How To Teach Pitching Velocity To 9 Year Old Little League Pitchers In 15 Minutes
Many parents don’t know how to teach pitching velocity to young Little League pitchers…even 9 year old pitchers. Most have been led to believe that beginner pitchers must first do pitching drills. Pitching drills, in fact, are a poor way to start teaching a pitcher how to pitch.
Pitching drills are what produce slow and robotic pitchers. Because of pitching drills many pitchers never learn how to use their lower bodies to produce pitching velocity because they are taught to focus on what their throwing arms are doing.
This 9 year old Little Leaguer…just starting out is being helped by an instructor who follows our program and philosophy (Explosive Pitching DVD’s… http://tinyurl.com/4tz8se) which encourages Little League pitchers to work on being explosive rather than moving slow or using pitching drills.
Here is what the instructor had to say about this session.
“Hey all. Here’s a clip of a 9 1/2 year old I worked with yesterday.
In about 15 minutes he went from a typical upright thrower to a more explosive/MP (Momentum Pitcher), all with just a few minutes of backwards shaping, modeling of another pitcher and review of video and encouragement.
He was way short of his height (stride length), with no flat back. Now he looks better than most 12 year olds!
He still needs practice, but the feeling is there and won’t go away!
Check out the smile at about 1 minute 32 seconds when it clicks for him.
Thanks folks…you’re the best.”
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