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“The pitch cuts the
inside corner of the plate for strike two.” That familiar sound is heard on
radios around the world. In fact, some of the best pitchers in America are not
Americans. Great pitching ability is not limited to ethnicity or geography, but
rather to human beings alone. Great pitchers make it look so easy, and
“practice makes perfect,” but it helps that the brain power necessary for
control, neurological connections, and muscular arrangements for the human arm
are exceedingly better than any system that exists on the planet. Is throwing a
ball really that complex?
Most people have heard of
“gray” matter and “white” matter in the brain. If the brain were cut in half
and viewed from the end, two distinct layers would be seen. The darker-colored
outer layer of the brain, about one quarter inch thick, is the gray matter, and
the white-yellow area inside is the white matter. In very broad terms, the gray
matter associates sensory input with memories, plans motion and muscular
activities, and provides awareness of sensations. It is called the cortex and
is the conscious part of the brain. The white matter is composed of nerves that
are covered in an insulating material with high fat content, giving it a whiter
color. The connections are not random, but organized into “tracts” carrying
data from one specific point to another. However, the number of connections is
huge, so every part of the brain is essentially connected to every other part.
One part of the pitcher’s
cortex is the premotor area. Since childhood, the pitcher has been storing
thousands of plans in this area that coordinate the actions of whole groups of
muscles. It is the primary storage location in the brain for learned skills,
particularly ones that are repetitious in nature. While every pitch is unique,
the general plan for muscle coordination pertaining to each type of pitch is
stored—and constantly refined—in that area. A great major league pitch was
started possibly at age two when the pitcher was handed a ball by his father
and he made his first toss, influenced by every throw since then. Today, the
pitcher will pull a general plan for a curveball from the premotor cortex.
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