Posted by: Donny (donnybstr@aol.com) on Thu Dec 4 05:13:08 2003

Watch his stride. Don't know if the pitcher is RH or LH but he strides from middle to closed probably before total pitch recognition or the ball tailed in. The catcher is reaching way in to receive the inside pitch it appears. From a closed stance landing he had to cross fire over his body to reach the pitch. Do you guys recommend closing off the front side like that or would you rather see him stride back to the center line. It seems that landing the hips closed each time would cause problems even with the bat launch. Did the pitcher notice this and come inside? Do the other coaches consider this his weakness. A flaw or not ?