March 14th, 2008
Understanding The Importance Of Linear Versus Rotational In Throwing The Baseball Balanced
Balancing your body when pitching is a very important part of the mechanics of pitching. To throw a ball in a straight line, whether it is hardball or softball, angles of the body have to form linear angles at certain degrees of angulation and all angles have to compliment the other in order to transfer the energy from the feet up through the large core muscles for the projectile (The Ball) to be thrown in the direction of the strike zone. In this article I will explain the theory of linear versus Rotational the later being the problematic issue at hand.