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Mike, a full-time employee at the VBC, is a graduate of O'Connell High School, where he played for Coach Murray. He was the starting third baseman for the 2001 WCAC Championship team (27-3), which finished the season ranked third in the Washington Post. Mike is very involved in youth baseball in Arlington. Coach Binns has been working baseball camps with the VBC and coaching youth baseball since 2001. In addition, Coach Binns teaches a "learning math and reading through baseball" class at Barcroft Elementary School in Arlington.

Baseball Pitching - The Release Point and Follow Through

I am Mike Binns from the Virginia Baseball Club, lead pitching instructor. I am going to talk to you about step five, which is our Release Point and our Follow Through. We talked about step one being our Rocker Step, step two Pivot, step three Balance, step four Power Position, and now we are going to talk about our Release Point first.

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I am Mike Binns from the Virginia Baseball Club, lead pitching instructor. I am going to talk to you about step five, which is our Release Point and our Follow Through. We talked about step one being our Rocker Step, step two Pivot, step three Balance, step four Power Position, and now we are going to talk about our Release Point first. You will see a lot of pitchers when they release the ball, release the ball back here or here, and they miss high a lot. We are going to make sure when we get our Release Point that we get that Release Point out in front. Next thing we want to do with our Follow Through is when we come through we want to make sure we bring our back leg through with us, and use our legs with us. We want to make sure if are not bringing that back leg through, we are losing a lot of power, we are leaving a lot of power back here. So, we want to make sure we use that rubber, push of that rubber, and bring that back leg through. Last thing we are looking for in our Follow Through is that front side. A lot of people open up that front side, we want to make sure when we come through, we are going tuck that glove, think about taking that elbow right into our pocket. So, when we come through, we want to tuck that glove and that puts us in a great fielding position right here for any ground ball, line drive, hit right back to us. That right there are our five pitching steps.

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