Basic Drive Mechanics
The forward drive off the pitching rubber is the beginning of energy creation. Creating and transferring energy is the k...
Lesson Category: Beginner Course 2
Backward Chaining Drill (No ball, whiffle ball, regular ball)
Often times there is a rush to throw pitches from full distance, full motion, and full energy. Especially, in beginning...
Progressive Backward Chaining Warm Up
At High Performance Pitching, we are huge proponents of using progression and backward chaining instructional techniques...
Stability For Location
An important key to efficient pitching mechanics is the ability to stabilize the body. This is extremely critical as the...
Body Position, Foot Angle, Rotation and Resisting Rotation
In this lesson Rick will instruct a beginning pitcher how to create an efficient stride foot landing angle; how it affec...
Arm Circle/Arm Path
The path that the ball hand and arm take as they progress through the arm circle movement is one of the building blocks...
Arm Whip, Internal Rotation & Pronation Using “Dot/Cover”
In this lesson you will observe Rick instructing a beginning student using the backward chaining technique. Four of the...
Teaching the Whole Pitch with Backward Chaining
It is nearly impossible to learn how to pitch efficiently by pitching from the full game distance using the full pitchin...