- Dec 7, 2011
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As I am watching all the conference tournaments on tv I am beginning to look and compare on the "rituals" of college pitchers when they pitch.
There are ritual items that pitchers do that are repeated steps, like bend down and grab some dirt, then there are ritual items that surround what I call "building the psyche". (Example of building the psyche is like Notre Dames pitcher named Winter. She gets this growly look on her face and rhythms a bounce before each and every pitch. Then there is the Nebraska senior pitcher that bounces before each pitch as an apparent "build-up" crescendo before a pitch).
What part of these things you experienced folks see as necessary goodness to a pitcher versus unnecessary antics??
There are ritual items that pitchers do that are repeated steps, like bend down and grab some dirt, then there are ritual items that surround what I call "building the psyche". (Example of building the psyche is like Notre Dames pitcher named Winter. She gets this growly look on her face and rhythms a bounce before each and every pitch. Then there is the Nebraska senior pitcher that bounces before each pitch as an apparent "build-up" crescendo before a pitch).
What part of these things you experienced folks see as necessary goodness to a pitcher versus unnecessary antics??