The Balance Points of Tim Lincecum and Brett Sinkbeil
I wrote this for Baseball Digest Daily. The graphics are missing in the full article at BDD, but they are the same ones used below, so you can still use them if you need a visual representation for what I’m talking about. Here is an excerpt:
When a pitcher hits their balance point, they basically stop mid-way through their wind-up to establish balance and then start again as they head toward home plate. This is called a “tall-and-fall” pitcher.
When a pitcher “drifts through the balance point”, there is no stoppage in the wind-up. As the pitcher lifts his knee during his wind-up, you see him start to drift toward home plate before ever reaching his balance point. Momentum carries the pitcher toward home plate as he leads with his hips.
For a better illustration, on the bottom is Tim Lincecum (drifting through the balance point) and on the top is Brett Sinkbeil (tall-and-fall):
Brett Sinkbeil Tall-and-Fall
Tim Lincecum – Drifting Through the Balance Point
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