Abstract

ARCE MONTERO, Angélica; TABARES AREVALO, Rosa María; GOVEA DIAZ, Yolainy  and  CUESTA MARTINEZ, Luis Alberto. Effectiveness in the strike zone of the pitchers from Pinar del Río. Rev Podium [online]. 2020, vol.15, n.2, pp. 319-330.  Epub Aug 11, 2020. ISSN 1996-2452.

Bearing in mind the importance of pitching and its weight for the success in the baseball game, the objective of the present work is focused on the analysis of the effectiveness in the strike zone of the pitchers of the Pinar del Río baseball team, first category, participants in the national series. For this purpose, it was worked with a population integrated by the 13 pitchers that constitute the pictching staff and the two coaches responsible for the preparation of these in such team, for which we used scientific methods and techniques such as the analysis of the statistics of each one of the games, as well as observation, survey and interview. The analysis of the results obtained reveals that 61,5 % of the pitchers of the team, mainly the youngest ones, present problems with the control of the throws in the strike zone, revealing a series of deficiencies related to the domain of the mechanics of pick-up, the scarce repertoire of throws, together with a low domain on the same ones, among other elements linked to the preparation. These results, together with the systematic control and analysis of the work of the throwers during the games, constitute important elements to trace more efficient strategies in the preparation of these athletes, tempered to their individual particularities and insufficiencies, in order to achieve a greater effectiveness of the same and therefore to overcome the competitive results of the team.

Keywords : baseball; pitcher; training; effectiveness; control; strike zone..

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