Professional Pitching Institute - Don't Extend your Glove Side Elbow to the Plate

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Pitching Myth 8
Extend the Glove Side Elbow to the plate.

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Balance	- Whether your Starting Position is "athletically balanced' or completely "out of balance" does not matter.	- We keep your weight "athletically balanced" within your Starting Position.
Execution	- As soon as you extend your Glove Side Elbow to the plate, you take your motion "out of balance". - As a response to your Glove Side activity, you begin balancing your weight over the top of your Back Hip. - You move into your Foot Plant with your Hips disconnect from your Upper Body. - Your Upper Body works independently from your Lower Body.	- Your dominant Glove Hand Separation keeps you "athletically balanced". - As a response to your "athletically balanced" Hand Separation, you keep your weight evenly distributed to the front and back halves of your midline. - You move into your Foot Plant with your Throwing Arm prepared to instantly respond to your Hips activity. - Your Throwing Arm becomes an extension of your Lower Body.
Performance	- You use your Eye-to-Hand coordination to change your Throwing Arm angle to locate your pitches. You tend to tip your pitches. You ball takes a predictable route to your target.	- You use your Eye-to-Hand coordination to refine your location. You show the Hitter deceptive Throwing Arm speed. Your ball moves very close to the plate.