Let’s talk a little bit about mechanics, specifically the follow through. You’ll often see videos where the pitcher has a strange looking finish, or follow through, to his delivery and people often say things like “Make sure he finishes,” or “Put a dollar bill on the ground to get him to follow through.” Those are nice thoughts, but they don’t do anything. Why?
The follow through isn’t something that should be taught. Remember multi-step equations from back in algebra? Teaching follow through is like focusing on the last step of a multi-step equation to find the right answer.
When you teach follow through, you teach the final step of the pitching equation. That’s a bad thing because follow through is an outcome. It’s a result of everything that came before it. If you “pick the dollar bill up” your finish will look good, but it won’t actually be good.
If you want to fix a pitcher’s follow through, you need to fix his force output, and the control of that force, throughout the delivery. If you can do that, a good looking follow through will happen naturally.
Does that mean we aren't looking for certain things in a follow through? No, it's definitely an important position, but should be viewed as an assessment of prior movement rather than as an essential component of the actual delivery. Remember, the ball is gone once you let it go.
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