I pitched in high school and college and this is a very difficult habit to notice and break and its usually up to your teammates to notice because the other team sure as hell ain't gonna tell you.
I have been watching Mantei pitch the last few weeks and I finally TIVO'd a few of his games and watched it last night and broke down his pitches....
Years past Mantei has really only been a slider, fastball guy. You can have success with these two pitches because the grip and arm angle is almost exactly the same. ....so now Matt has added a pitch and introduced a bad habit
I didn't notice him throwing a curve in years past until just last week. When he loads up the curve he is flapping the glove just a smidge. I noticed it on 3 or 4 occasions and each time he threw the curve........ On slider or fastballs his glove is completely still.
That said, chuck kniffen sucks
I have been watching Mantei pitch the last few weeks and I finally TIVO'd a few of his games and watched it last night and broke down his pitches....
Years past Mantei has really only been a slider, fastball guy. You can have success with these two pitches because the grip and arm angle is almost exactly the same. ....so now Matt has added a pitch and introduced a bad habit
I didn't notice him throwing a curve in years past until just last week. When he loads up the curve he is flapping the glove just a smidge. I noticed it on 3 or 4 occasions and each time he threw the curve........ On slider or fastballs his glove is completely still.
That said, chuck kniffen sucks
