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Pitcher's
Shouldn't Cross Over the Line - Myth #2
One focus we have at
our academy is discovering the disease of the
problem, not the symptom.
I think many teachers
of baseball and particularly pitching look at the
obvious, the symptom. Many problems in a pitcher's
delivery are a result of some other issue.
If I went to a doctor
because I was sneezing, the doctor would probably
try to find out the cause of the sneeze. Is it a
cold, how about allergies etc. He would'nt just
treat the sneeze.
"Don't cross over"
has been a teach for many years by pitching
instructors.
What does that mean?
Well, there is an imaginary line from the pitchers
rear foot (during the delivery) to the intended
target. Some players "cross over" that line with
their landing foot. The instructor tells the student
to have their foot land in a different spot,
hopefully on the line.
Have you ever tried
landing your foot along a line while falling or
moving forward aggressively? Not easy to do.
They way we look at
it at BioForce Baseball is that your momentum
direction will dictate where your foot is going to
land.
We need to build
awareness of where the students momentum is taking
them. We want the momentum to go as close to
directly to the target from the begining of the
delivery.
With better dynamic
(moving) balance and keeping the posture, the better
chance the pitchers momentum will go to the intended
target.
We need to build
incredible core strength (for a later lesson.)
Think of the Olympic
sprinter. Where does their momentum take them from
the sound of the gun going off? No wasted energy and
direction.
So, the teach is not
to tell the pitching student to change where their
foot lands, but help them build awareness to where
there momentum is taking them.
More momentum towards
the target means more potential for higher velocity
and better control.
I hope we've changed
your perspective a little.
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