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Summary: There are two basic pitching forms in baseball: pitching from the windup or the stretch. Learn pitching techniques and how to pitch a baseball in this free sports instructional video on how to play the game of baseball.
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Adrian Arceo Adrian Arceo is a baseball player and devotes his life and passion to America's favorite pastime. Adrian started in little league under many great coaches in ... read more
Hello! This is Adrian Arceo and I'm here with expertvillage.com. Now we are going to get into some pitching. And when it comes to pitching, there are two basic forms for pitching. You are either pitching from the windup or the stretch. We are going to start with the windup. Now when you start pitching from the windup, you have both feet on the rubber. As you start to pitch, you start with the back step, then you adjust your foot on the rubber, you have the leg quick, you have the strike forward, you bring your arm up and we have the follow through. So once again quickly, first you step back, set up, give me that leg kick, strike forward, bring your arm forward, bring your arm up and then follow through on the throw. As you are pitching from the stretch, you kind of skip a lot of those steps. You start off with only one foot on the rubber already. When you come set, you go straight into the leg kick, and then you are striding forward, your arm comes up and then you follow through. When you are pitching from the stretch is when you only have a couple of people on base and you are trying to get your pitch to the catcher as quick as possible. I'll show it to you one more time. One foot on the rubber, got your leg kick, stride forward, you throw and then your follow through. Now you see there's a lot more to pitching than just this but these are the two basic formulas you have to remember if you are going to be a pitcher.