On two recent occasions, we watched a couple of otherwise experienced coaches try to explain how to pitch to a group of neophyte coaches. Both 'instructors' admitted they did not know much about pitching, but tried to explain it anyway.

It was not a pretty sight.

The problem they had, we think, and the problem that many coaches have in explaining or teaching pitching, is that everything they showed was from the outside in, and from backside to front-side. In other words, what a pitcher looks like he is doing, with an emphasis on the wind up and balance check points and arm angles and whatever else we can observe externally. And inevitably all the instructors seem to start with the importance of the leg lift and balance point, etc.

In other words, they go from back to front.

That, in our humble opinion, is not what pitching is about. Instead, pitching is about finding a consistent release point, getting the ball to fly with velocity and movement from that point, and have it arrive in or near the strike zone where and when you want it there.


Now physics dictates that you have no control over anything after you release the ball. Whatever velocity your hand and finger tips have imparted, whatever spin you have given it, whatever point in space you release it, the rest is up to nature. Period. Whatever happens after you let go is determined by everything that happens at the instant prior to release. The forces at work from that point onward - gravity, air resistance, etc. will be what they will be. Everything from a fastball to a knuckleball must obey the rules.


Given the above physics reality check, the rest of the pitching process is nothing more than getting to that ideal release point as efficiently and effectively as you can.


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