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Advisory Board
Nolan Ryan
Randy Johnson
Cole Hamels
Mark Prior
Robb Nen
Orel Hershiser
Dave Dravecky
Bobby Valentine
Dusty Baker
John Young
Tom House
Karl Meinhardt
James Evans
Greg Rose
Robert Yang
Jim Brogan
Glenn Fleisig
Todd Durkin
Alan Blitzblau
Arnel Aguinaldo
Dr. Lewis Yocum
Dr. Rick Heitsch
Dr. James Andrews
Dr. John Conway
Dr. Hank Chambers
Dr. Todd Lanman
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NPA Online Pitching Mechanics Clinic
The NPA Online Pitching Mechanics Clinic is an online course that will help you learn pitching mechanics from beginning to end - from setting up on the mound to release point and beyond. The purpose of the clinic is to educate parents, players, and coaches in the latest information with regards to pitching mechanics so that pitchers of all ages pitch longer and more safely.
This clinic includes the following:
- Over 30 minutes streaming video instruction on Pitching Mechanics, Grips, and Drills
- Short quizzes to test your knowledge of the material along the way
- Delivery Analyses
- A final quiz to test your knowledge of the material
- A printout of NPA Mechanics Guidelines - incudes course material review and more.
- A Course Certificate of Completion
This clinic is designed as a learning experience. The goal of the clinic is that when you complete it, you will understand:
- How to properly set up on the mound
- Pitching mechanics that will promote a healthy baseball pitching/throwing experience - The NPA Biomechanics Efficiency Model for pitching
- The different grips used to throw three different pitches
- The drills required to practice and perfect the phases of the NPA Biomechanical Efficiency ModelTM
Upon completion of the clinic the student will receive access to download the NPA Guidelines of Pitching and a Certificate of Completion for the pitching course.
Who Should Take This Clinic?
Parents - parents of pitching and throwing athletes regardless of age.
Athletes - pitchers and position players alike.
Coaches - get the latest on pitching mechanics.
System Requirements - Please Read
The free Adobe Flash 9 plug-in to stream instructional video over the internet to your computer. Not sure? Click here! If you don't have it, download it from the Macromedia site: Macromedia Flash Player. If you're still not sure you have the plug-in, go to www.cnn.com/video and see if you can play the videos there. If you have the plug-in you should be able to view their videos.
A later version browser (most browsers are free - download a new version if you do not have a recent one). Security settings on browser should be set to trust the www.nationalpitching.com domain.
A DSL (256K) internet connection or better. If you are a dial-up internet customer you can still go through the course, but you will have to be patient for the clips to down load before pressing play. High-speed dial-up should work just fine for the clips.
A desire to learn.
Once you have successfully paid for this clinic, you will receive an email sent to the email address entered below that will confirm your login credentials. PLEASE CHECK YOUR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS for this email if you do not receive it within the same day that you purchased the course. Only enter a valid email address from which you receive mail regularly for your email address above.
Important: This clinic is NOT an online version of the NPA Coaches Certification. It is a pitching mechanics course designed to educate you on mechanics, grips and drills. At the end of the course you receive a personalized Certificate of Completion for the course. It is not intended to be a replacement of the four day NPA Coaches Certification Clinic.
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