Begin with two feet touching the pitching rubber (USSSA) rules. This does not mean the middle of both feet need to be in the middle of the rubber. It simply means that any part of each foot must touch the rubber. Teach your pitchers to begin with their throwing foot forward just like they do when they throw overhand.

• Start with both hands relaxed and down in front of the body and the ball in the glove.
• Step at the target with the glove-side foot and immediately begin the arm circling toward the catcher.
• When the foot lands on the line to the catcher, the hand with the ball speeds up for relaease.
• The pitcher releases the ball with the dot in the middle of the hand facing the catcher.

Note: It is very important for you to teach your pitchers that the ball will go where there hand is pointing when they let go of it. While it sounds simple, it's the key to your pitcher's control.

• If they can learn this simple principle they can make adjustments themselves immediately following a bad pitch.
• If the pitch is to high, they should let go sooner.
• I the pitch is too low, they should hold on longer.
• Most pitchers will go high at first and the pitcher's natural reaction will be to throw slower. Do not allow this.. Instead, just teach your pitcher to "let go sooner, don't pitch slower".