The "Drift" - How to Shift Your Weight Like a Pro

Understanding pitching mechanics requires knowledge about what I call the "drift" (to my knowledge we were the first to coin this term as it relates to the delivery back in 2015). The drift is a shifting of the center of mass forwards, away from the rubber, preceding the active drive phase of the back leg. Despite being what the majority of high level throwers do to initiate forward motion, this is counter to what traditional pitching teaches with “balance points".

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0:22 - The Drift Definition
0:40 - Ben's Discovery of the Drift
2:35 - Tim Lincecum & the Drift
3:12 - Ben's Trying Drift & Throwing 96
3:52 - What Is The Drift - A Deeper Understanding
6:31 - Why It's Hard To Teach
6:41 - #1 It's Hard To See
7:08 - #2 Don't Realize It
8:00 - #3 It's Hard To Teach
8:50 - Examples of Drifts
9:10 - Coil & Drift - Chapman
9:33 - Straight on Target & Drift - DeGrom
10:05 - Balance Points - Stroman & Eovaldi
11:28 - How We Teach The Drift
12:16 - 1st Cue - Leaning Into Leg Lift
12:59 - 2nd Cue - Finding Balance Point Further Away From Rubber
14:04 - 3rd Cue - Staying Inside Back Foot
14:16 - Drill To Teach The Drift
15:47 - Conclusion

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