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    3 Ways to help your child improve their pitch

    By Debi Leave a Comment

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    Accuracy and precision in pitching cannot be mastered overnight let alone, being born with it. It takes time and effort to master those accurate 60 mph pitches that the professional athletes throw. Usually, you start with the basic practice and climb your way up. Aside from exercising and keeping your body fit there are other methods to improve your pitch. For the parents who want their children to enter the big league, do not fret, because with some simple exercises and methods you can improve your child’s pitching.

    1.    Workout those Legs

    I know it sounds off, but strong legs can greatly affect your throwing performance. You might think that when you throw something, you are only using your arms but the truth is your legs also generate power from the lower body and transfer it to your arms. Studies have shown that athletes with strong thighs and stiffer stride-legs can increase the velocity of their pitching. In order to improve your pitching, both your upper and lower body must be in tune. You can improve your lower body by doing block deadlifts, goblet dumbbell split squats, and lateral jumps. These basic exercises will strengthen your glutes, hips, and quads which will in turn, improve your child’s pitching.

    1.    Let them play in competitive mode

    By engaging in competitive and friendly competitions, your child can learn a lot from the experience. He or she will feel the need to straighten his game and will also grow as a player. Also by mixing their training with consequences when they fail to do their part will also improve their game. Most parents think that it is okay to just let their child practice on their own or by their own teammates, but that only limits the child’s potential and when they are faced with new competition they fail miserably. By incorporating tactical training or practice game with other teams, it will give them a wider horizon to grow. It will also challenge them and teach them critical thinking without the help from coaches.

    1.    Use Pitching Machine

    A pitching machine is very useful when it comes to baseball. It can serve as the perfect training buddy a player can have. It will also greatly improve your hitting ability and will boost up your confidence if you are afraid of hitting the ball. Most kids, develop a fear once they get hit with a ball and it takes time to overcome it. So with the help of a pitching machine it will slowly restore the child’s confidence. It can also improve the player’s pitching ability. The pitcher can catch the ball the pitching machine throws which will strengthen its arms and will improve its consistency in catching. The pitcher can also imitate the pitching machines throws and will give him the idea on when to use a different kind of pitch. There are many types of pitching machines for sale. From the simple type to the expensive and high-end kind, pitching machines can be a very useful equipment in improving your child’s gameplay.

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    Welcome to my world. I am a 40 something year old mom to a lot of kids and a lot of pets. When I am not busy with the kids, grandkids, or animals, I love to do crafts and read.

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