13 Tips To Improve Your Baseball Pitching Mechanics

I get a lot of questions about pitching mechanics. Here are 15 points of what good pitchers should be thinking of.

1. Keep your eyes on the catcher.

2. When lifting your leg during your windup, DON'T STOP in the "balance position." Lift your leg up with your knee (letting your foot hang below) to a comfortable height that allows you to maintain your directional balance and rhythm.

3. Bring your front foot down, then out, when starting your body's momentum toward home plate.

4. When your front foot starts down, your hands should be breaking (down, back and up).

5. When your front foot lands your front elbow should not be open, it should be in line with your catcher.

6. When your front foot lands the trunk of your body should be following through straight to your catcher

7. Keep your front elbow and shoulder closed long as possible.

8. When following through, your front lower rib (glove side) should be touching or close to your front thigh (glove side).

9. Allow your throwing hand a good path to throw and follow through.

10. Let your back foot peel of the mound naturally, don't think about it.

11. Create a consistent point of release.

12. Finish balanced, ready to field your position.

13. One out of your two pitches thrown should be a strike. Two out of your three pitches should be a strike.