"I bicycle a lot--I rode 36 miles yesterday--so I'm ridiculously quad dominant."For pitching, it wouldn't take months--probably a few weeks at most.
I've worked with a personal trainer on this exact issue. I bicycle a lot--I rode 36 miles yesterday--so I'm ridiculously quad dominant.
Given a second or two to properly distribute my weight and get the feet position correctly, I can use my glutes. Mainly, I had to learn what it feels like to "activate the glutes". It only took me about 3 or 4 weeks before I could do it whenever I wanted.
So, I don't think a reasonably athletic pitcher would have any trouble at all.
There could be stamina issues...quad dominance means the glutes are underdeveloped. It might take months to build up the glutes...but, that is really a matter of strengthening the glutes.
Now, for movements which are reflexive, e.g., jumping in a basketball game, it would take months to rewire the semi-automatic movement.
This statement has rolled around in my head for a while.
Is there an equivalent activity that uses only glutes ? Jumping rope ?