A follow-through is the report card for everything a she does in her motion before delivery. It’s the direction her arm travels after release. It’s important because it dissipates the energy she creates in the throwing arm. Follow-throughs are a deceleration of the arm, preventing injury.

But if you watch a lot of baseball, you can start to pick up on a few patterns in pitching strategy.

• Set up a pitch outside.
• Follow breaking balls with a fastball.
• Follow fastballs with a breaking ball.
• Always throw the same impossible-to-hit pitch.
• Move the player off the plate.

The follow-through is a very important part of the whole throwing technique. It completes the throw by allowing the player to utilize all of their power, instead of stopping shot and limiting it. The follow through is the key to so many other sports too.

Following through is one of the best ways to build credibility, earn trust, and establish yourself as a leader. Without follow through, your credibility is damaged, your personal brand takes a hit, and your leadership will be questioned.

One of the truly under-studied areas of baseball theory is pitch sequencing, the idea that pitches earlier in the at-bat influence hitter behavior against pitches later in the count. Hitters realize this, and time their swing earlier or later based on the speed and location of the previous pitch.

When the count is 1-1, throw your best pitch for a strike. Have a plan for 0-2 and 1-2 counts for putting the hitter away. When ahead in the count, use a sequence or go for the strikeout with an out pitch. With 0-2 counts, go in with your fastball, then away with a curve ball or change-up or fastball down and away.

Baseball is an anaerobic sport that relies primarily on the ATP-PC system to provide energy for the short bursts of high-intensity, explosive movements that occur in game situations. Most plays last for 5 seconds or less. Once released, balls thrown from the outfield are in the air for 6 seconds or less.

Sequence of body movements in the pitching motion 1 Starting stance 2 Wind up (Rocker step → Pivot) 3 Leg lift (Forward rock → Knee up) 4 Maximum knee height 5 Stride 6 Stride foot contact 7 Arm cocking 8 Maximum external rotation 9 Arm acceleration 10 Release 11 Arm deceleration 12 Maximum internal rotation 13 Follow-through

DESCRIPTION OF PITCHING PHASES. Although the baseball pitch is one continuous motion, it is helpful to divide the motion into phases: windup, stride, arm cocking, arm acceleration, arm deceleration, and follow-through. This will make the biomechanics of baseball pitching easier to understand.

The arms, trunk and legs need a good follow-through to dissipate the energy in the throwing arm. For a ¾ style pitcher, the throwing hand should come across the lead thigh. The hand will come across more toward the lead hip for a sidearm pitcher and more toward the lead knee for an overhand pitcher.

Proper arm timing in pitching is the following: 1 Where the forearm is when the stride foot first contacts the ground 2 The angle of the elbow joint is 90 degrees or slightly less 3 The upper arm is level with the shoulder-line or slightly below 4 The hand is facing sideways, not pointed back (which was old school wisdom that is proven false)