out to throw is the most improvement I've made in one day. I've had 20 years of difficulty throwing.
dude this is amazing. i had arm problems and had a ex-mlb guy help me out. he didn’t really explain what we were doing to replicate it but it did work for a few years. then i got messed up again and didnt have the tools to fix myself. but this is like learning the thought process and clear explanation of it all.
Robby, wonderful. As a coach I have learn exactly this technique of teaching how to throw to kids. I've learned that by a AAA junior pitcher here in Quebec that was coaching my son. I show kids to pitch that way and they all pitch straight and hard in a matter of minutes. It is magical! I use the words "shoot like if you use a bow." And they all understand how i want them to pitch. 🥰😇😉
@@BIGHEADjr51in Quebec, junior AAA, is the highest level of baseball competition before getting recruited or stop playing. It is for 18 to 21 years old players. The player who teached me this technique is the private coach of my son and threw 92 mph.
At 6:50 the young guy is using the opposite leg you were teaching him to use in the drill. I was at the edge of my seat the whole time wondering when you were gunna correct him.
For future reference, some kids are imaginative learners, myself included, and I found the easiest way to get through to them is to describe grabbing the baseball off the back shelf. I had a really great teacher give me that extremely basic image in my head to work with and it changed my arm action immediately. Since the biggest point in all of this is to have a consistent start point for every throw, creating that static image picture of grabbing an item directly behind you makes replicating that very easy. It’s also great because it teaches full extension minimizing snap and tear on the arm in transition. Another great image to work with that I just thought of while typing this is picturing a relay. Good arm mechanics would look like what it would be to perfectly catch the ball in relay as a cutoff but visualizing catching it with your bare hand instead. Then, starting transition turning to where your throwing it in one fluid motion. This could be a great one if the shelf example seems too simple.
I’ve been teaching my 3 kids this almost to the tee, but without the good tech speak. They out throw everyone their age and a few years older. Love a simple short arm path with simple separation.
What can I do to make sure that my lower body is creating the energy instead of creating artificial arm speed? (Tension in the upper half). Thank you for a very insightful video
Great video, great insight, and great suggestions for correcting the extra movement in the throw. I'll be looking at our players throws a little closer after watching this!
Robby, awesome tips here! Some shared advice I've used and with my 9 y/o grandson, "hand from body separation" and "lead with the elbow". Kid's got the best throwing mechanics on his travel ball team. Definitely reviewing this YT vid with him will fine tune him with less "loop", pulling back on the horizontal tit line, less looping the hand and with a goal to throw less at the RHB head. Appreciate the share, greatly.
Curious, could you ask if the young man in the video ever felt tightness in the forearm. He literally has the same exact mechanics. Everything. Even opening up. Glove side drops as well. It’s tough for him because of his wingspan to height ration. He’s 6’3 without shoes and has a 6’7 wingspan. Long loopy mechanics.
Unfortunately this coach like all others don't know the difference in intuitive Forearm supinated Joint pathomechanical throws and safe elbow articulation Forearm pronated throws. Yoth pitchers wuill suffer until this is learned by all. Step behing is called a drop step. Step forwards is called a cross step. In order for the arm transition to sync up for pronated throws you should use a cross (Crow step) step.
People have different physiology. Trying to teach kids by putting them in a box of what it should look like is a recipe for early elbow and shoulder injuries. This kid has a long languid motion naturally…it’s not wrong. Madison bumgarner throws similarly and he did alright. The kid is inconsistent because he is young and growing into his body. He doesn’t need to be accurate or consistent until he’s older. Telling him to shorten his motion by early cocking his elbow will pop his elbow. The arm needs to first extend and then come into the cocked position as this gives the ball forward momentum and makes it ‘lighter’ before you load the elbow.
I actually really like your points, especially on full extension as it puts as little straight on the arm as possible when beginning that transition forward. However, I disagree on the exception that this kid being young is an excuse on him getting his arm action wrong. Getting a sense of what your mechanics should be at the earliest age possible is always best case scenario. You growing into your body doesn’t affect your mechanics because they should always be in the back of your mind. I was pretty fortunate to have a lot of amazing teachers and influences at a very young age to where my mechanics didn’t change very much at all as I got older. They were pretty complete very early on. Me growing never affected how I executed those mechanics because I always had a mental reminder of how it feels to go through them. And because of that, I never had to deal with injury. At one point in time in high school I was playing on 3 different teams, traveling a lot, and pitching/throwing a lot. Never once was I ever injured because I minimized that possibility by getting the most efficiency out of my throws at the earliest age possible.
it's worth mentioning that this was a rehab throwing lesson. meaning he's coming off elbow surgery so the main emphasis is going to be isolating his arm action so he's not vulnerable to the amount of force being applied when throwing.
The point of the drills are not to completely change his arm action but to get him to be behind the ball more when throwing. As mentioned in one of the throws, his body found a way to have a longer arm path but also get into optimal position to release. It’s post injury drilling not a complete revamp of arm action
This guy teaches slinging not throwing. He needs to learn about the 3rd Class leverage of the humerus (upper arm) converting power generated at the shoulder (fulcrum) into speed of the lever.
His(white shirt guy)ball release point is too low. He is throwing in the level of his shoulders. I never played baseball, but this sucks. You can not control the ball that low
Say that to every side arm pitcher ever, It’s all personal preference and comes down to what arm slot feels the most comfortable, this guy isn’t saying anything about it because everyone’s mechanics are gonna be a little different and its all preference.
Thanks a lot! This is exactly what my son does as well. This video is super informative. 👍
FIRE ME UP!
7:13 legs position are inverted
I was like dude, that drill was a warmup now we're doing something different!
His glove side leg is supposed to be foward correct?
@@chrisporter9881Yes, I noticed the same thing, the student's throwing side foot is forward while the instructor's glove side foot is forward when he demonstrates. ???
This is the best breakdown video of throwing mechanics I’ve ever watched. I’m 32, playing in a men’s league, but I still struggle with proper arm path. The tidbits in this video are extremely helpful.
Dude I’m 39 and I throw harder now than I did as a college pitcher lol. Wish I had UA-cam back then.
I'm 36 and can't throw anywhere close to what I could in high school and progress of the last 4 yrs has been very slow but I'm getting there... kinda just ran across this out of nowhere.
Dude, I don't mean to one-up you but I'm 48 in adult League and watching this video and going out to throw is the most improvement I've made in one day. I've had 20 years of difficulty throwing.
dude this is amazing. i had arm problems and had a ex-mlb guy help me out.
he didn’t really explain what we were doing to replicate it but it did work for a few years. then i got messed up again and didnt have the tools to fix myself.
but this is like learning the thought process and clear explanation of it all.
Did he say the same things?
Robby, wonderful. As a coach I have learn exactly this technique of teaching how to throw to kids. I've learned that by a AAA junior pitcher here in Quebec that was coaching my son. I show kids to pitch that way and they all pitch straight and hard in a matter of minutes. It is magical!
I use the words "shoot like if you use a bow." And they all understand how i want them to pitch. 🥰😇😉
That's moneyyy!! Appreciate you sharing!
What is a aaa jr pitcher? Lol
@@BIGHEADjr51in Quebec, junior AAA, is the highest level of baseball competition before getting recruited or stop playing. It is for 18 to 21 years old players. The player who teached me this technique is the private coach of my son and threw 92 mph.
At 6:50 the young guy is using the opposite leg you were teaching him to use in the drill. I was at the edge of my seat the whole time wondering when you were gunna correct him.
For future reference, some kids are imaginative learners, myself included, and I found the easiest way to get through to them is to describe grabbing the baseball off the back shelf. I had a really great teacher give me that extremely basic image in my head to work with and it changed my arm action immediately.
Since the biggest point in all of this is to have a consistent start point for every throw, creating that static image picture of grabbing an item directly behind you makes replicating that very easy. It’s also great because it teaches full extension minimizing snap and tear on the arm in transition.
Another great image to work with that I just thought of while typing this is picturing a relay. Good arm mechanics would look like what it would be to perfectly catch the ball in relay as a cutoff but visualizing catching it with your bare hand instead. Then, starting transition turning to where your throwing it in one fluid motion. This could be a great one if the shelf example seems too simple.
I’ve been teaching my 3 kids this almost to the tee, but without the good tech speak. They out throw everyone their age and a few years older. Love a simple short arm path with simple separation.
What can I do to make sure that my lower body is creating the energy instead of creating artificial arm speed? (Tension in the upper half). Thank you for a very insightful video
U don’t watch this
This is really great video. I have these same problems and this video does a great job at simplifying.
Great video of breaking down the arm action, because this is a problem with many HS pitchers.
Brooo I’m trying this today with one of my athletes. QUALITY CONTENT!
hummmmmBABEEEE
Great video, great insight, and great suggestions for correcting the extra movement in the throw. I'll be looking at our players throws a little closer after watching this!
Fire me up!! appreciate the kind words!! Love to hear that!
Great coaching!
Great content and presentation. 🇦🇺 😊
I have to let my dad see this. This is my first year and it has been hard learning how to throw. Thanks
Heck yeah! Hope this helps!
this video is very nice, im a rookie, so i appreciated alot.
Robby, awesome tips here! Some shared advice I've used and with my 9 y/o grandson, "hand from body separation" and "lead with the elbow". Kid's got the best throwing mechanics on his travel ball team. Definitely reviewing this YT vid with him will fine tune him with less "loop", pulling back on the horizontal tit line, less looping the hand and with a goal to throw less at the RHB head. Appreciate the share, greatly.
Fire me uppp!! Love that!! Kid is going to be special! Appreciate you sharing!
Really good, Robby!!
Something that I like to say to kids who like to generate hands speed upon glove separation, is that running uphill does not help you run downhill.
Curious, could you ask if the young man in the video ever felt tightness in the forearm. He literally has the same exact mechanics. Everything. Even opening up. Glove side drops as well. It’s tough for him because of his wingspan to height ration. He’s 6’3 without shoes and has a 6’7 wingspan. Long loopy mechanics.
Amazing work
Early cocking his elbow and winging out will exactly do what you’re saying. Good comment
Good stuff rob
Do you apply force through the elbow or hand when throwing ?
Both
@@DieselAlexxthank you
Lol when someone is talking to me and they throw it I drop it too😂
Great video. Where did you get the hat?
what’s plyos?
Unfortunately this coach like all others don't know the difference in intuitive Forearm supinated Joint pathomechanical throws and safe elbow articulation Forearm pronated throws.
Yoth pitchers wuill suffer until this is learned by all.
Step behing is called a drop step. Step forwards is called a cross step. In order for the arm transition to sync up for pronated throws you should use a cross (Crow step) step.
Dang this coach should’ve been pro
People have different physiology. Trying to teach kids by putting them in a box of what it should look like is a recipe for early elbow and shoulder injuries. This kid has a long languid motion naturally…it’s not wrong. Madison bumgarner throws similarly and he did alright. The kid is inconsistent because he is young and growing into his body. He doesn’t need to be accurate or consistent until he’s older. Telling him to shorten his motion by early cocking his elbow will pop his elbow. The arm needs to first extend and then come into the cocked position as this gives the ball forward momentum and makes it ‘lighter’ before you load the elbow.
I actually really like your points, especially on full extension as it puts as little straight on the arm as possible when beginning that transition forward. However, I disagree on the exception that this kid being young is an excuse on him getting his arm action wrong.
Getting a sense of what your mechanics should be at the earliest age possible is always best case scenario. You growing into your body doesn’t affect your mechanics because they should always be in the back of your mind.
I was pretty fortunate to have a lot of amazing teachers and influences at a very young age to where my mechanics didn’t change very much at all as I got older. They were pretty complete very early on. Me growing never affected how I executed those mechanics because I always had a mental reminder of how it feels to go through them. And because of that, I never had to deal with injury.
At one point in time in high school I was playing on 3 different teams, traveling a lot, and pitching/throwing a lot. Never once was I ever injured because I minimized that possibility by getting the most efficiency out of my throws at the earliest age possible.
it's worth mentioning that this was a rehab throwing lesson. meaning he's coming off elbow surgery so the main emphasis is going to be isolating his arm action so he's not vulnerable to the amount of force being applied when throwing.
The point of the drills are not to completely change his arm action but to get him to be behind the ball more when throwing. As mentioned in one of the throws, his body found a way to have a longer arm path but also get into optimal position to release. It’s post injury drilling not a complete revamp of arm action
miles teller is going to be throwing cheese soon
Fantastic coaching . . . real coaches say stuff like "stay in the tit area".
Umm around 750 he’s literally demonstrating with his glove foot forward yet the kids is throwing foot forward
Travel ball at 9 lol
Kid made the mistake of asking him if he was throwing correctly. Ended up getting an entire sermon. Lol it's a ball....just throw it
This guy teaches slinging not throwing. He needs to learn about the 3rd Class leverage of the humerus (upper arm) converting power generated at the shoulder (fulcrum) into speed of the lever.
His(white shirt guy)ball release point is too low. He is throwing in the level of his shoulders. I never played baseball, but this sucks. You can not control the ball that low
Say that to every side arm pitcher ever, It’s all personal preference and comes down to what arm slot feels the most comfortable, this guy isn’t saying anything about it because everyone’s mechanics are gonna be a little different and its all preference.
I think the kid does not respond at all like everyone thinks he does! I could teach him so much better!
The way u teach is uhhhhhhh let’s just say- ouch
Dude stop trying so hard, its not rocket science