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A compilation of four fundamental pitching drills designed to improve kid-pitch mechanics: lift-and-separate (hand timing), bucket drill (hip-driven rotation), PVC pipe drill (low-stress mechanics), and can-of-soup/weighted drill (glove-side stability).
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Legends Baseball & Softball · 61s
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"text": "Are you looking to get your kids ready for Kid Pitch Baseball?"
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"text": "Here are four awesome youth pitching drills that actually work."
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"text": "The first is a lift and separate drill."
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"text": "Just have them lift their lead leg a few times, break their hands, their front foot should"
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"text": "never hit the ground, we're just working on hand break timing right here."
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"text": "This will sync up their entire delivery."
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"text": "The next is the bucket drill."
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"text": "Just start with their lead leg on top of the bucket, a little bit behind their body so"
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"text": "that they are leading with their front hip pocket."
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"text": "Have them sink into their back leg, tilt a little bit at the shoulders and fire."
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"text": "The third is the PVC pipe drill."
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"text": "This is just a great one for working on mechanics while taking a little bit of stress off the"
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"text": "arm."
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"text": "The fourth is the can of soup drill."
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"text": "We call it this because we just simply used to do it with a can of soup in their glove"
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"text": "but here we're doing it with a plyo."
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"text": "This is done with kids who lose their glove side and by putting a weighted implement into"
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"text": "their hands, it forces them to bring their chest to the glove so that they are not losing"
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"text": "their glove side."
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"text": "Give these four a try and let me know what you think and please follow for more."
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