Your hips and back side must explode when you throw. You are leaving your back leg behind you. The back leg must come around for power. The throwing-hand foot should end up in front of the glove-hand foot on your finish.

PURPOSE: To use your back side for power by using your front foot for accuracy and ensuring that your back side gets through.
SPACE NEEDED: 50 feet or more
EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Ball and hat
NO. PERSONS REQUIRED: You and a partner, wall/blanket/net

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION:
1. Front shoulder at the target.
2. Correct pivot on the back foot.
3. Correct position of the front foot.
4. Finish with throwing-hand foot in front of glove-hand foot.

EXECUTION:
1. Start in throwing stance with weight on balls of foot and weight 50-50.
2. Shift weight to 80/20 with hip to target and head still, keeping front shoulder closed and allowing front shoulder to raise significantly higher than the back shoulder.
3. At last possible second, as weight gets over front foot, explode hips, delivering the arm to throw as the body finishes with the throwing-hand foot in front of the glove-hand foot and the glove wrapped behind the back.
4. Perform the towel drill to reinforce proper finish.