The 7 Step Miracle - What Should Your Stride Length Be?
One of the main issues that every pitcher faces, especially young pitchers is how to use their legs in the pitching delivery. We always hear coaches say to use your legs or lower half in your pitching delivery. As players, we sometimes don't understand what this means and how to implement this in our delivery.
In this video, we give the pitcher an easy way to use their legs and not have to think about it. When a pitcher gets on the mound, put your heal against the front of the rubber and heal toe 7 steps down the mound and draw a line. When you stride down the mound and throw the pitch, you should be able to stride to that mark using your lower half to get there. Make sure you are using the leg attached to the rubber to get you to that spot by pushing the rubber back towards second base.
