Benefits of a portable launch mound

What’s the problem with a pitcher’s mound that has everyone running around like squirrels collecting acorns, in an attempt to ensure the use of one for practice? I mean, he’s only 10 “tall. How much difference can that make to a pitcher?

Believe it or not, that 10 “of lift, from the pitching plate to home plate, plays a huge role in a pitcher’s performance. The ability to push the pitching plate, with the leg, gaining momentum toward Forward with the body as you learn forward and downward, increasing arm extension and arm speed gives the pitcher extra speed on his fastball and better movement on his break balls.

Watch a major league pitcher throwing warm-ups from the mound at a visitor’s ball park and 9 times out of 10 he will make some adjustment, either by digging a hole next to the pitching rubber with his picks or modifying where your sole foot bumps, there will usually be some adjustments to the mound. It must feel “right” for you to feel comfortable.

You have to remember that this is major league baseball that hires only the best rangers to maintain the playing field, of which the mound is a part, and still a pitcher will modify it.

The importance and use of the pitching mound really can’t be overemphasized as it is no different than reaching the age where the pitching rubber moves to 60 ‘6 “, which is a great fit for a pitcher, as affects the accuracy and speed and movement of each of your throws.

Knowing the impact the mound has on a team’s pitchers, it’s pretty obvious to let the availability of using it be determined by the weather, it’s pretty risky. There is nothing wrong with practicing indoors in bad weather, but having pitchers refining the pitches they will pitch from a mound, on a flat surface, is similar to having right-handed fielders pitching left-handers.

So what is the solution? It’s as simple as a portable launch mound. There are many companies selling pre-made launch mounds of all types, styles, and prices, which will obviously get the job done, but if you or your organization are not independently wealthy, you can build a great portable launch mound yourself. Depending on your carpentry skills, the project can be completed in one afternoon.

There are several websites with detailed instructions for purchasing materials, the step-by-step construction process, and the options available, such as laying artificial grass, and easy disassembly and reassembly methods.

The important thing here is not how cute or stylish the portable mound is, but rather that pitchers will have access to equipment that will simulate actual game conditions.

Learning to pitch from a mound is similar to putting on a new glove or hitting with a 33 “bat instead of 32”. You get used to the newest equipment in practice … Not to game situations. You don’t want to have perfected your curve in the gym, then try to adapt it to real life conditions in your first game outside of pitching from a mound.