I like the look and feel of the overhead windup - I think it's an artistic sort of move that adds a little beauty. I did it for a long stretch in my amateur career, but eliminated it in college. Like I mentioned, I wouldn't teach it, but if a player likes it and isn't struggling to throw strikes, I'd let them keep it.
@@DanBlewett Well said. When I force my cricket playing friends to put the gloves on and have a catch, they love to see the full arm-swing, hands overhead windup. The “elaborate dance” as one put it. Got to see Paul Byrd pitch a whirling windup gem against the Rangers in Arlington when he was with the Red Sox.
Great video! My son prefers the windup. Did you know you can take pictures of their mechanics, upload them to Chat GPT and it can identify inefficiencies and make recommendations to optimize?
Dan, if you teach a youth the full wind up and instead of teaching the more simple step you suggested but teach them the step back over the rubber and then step forward does that movement help with pickoffs a little better? I ask because when teaching pitchers to not balk early they are taught to step back, turn and throw. So would doing a full wind up using the step be a better deception so the runner doesn’t know if your going to step back to pitch or step back to throw them out.
you don't pick off from the wind up. Ever. If you need to control the running game you pitch from the stretch. And what you're describing would not be legal - it would be a balk. From the windup you can only step off legally with your right foot for righties or left foot for lefties.
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Great video. When you said Asian pitchers in their windup pause I immediately thought about Hideo Nomo.
yeah he was a big pauser. Loved watching him pitch
Loved watching Tom Seaver and Roy Halladay pitch from the windup.
I like the look and feel of the overhead windup - I think it's an artistic sort of move that adds a little beauty. I did it for a long stretch in my amateur career, but eliminated it in college. Like I mentioned, I wouldn't teach it, but if a player likes it and isn't struggling to throw strikes, I'd let them keep it.
@@DanBlewett Well said. When I force my cricket playing friends to put the gloves on and have a catch, they love to see the full arm-swing, hands overhead windup. The “elaborate dance” as one put it. Got to see Paul Byrd pitch a whirling windup gem against the Rangers in Arlington when he was with the Red Sox.
ah yes Paul Byrd - I grew up for a Braves fan, watched him many a time when he was with them
Thanks for the Great Video coach! very insightful.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! My son prefers the windup. Did you know you can take pictures of their mechanics, upload them to Chat GPT and it can identify inefficiencies and make recommendations to optimize?
I did not know that...I'll check it out. Wonder where it's getting the data to train on and make recommendations
Dan, if you teach a youth the full wind up and instead of teaching the more simple step you suggested but teach them the step back over the rubber and then step forward does that movement help with pickoffs a little better? I ask because when teaching pitchers to not balk early they are taught to step back, turn and throw. So would doing a full wind up using the step be a better deception so the runner doesn’t know if your going to step back to pitch or step back to throw them out.
you don't pick off from the wind up. Ever. If you need to control the running game you pitch from the stretch. And what you're describing would not be legal - it would be a balk. From the windup you can only step off legally with your right foot for righties or left foot for lefties.
My 11 yr old definitely throws harder from wind up, and his lift is noticeably higher.