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Pitching. Michael A. Lopez. Three Basic Principles. Throw a strike With a Fastball throw a strike Anywhere in the pitching zone Throw a low strike With a fastball be able to throw a strike in the down pitching zone (below the hitters knees) Throw a low strike in and out

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Pitching

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  1. Pitching Michael A. Lopez

  2. Three Basic Principles • Throw a strike • With a Fastball throw a strike • Anywhere in the pitching zone • Throw a low strike • With a fastball be able to throw a strike in the down pitching zone (below the hitters knees) • Throw a low strike in and out • With a fastball be able to throw a low strike on both sides of home plate.

  3. Dry Work • These are drills you do when you are not on the mound (game/bull-pen) • Heavy front side • Focus on finishing your pitches with your chest over your front toe • Break of hands • This is breaking your hands from your glove when your knee hits your highest point in your wind-up you should start to “break your hands” • Power Position • Throw all of your off-speed pitches in the same arm slot as your fastball. Think “power pitch” not “off-speed pitch”

  4. Arm Care/Workout • Long toss • No time limit listen to your ARM! • You should work up to furthest part with the amount of energy you use with your body • Throw the ball with arch as you go back • As you come in throw the ball best you can in a line at your partner • Band work • Jaegar throwing/band program • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w3xwYIx17s • Always cardio after throwing (bull-pen/game/long-toss) • Heavy Sprint work • Long distance (2-3miles)

  5. Key to success • NEVER think when you are on the mound • Ignore the crowd, situation, and umpires • “Keep the game small” • Focus on one or two things • I.e.-target, mechanical focal point, or mental thought • Good pitch vs Great Pitch • A good pitch turns into a great pitch • A great pitch turns into a ball, turns into nibbling around the plate

  6. The Best In The Game • Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, Justin Verlander, Etc. • All have certain traits in common: • Work ethic on the field/ when no one is looking • The ability to “keep the game small” • They make GOOD pitches vs trying to make GREAT pitches • They think in-between pitches but never when they are about to deliver a pitch • Execute their pitches in big situations • All the work they put in get done in bull-pens and dry work, when its game time the hard work pays off and they just execute their pitches

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