The Pitching Edge-2nd
by Tom House
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Author: Tom HouseEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-11-22
ISBN: 0736001557
Number of pages: 168
Publisher: Human Kinetics
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Book Review: Absolutely essential reading
Summary: 5 Stars
This is absolutely essential reading. This book represents a new generation of thinking about sporting biomechanics that is scientifically based. Although some of the old pearls of wisdom based on intuition have been confirmed to some degree, too many past teachings handed down by word of mouth seem like old wives' tales. In fact things such the glove arm driving down are worse than old wives' tales because they can lead to excessive stress on the pitching arm, and so will lead to injury. From now on the critical pitcher will demand that any hypothesis about pitching mechanics be scientifically proven to be safe and sound rather than uncritically swollowing any old snake oil that could lead to a devastating career ending injury.It should be bourne in mind that the language used is also scientifically exacting such that many younger readers may encounter difficulty. A glossary of terms such as "supination" and "pronation" needs to be provided in a future edition. This is really serious reading for the serious player and coach to be read again and again.
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