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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?

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To help frame our discussion, here are some pics of major league pitchers striding...

Pitching techniques - stride

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.)

Pitching techniques - Hideki Okajima's stride

Hideki Okajima

Pitching techniques - Gary Majewski's stride

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.)

Pitching techniques - Ricky Nolasco's stride

Ricky Nolasco

Pitching techniques - Curt Schilling's stride

Curt Schilling

Pitching techniques - Carlos Silva's stride

Carlos Silva

Pitching techniques - Kip Wells' stride

Kip Wells

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Posted by Steven Ellis on February 13, 2009
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