"That's the fight we have today as coaches. How far can we go to create a tough culture without being reprimanded by soft people?
That’s where we are in athletics today”
- Tony Robichaux (pronouns - Alpha Male/HOF Coach)
@AustinRobichaux @JustinRobe15
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The @RaysBaseball get it...
Every pitcher should watch this ⤵️⤵️
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The most powerful memories in LIFE often don’t require a single word...
Speechless.... describes my 9 year old reaction when he opened the front door to find a box addressed to Rex Wheeler
from @LMcCullers43
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READ THIS PITCHERS: Career changing advice from one of the game's most elite pitching coaches, Scott Brown @browntown_vandy
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THIS 👇
"How far can we go to get a tough culture without getting reprimanded by soft people? And that's the challenge we all have as coaches. Kids today believe that if you correct me, you're criticizing me."
"If you gotta team that will throw down, you got a shot."
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Ride the Slide: The key to the lower-half is mirroring the path of the hips to the angle of the slope.
Requirements:
Hinge while moving out
Back foot remains plugged in
Weigh more while moving
Loading while moving out (corkscrew or scissor the hips)
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#RidetheSlide is the pitchers ability to
Mirror the angle of the hips to the slope of the mound
Requires the foot staying plugged in
True connection & what “throwing down hill” is all about
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EVERY Player NEEDS TO HEAR THIS...It's Mental Game Gold!
-You Fail Your Way To The TOP in this business."
-Are you really good at winning or are you really good at coming back from losing?"
- Failure is what actually grows you.
Tony Robichaux @RaginCajunsBSB
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Pitchers who can Ride the Slide throw harder, easier.
Most pitchers push sideways off the mound and never take advantage of the slope.
It’s by far the fastest, safest way to get more VELO instantly
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BODY LANGUAGE is a choice!
It says everything about you w/o you saying a single word.
It defines character, has the power to shift momentum and could be the difference in success or failure.
Practice it - Own it or it WILL Own you!
Special thx to @PitchingNinja for pic
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How to Corkscrew the Hips-> Ride the Slide to Mirror the Slope...(Using a Med Ball)
@jaegersports @PitchingNinja
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Until you win a couple of national titles and develop an entire list of MLB first round picks…
I’m betting Vandy could rarely care whatcha think.
Their approach to development seems to work
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(WATCH VIDEO) HOW TO CORKSCREW THE HIPS:
1. CRUCIAL to GROUND FORCE
2. Critical to increasing arm speed.
3. It's how the body connects upper/lower
4. Forces hips to mirror slope
*Requires ability to counter-hinge hips - keep weight in center of foot
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*3 Keys to Ride The Slide-Mirror The Slope*
1. Anchor feet: Stabilize feet
2. Ride the Slide: Sit while moving
3. Turn the corner:Aggressive hip/shoulder rotation
--> bit.ly/2B7MlCI <--
Thanks 2 @PitchingNinja for video clips
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Merry Christmas Eve to the vaxxed, unvaxxed, left, right and those in the middle.
The Lord sacrificed himself so we could argue like idiots on social media. So, over the next few days remember what Christmas is truly about.
It's not you. It's not me. It's about God!
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#CoreVelocityBelt -
Here’s a great FEEL to teach the lower-half how to
#RideTheSlide - Mirror the Slope
Best part is-
1. Doesn’t require throwing
2. Performed on low intensity days
3. Can blend between throws
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Why Ur feet could B the reason WHY UR
Arm hurts
Velocity isn't climbing
Flying open
Not using legs
Not separating hips & shoulders
Why Anchor the Feet & Lift Matters:
1. The 1st move affects last move
2. Any movement affects every movement
3. Rotation requires a fixed point
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(Reds Pitching Coach) Derek Johnson on how to handle failure.
Like always, DJ went above and beyond when he surprised the campers in attendance who had no idea he was coming.
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If you struggle to throw strikes it has NOTHING to do with mechanics...
And EVERYTHING to do with you THINKING it's MECHANICS.
Miss high - aim lower
Miss right - aim left
We've created an entire generation of OVER-thinking pitching Mech-Addicts.
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Here’s a great example by Arizona Baseball’s @NateYeskie on how to:
1. Lift from the middle (flexor)
2. Plugin the foot
3. Pelvic control
#CoreVelocityBelt
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The #Travelballmom who preaches sportsmanship to her son and volunteers for all the team functions...
UNTIL the day...
Her son doesn’t start at shortstop
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One of my favorite ways to improve command and prepare for live competition is by never looking at the target. Here's a great video by #Driveline showing you how it's done.
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#CoreVelocityBelt Drill:
How to Load The Glutes from a guy who wrote the book on Movement @ZachDechant
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**Inside This Video I Share - My favorite Bullpen Routine**
Notes:
- Miss high-Aim Lower
-Miss right- Aim Left
- Eyes are always the first adjustment*
- Reason you don't throw K's isn't your mechanics...The reason you don't throw K's is BECAUSE YOU THINK mechanics!
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(FREE) --> 5 High Velocity Pitching Hacks
1. Break Hands Faster -Move Faster
2. My fav hip/shoulder sep drill
3. Goal is 2make arm claustrophobic
4. Why ur feet are killing your hips
5. Easiest way 2teach lower-half
Click-> baseballthinktank.com/twitte…
Thanks 2 @Pitchingninja 4gif
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Mental Game Tip 🦿
“How your RESPOND is a choice.” Derek Johnson - @Reds MLB Coach of the Year
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Here's a 100mph Arm...
1. Notice the 3x extension of the back leg.
2. Notice the extension of elite front leg bracing.
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🧐🧐
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All jokes aside, here's what he does so well:
1. Rotates from center
2. Creates extansion VIA ROTATION
3. On-plane rotation
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How #Twins PC Wes Johnson Uses The #CoreVelocityBelt To Develop The Curve-Ball:
1. Most pitchers get passive with their lower-half b/c their Intent changes.
2. The Turn-n-Burn increases the speed, rotation and Intent
3. Which shapes the speed and spin on the curveball.
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PETA is offended by the term bullpen, calling it insensitive and offensive to cows.
This is what happens when a generation of kids don't keep score and are told to play nice.
They grow up and become offended by everything
I'm guessing they never dog piled?
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VIDEO TUTORIAL: "Ride The Slide - Load The Hips"
Keys to Using Lower-Half:
1. Master Hinge
2. Turn from the middle - not the ground
3. Externally rotate rear hip
4. Remove slack while moving
99% of the pitchers I initially see... CANNOT DO THIS!
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Why A Longer Stride DOES NOT Increase Velocity:
1. NEVER focus on increasing stride length.
2. The stride length is the WHAT, not the (WHY)
Stride length & Arm speed are bi-products (PEER PRESSURE) of moving thru middle efficiently.
Thanks to @PitchingNinja for Chapman GIF
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The key to safer velo isn’t found in arm strength.
The key is optimizing how you move down the mound.
Proof. 92-102 mph
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Arm Action: The spiral of the arm only happens when you spiral the hips.
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Arm action is a DIRECT REFLECTION of hip action.
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It's why I always say...
"Your arm is at the mercy of your hips!"
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Original gif credit to @BaseballFreak_9
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Here's one of my favorite ways @browntown_vandy at Vandy uses The #CoreVelocityBelt
Watch how he builds throwing volume and lower-half work without ever picking up a baseball.
To get the entire video (Plus 3 more) click the link below..
lantzwheeler.lpages.co/disco…
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🔑 2 Lower-half:
Weigh More while moving out-the key is utilizing force INTO the ground 2 move forward
Corkscrew the hips to Ride the Slide.
Think of movement like a math problem. If u don’t get the first move correct u won’t find the answer.
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I never tell my son I'm PROUD of positive results, rather IMPRESSED.
(WHY?) He can't control the output, only the input.
I'm only PROUD of what he controlled. His presence. Being a good teammate. Good energy.
Inputs = Pride
Results = Impressed
Control what U can Control
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A Pitcher in 2025 hits 94 mph...
A Pitcher in 1992 hits 85 mph...
Because of how radar guns changed the finish line, both pitchers threw the exact speed.
It's one of the greatest optical illusions in sport.
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Why NOT EVERY PITCHER can Ride the Slide
Think of movement in building blocks
A. Hinge
B. Lift w/o unplugging feet
C. Corkscrew hips
D. Move the middle w/o pushing
E. Ride the Slide
If you can’t FEEL the center, you can’t MOVE it.
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The #1 Key To LOADING The Hips To #RidetheSlide and Mirror the Slope
Thanks 2 @Scott_Lando without question one of the brightest minds in the game
Inside look at The #CoreVelocityBelt Bonus Night at #Palooza18
@PitchingNinja @FlatgroundApp
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Nolan Ryan showing 60 years ago how to #RidetheSlide
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#RidetheSlide is a concept I created after watching skaters in Venice Beach. Crazy to see how its taken off.
Everything I observe always finds a way back to pitching 😏
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I stand for the flag.
I kneel before God.
If that offends you...
I’m not sorry
The true measure of a man is gauged by those who stand up...
when it’s easier to sit down.
I can’t preach at practice until I practice what I preach.
Who’s with me?
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#CoreVelocityBelt
Ride the Slide: The key to the lower-half, throwing downhill, connection, etc.... is learning how to mirror your hips to the slope of the mound.
Here's one of 100 ways we FEEL it.
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If you can't at least control 90 mph in the strike zone... you don't truly throw 90 mph.
Velocity without command is like an Uber driver in a sports car without a GPS.
If they cant get you to your final destination does it really matter how fast they drive?
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Imagine how hard Nolan Ryan would have thrown if he would have had pitching lessons!
Just kidding.
Good things happen when you RidetheSlide
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#Ohtani Ride the Slide Review:
1. Anchor the Middle
2. Move the Middle
Because he can anchor & move efficiently he’s setup w/necessary requirements 2 #RidetheSlide
If you can’t anchor the middle (feet/eyes/hinge) & move out while utilizing the ground you can’t #RidetheSlide
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Vanderbilt PC Scott Brown demonstrating how he uses the #CoreVelocityBelt to teach ‘The Move’ aka…
#RidetheSlide
#Palooza18
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Arm health is influenced by
What you eat
What you drink
How you sleep
What you think
How you move
There’s more to arm care than just arm care
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So many ways to use The #CoreVelocityBelt.
This was featured in the pregame of the World Series with Rodon
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ARM CARE: Make the 1st Move Matter.
It's the teeny tiny flaws early that appear as major problems later. If you can't get the first move right or have the control to lift w/o locking.
You're at higher risk. Period.
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5 FREE ARM CARE TOOLS:
1. 8-10 hrs sleep
2. Water
3. Meditation
4. Play other sports
5. Be active
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I have 4 Guiding Principles for my son when on the mound.
Sprint to 2 strikes @browntown_vandy
Avoid 3 ball counts @JustinHill
Pitch for K only in these counts
0-2. 1-2.
Own your body language
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How Vanderbilt Baseball PC @browntown_Vandy creates "Mound Awareness" inside Arm Care Routine using:
1. The #CoreVelocityBelt with...
2. @drivelinebases weighted balls
Or -
PVC pipe
Towels
Med-balls
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Key is the quality of movement thru the middle and feet.
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What PITCHING —> NEEDS MOST <—
🔫 A radar gun that ONLY Records & Displays VELO - - > IN THE K ZONE 🔫
NO STRIKE - No READ
That constraint alone would change the game, training & instruction.
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Love how Yu Darvish is incorporating and blending arm care work with the #CoreVelocityBelt
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Serious question:
Is there a politician anywhere in the world who would help you, or stand by you, before they would their own family, or circle of friends?
No.
So, why are we abandoning our own neighbors and friends for the politicians?
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The Hinge is King!
This game is played with ur butt behind you.
So many P's think using legs = using quads.
They don't utilize the ground b/c they don't hinge.
They fly open and push out b/c they don't use the ground.
It's why the hinge is my favorite pitching drill.
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Here's @DylanCease using The Core Velocity Belt.
The front hip setup you see forces you to engage the back foot with the ground.
This is one of my favorite ways to use it and it's how Cease uses it almost daily on the mound.
Highly recommend using The Belt in your pens
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I tell my pitchers all the time...
"The best pitchers I've ever coached became the best on purpose."
You don't wait for it to happen. You don't hope it will happen.
You become great because you do it on purpose
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This guy nails it!
Data driven pitching drills
Sad thing is these would be just as effective as 99.99% of most common drills.
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Want to throw harder without adding a single oz of arm strength?
The key is getting your hips to mirror the slope of the mound, or #RidetheSlide
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Thank God I got vaccinated today!
I no longer have to live in fear anymore because my survival rate sky-rocketed from a measly 99.7% to a nearly immortal rate of 99.8%!
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Every pitcher or hitter, needs to hear what Derek Johnson says about the difference between MLB pitchers, and you.
#Compete ⤵️
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Guys.
The arm is at the mercy of the hips
The path laid out by the hips is the path traveled by the shoulders
The arm will not spiral if the hips do not spiral
Quote from @FerreePt
"Visualize the pelvis as the tracks and the arm as the train."
Video by @BaseballFreak_9
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If you want to be a better pitcher you've got to practice pitching
If you want to throw harder you have to throw harder
If you want better command you've got to practice better command
Purpose is the key practice.
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Pitchers who can #RidetheSlide :
Never have to think about
🌪Delaying shoulders
🌪Getting arm on time
🌪Lead leg blocking
🌪Separating
🌪Spiraling arm action
🌪Keeping foot plugged in
#RidetheSlide is the key to connection and generating Arm Speed, on the spot.
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What’s the difference between #Mlb pitchers and amateurs?
Probably not what you think... here’s Derek Johnson dropping some wisdom at one of my 3-Day Core Velo Training Programs earlier this year
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Make no mistake about it...
Baseball is a rotational sport.
How a player moves the middle is what separates 85 from 95.
The kinematic sequence is driven by the pelvis
I think these guys agree..
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ATTN:
If your political beliefs prevent you from sharing this message on how COVID policies have DEVASTATED our children...
UNFOLLOW ME
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Why has @mattharvey33 velocity dropped off from a few years back?
Easy fix. Control the pelvis on the lift!
What you see at the end is the domino effect caused at the beginning.
Fix the front end and the back end takes care of itself
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Great first day here in Houston working with @LMcCullers43 and the #CoreVelocityBelt
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Foundational Drills: I’m a big believer in this.
If you lack the pelvic control to lift the front leg without it affecting the back leg/foot...
You’re wasting your time training anything later in delivery.
#Pitchingdominos
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Here's one of my favorite vids from last year as Jack's working on FEELs in the pen. Corkscrew-Weigh More-Ride the Slide
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#RidetheSlide & Train On-Plane
STOP w/
Daily flat ground pens
👀Wash pitching drills
Most pitchers never come close to getting the most from their low 1/2 b/c they don't #TrainOnPlane
FG vs Mound should be viewed as 2 different sports. Totally unique movement requirements.
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The Domino Effect of Pitching Mechanics
The majority of pitching mechanics flaws occur b4 the front foot ever touches the ground
B/c movements in this stage of the delivery can't be measured, most don't think they matter.
Every movement is a consequence of a previous move
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(NEW) #CoreVelocityBelt Movement Progression:
Single Leg Hinge -> Corkscrew Hips
1. Great way to progress into single leg hinge
2. Stay flat on foot - Vertical on shin
3. Small circles
4. "Hip turns knee out"
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(Lower-Body Drill) "Front Side Block"
-Activates Glutes
-Prevents Front Hip Dominant Action
-Maximizes ground forces
-Prevents collapsing back leg
-Teaches FEEL for "mirroring slope"
@RobertsM23 #CoreVelocityBelt
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NEVER, NEVER…
Teach a pitcher to lock out the front leg.
Forced lead leg extension DIMINISHES
1. ground force
2. hip rotation & speed
3. Plane of rotation
If you’re moving the middle efficiently, the front leg will do what it does NATURALLY!
Here’s Wes Johnson
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Hip - shoulder separation FIX
Watch how a simple movement maze can make changes in minutes, not months.
Sadly most pitchers will never create separation because their drills focus on the symptom vs the cause.
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What do U see with all these guys?
Watch how stable the feet stay "plugged in"
Watch how the back leg isn't affected during lift
Hi-level throwers have High-Level Pelvic Control...
U can't throw at Hi-levels without Hi-Levels of pelvic control ⤵️
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"Parents carrying their sons equipment and bags is the #1 threat to our democracy."
- Author Unknown
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Lucas Giolito - shows how to #RidetheSlide from stretch.
Mirroring the angle of the hips 2 slope of the mound is
- Key 2 “throwing downhill angle” while engaging lower half
- Answers age old question between “Tall/Fall” or “Drop/Drive”
Thx to @PitchingNinja as always!
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By far my favorite pitching drill is the Hip Hinge.
Sad thing is.. I see so many slo mo videos & assessments of motion capture with pitchers who can't hinge!
Yet...
They're prescribed lower half pitching drills????
The Hinge is Ground Zero!
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