My Pitching Philosophy #3 - Disrupting Timing and Balance

Disrupt timing and balance. All you are trying to do to a hitter is make them uncomfortable in the batter's box. You want them to not be able to hit your pitches. The way you do this is by disrupting their timing and balance.

What I mean by dirupting a batter's timing and balance is, throwing in and out, up and down, hard and soft.

By throwing inside and outside pitches you are disrupting a batter's balance.

By throwing up and down you are changing their eye levels.

By throwing hard and soft pitches you are disrupting a batter's timing.

If you mix all three of these things up a batter will have a hard time hitting you.

Think about if you threw a fastball up and inside to a hitter and then followed that pitch with a down and away change up. The difference in those pitches are so drastic, it is very hard to hit. Not only because you are disrupting a batter's balance and eye level by throwing in and up to down and out, but because you changed speeds. Because you went from in to out you made it seem like you changed speeds more than you actually did.

Read My Pitching Philosophy #4 - Throwing 4 Pitches or Less