CP Baseball Performance

High points of accuracy in mechanics are critical. Doesn’t matter how hard you throw. If you don’t stay straight you will struggle with accuracy.

Here this young pitcher is struggling with his upper body staying straight and going towards his target.

Upper body accuracy is led by
1. Eyes level & on Target
2. Glove to center of chest.
The drill used works specifically on these 2 critical accuracy high points.

Pitching is timing.
Timing is each body movement not only correct but accomplished at the exact time it needs to be.

That timing is milliseconds. I always say football is a game of inches. But baseball is a game of millimeters and milliseconds.

The timing here is the position of the pitching arm when your strike foot lands & is flat on the ground.
The arm needs to be in an “L” position torqued behind the head to achieve maximum velocity & optimum accuracy. Some refer to the scaps in your body. But if the mechanics are right you don’t have to talk about that because it’s already there.

If the arm is late the miss is usually arm side. Or sometimes the pitch instinctively pulls because he feels late.
If the arm is early the miss is usually glove side.

I call this “The right part of the body at the right place at the right time doing the right thing.”

I hear coaches yell this ridiculous statement. “Make the adjustment!”
That does not help the pitcher!
Tell him why he’s missing and what the adjustment is. Because most young pitchers don’t know.
And sadly neither do the coaches!!

Arm Safe / Max Velocity/ Optimum accuracy.

I will always stand firm behind the science that supports the Pitching mechanics that I teach.

The number one goal is arm safety.
When you learn & begin to master the rotational mechanics that come from the science, the other 2 major goals of pitching follow suit automatically.
1. Maximum Velocity
2. Optimum accuracy.

I don’t care what detractors who don’t know much of anything about the biomechanics/ physics of pitching say. We don’t speak the same language.

Every post I make. Every instruction I give is supported by science.
How people can say science is wrong I don’t know.
People have the right to say or think whatever they want.

But as I have done throughout my 12 year career as a highly successful instructor, I am always open to: LEARN. GROW. EVOLVE. And I continue to do that I order to stay on top of new info that can make my players better.

Those that don’t have effective knowledge should do their own research. Dig deep. Start with arm safety. Add the accuracy & then the velo.

Follow the science.
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Nick’s Varsity start vs West Aurora. Saturday 4.11.26

Dominant performance.
5 innings
83 pitches
7 strikeouts (5 in a row)
2 runs / 1 earned run
Nothing hit hard.

They won 3-2 on a walk-off in the bottom of the 7th.
He didn’t get the win, but it didn’t matter.
His performance spoke for itself.
One for the books.

Curve Ball if thrown correctly is technically the safest pitch to throw.

When we hold our hand down the palm faces in. If we wave our arm up then down naturally the palm is facing in.

That’s how to throw a great curve safely But it has to be gripped correctly and squeezed.

And yes that’s how most MLB players grip & throw it now.

Keep your arm safe. Karate chop your curve. Squeeze the crap out of it. Throw the crap out it.

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One of the major components of creating maximum velocity is the ability to ride your butt towards the target as long as possible while keeping your front foot behind the back foot as long as possible.

Staying back creates torque.
When the body comes out of torque it comes out faster.
This generates body speed.

This allows the pitcher to create “ground force”
Ground Force is physics and gravity working together.

This allows you to get down the mound as fast as possible, creating a long stride.
The longer you stride the harder you throw.

I call it “Ride & Rotate”

Accuracy Drill.
Chest to glove part 2.
The first part was just holding the glove out in front & going towards it in the pitch.

Part two is now gaining control of your glove hand and getting it to stop right out in front of you letting your chest, as you come forward go to the glove, or if you prefer bringing it to the center of the chest

Glove to the center of the chest is one of the most critical high points of accuracy
It ensures that your entire torso is going straight towards home plate

This works hand-in-hand with the eyes on target and level.
Perfecting these two high points of accuracy guarantees your precision / accuracy on your pitches will drastically increase.
There will be no tilt of the head, pulling the throwing arm up high in a dangerous position. There will be no swivel of the shoulders, pulling your body to the side.

Bottom line, you want your entire mass going straight towards your target.
That is what accuracy is all about.