A few things, general update.
Originally published at Kyle Boddy dot com. You can comment here or there.
Breaking it down into sections...
Baseball
Today I worked out with Jacob and his friend Jensen (who is raw but has plus power at the plate - my god can he launch it) at Strike-Zone, where we hit off a tee, took some soft toss, and threw some full-speed live batting practice. I threw using the new Marshall mechanics I learned, and I noticed the following things:
- Regular velocity with serious ability to improve. Torso/hip separation is easy to maintain using these mechanics, and I need to introduce better shoulder tilt to throw from a high arm slot and get the ball downhill.
- More movement on my pitches, especially the gyroball. I can readily throw two breaking balls (slider, gyroball) using the mechanics, and when I raise my arm slot, the movement should be even more pronounced.
- I can throw two fastballs from this arm slot - what's termed a «Maxline» fastball (maximum speed, think four-seam) and a «Torque» fastball (less speed, more cutting action, think two-seam). My Maxline fastball is way easier to control, but I think that I could effectively throw a Torque fastball if I worked on it. I will be focusing mainly on Maxline, Slider, Gyroball, though.
I'm not sure if these mechanics will fly in the PSSBL or the other amateur leagues I play in; they are MLB-legal but very strange looking to someone who has never seen a Marshall pitcher before. Throwing from the stretch might be difficult, too. Then again, I haven't decided if I want these to be my regular mechanics; I may just incorporate the arm slot and pitches into a tradtional leg kick delivery if possible.
Work
We're moving stuff out of the office and I'll be on my own in a few days, which is a lot of stuff to do. The side business I'm running is going pretty well, which is a nice boost in the bank account.
That's about it for now!