Whats Wrong With The Baseball Pitching Towel Drill?
One of the most popular baseball pitching drills is the famous towel drill. The baseball pitching towel drill has I believe two purposes. One apparently is designed to improve the ability of the pitcher to develop more arm extension out in front in an effort to get his throwing arm closer to the hitter. The second reason for doing the baseball pitching towel drill apparently is designed to help with body and arm alignment…therefor creating better overall control. In my observation there is a big problem with using the the baseball pitching towel drill in any effort to improve pitching mechanics or in using it for the two mentioned reasons. If you videotape most successful pitchers from the direct side angle – third base for a RH pitcher and first base angle for a LH pitcher you will notice that these pitchers will release the ball with the arm fully extended and the hand and ball out over their front foot. When you videotape a pitcher’s mechanics from the side angle using a towel you
