Our Lesson with Kirk McCaskill

We started this blog to record what we learned during our two hour pitching lesson with Kirk McCaskill.  He pitched for the Angels and White Sox, he also played pro hockey.  For more info on Kirk, check this link from Wikipedia. 

 He taught us a lot so we wanted to make sure we remembered everything.  

Proper Warm up

A Movement oriented type of warm up is best to get the muscles ready.  (Need pics for these descriptions)

With one hand on the fence, we swung our legs forward and back and side to side all the while getting up on the toes.

swimming motion with the arms.

pull and swim - push and swim

Shaking the fence

karaoke

skipping

striding out and up

butt kickers

throwing warm up

Arm is up when foot is down

The target line

Square to The Target

Scapular Load

Torque 

Flexion Extension

Mirror arms

Early separation

Toe drag - staying back and through the target line

Grips:

4 seam

2 seam

cutter

splitter

curveball

Change ups - 

circle

Taiwan

differential between fast ball and change up - using a speed gun.