What To Focus On When Trying To Improve Pitching Mechanics

One of the most important methods I have learned in training pitchers is to keep things simple and focused.

Researchers in the department of neuroscience UCLA have shown that athletes can literally only think about one thing at a time, and anytime we give them more than one instructional cue, their focus is lost.

I have no idea how many hours of my life I have spent in a bullpen, but if anything seems to be true it is this. Pitchers can't focus on more than one mechanical thing at a time. I have learned it and the medical community teaches it.

When training pitchers, it seems the best technique is to explain why a mechanical change is necessary, work on that change, share some drills to reinforce that change, then get his focus back on the target. The sooner he can get away from thinking mechanically, the better.