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Revision as of 04:34, 17 May 2016
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Baseball pitching is one of the most intensely studying athletic motionCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title. Although focus has been more on shoulder, entire body movement is required to perform a baseball pitching. Throwing is also considered one of the fastest human motions performed, and maximum humeral internal rotation velocity reaches about 7000 to 7500o/secondCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title.
Phases of Pitching[edit | edit source]
Overhead baseball pitching has been divided into four, five or six phases depending on the investigator studying the motionCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title. But most commonly five phases of overhead baseball pitching has been identified. (1) windup, (2) cocking, (3) acceleration, (4) deceleration and (5) follow through.
