Can This Hockey Drill Help Baseball Pitchers Learn To Stride Properly?
You be the coach on this one... As you know, teaching the mechanics of proper leg push to younger baseball pitchers can be tricky. Do you think this hockey drill could help?
To help frame our discussion, here are some pics of major league pitchers striding...
Hideki Okajima
(He's a lefty, so he strides with the side of his front foot
facing the target and his toe pointed toward 1B.)

Hideki Okajima

Gary Majewski
(He's a righty, so he strides with the side of his front foot
facing the target and his toe pointed toward 3B.)

Ricky Nolasco

Curt Schilling

Carlos Silva

Kip Wells
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