PITCHING WITH CONFIDENCE

BEFORE WE START ANY DEVELOPMENT WE MUST HAVE OUR ATHLETES ASK THEMSELVES THESE QUESTIONS. AWARNESS IS THE KEY TO TRUE TRANSFORMATION! RON WOLFORTH FROM THE TEXAS PITCHING RANCH HAS A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS TAKES AND HOW TO ASSESS THESE GUIDELINES…..

  1. What is your current mindset when practicing or playing in a game?

  • Tenacity?
  • Clarity of though and focus?
  • Mental toughness?
  • Pitching development is accepting you must become a better athlete?
  1. What is the Quality and Intent of your Practice?

  • Every rep must have deliberate meaning?
  • Each rep must match or exceed the demands you are placed under in a game?
  • Are you physically and mentally drained after your practice sessions?
  1. What does your warm up consist of?

  • Is the body prepared for competition
  • Body temp raised?
  • Joints lubricated?
  1. The quantity of your practice

  • Are you constantly developing your skills as a pitcher athlete?
  • Understand the periodization of each season?
    • Time to push
    • Time to grow
    • Time to polish
    • Time to maintain and perform
    • Time to analyze and assess
    • Time to rest and recover
  1. How are your physical asymmetries and imbalances?

  2. What is your skill specific strength like?

  3. What is your skill specific mobility/flexibility and range of motion like?

  • Functionally mobile?
  • Joint integrity?
  • Explosive range of motion?
  • Acceleration and deceleration?
  1. How good is your Mechanical/Movement pattern efficiencies?

  • Arm action-Acceleration and deceleration
  • Arm interaction-Throwing side supported by the glove/directional side of body.
  • Postural efficiency
  • Contributions of the core
  • Utilization of feet/ankles/knees and legs
  • Master efficiency of Momentum plus rhythm and tempo
  1. Is your Hydration and Nutrition top notch?

  • Are you eating often enough and drinking enough water?
  • Are you loaded with empty carbs and sugars or full of high quality proteins and nutrients?
  • Have you made a personal commitment to your NOURISHMENT AND HYDRATION NEEDS?

    10.   Do you understand the science of getting hitters out?

  • Can you utilize spin, speed and location to keep hitters off balance?

CLASSES & CLINICS

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CLASSES & CLINICS

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