The Physics of Pitching I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter, that the only thing I knew about pitching was it was hard to hit. ... Tim McCarver, St. Louis Cardinals catcher, 1972. Most people do not understand pitching, the mechanics, the situations and the how’s and why’s. Today we are going to talk about a few of these. When most people think of pitching they think of a person hurling a 5 oz. ball with 216 red
Pitching is a lot more difficult than everybody thinks. It's more than just throwing the ball theirs physics evolved such as velocity and the movement .And the way your wind up is it affects the way you throw it. I will be explaining the different steps in the process of pitching by telling you the movements. First the stance, the body needs to be equal to the target the catcher. It’s important that you have the same stance every time you pitch or it would mess up your rhythm. Make sure you are
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