Just some observations from watching the side-by-side. Not saying this is the reason for the velo dip—just a few mechanical differences that stood out to me. A few things I noticed: • When he was throwing his hardest, his move into and out of leg lift was much more downhill. He matched the slope earlier, setting up the rest of the delivery to use gravity and build momentum. Now, he appears much more uphill into the drop phase. • He also looks to be counter-rotating more out of leg lift before foot strike. Almost winding up instead of simply staying sideways and ripping. The more you counter-rotate, the more your body has to rotate out of it before efficiently delivering force. • His energy also looks more wrapped around the backside. His COM appears shifted farther back, making him look more stuck on the back leg. Previously, he looked much more centered, stayed underneath himself, and created a smoother forward drift. • The back leg also appears to carry tension earlier now. You can already see the quad loaded during leg lift, whereas before he looked much freer going up and captured that tension naturally during the drop phase while using the slope. • Hand break also appears slightly later in the older clips. For some pitchers, a later hand break can be a velo unlock because it allows them to store anchored tension longer down the mound while keeping the body centered, allowing energy to transfer more efficiently into foot strike. • One smaller thing I noticed is the back ankle and pelvis. In the older clips, the back ankle everts more naturally, allowing the back hip to rotate cleaner into foot strike and the pelvis to turn over more efficiently. Even the drag line looks different, showing a cleaner transfer of energy through the lower half instead of hanging on the backside. Just some food for thought. Mechanics are always interconnected, and sometimes a few small changes can have a much bigger effect than people realize. Curious what everyone else is seeing.

Project NBA Tyson Ep. 1 ☔️ Tyson originally had almost zero drift and would get stuck on the backside early. A big reason? He was forcing an exaggerated vertical shin angle that didn’t match how his body naturally wanted to organize down the mound. Instead of moving athletically down the slope, he was artificially trying to stay stacked into the backside. Result: • Killed momentum • Disrupted sequencing • Inconsistent lead leg stabilization • Poor rotational organization Biggest focuses so far: • Earlier COM drift • Better backside direction • Improved tempo • Cleaner lead leg stabilization • Better connection with the rubber • Tighter rotational turns Big cue: “Stay behind the lead leg. Let the foot come down, then throw.” Tyson was QB1 in high school, so the athleticism has always been there. The process now is organizing and directing that athleticism more efficiently within the delivery. Only 2 sessions in. Still cleaning up: • Rubber connection • Rotational Planes • Getting into more powerful spots throughout the throw • Setting the body up to make a violent punch • Holding posture through rotation • Last 10% of the throw But he’s already moving more athletic, fluid, and explosive. A lot more left in there ☔️ — CG #JustTalkingBall #PitchingDevelopment