Pitching Quiz

Test your Pitching Mechanics Knowledge

1. What is the most important aspect in pitching?

a) Velocity

b) Focus

c) Balance

d) Grip

2. At the balance point, when do the hands break?

a) Before the knee drops

b) After the knee drops

c) At the same time the knee drops

d) None of the above

3. What is the proper path the front leg takes when you go to balance and landing?

a) Lift up, then down and out

b) Lift up, then out and down

c) Swing up, then out and down

d) None of the above

4. When you come to landing with the front foot, which part of the foot hits the ground first?

Heel

Ball of the foot

Both of the above

None of the above

5. How does the back foot come off the pitching rubber?

It pushes off the rubber

It lifts off the rubber

It rotates off the rubber

It slides off the rubber