In order to further clarify the key factors affecting the pitching speed of baseball pitchers, relevant literature from the 1990s up to the day was searched and summarised by using the keywords of baseball pitchers, pitching speed/velocity, sports biomechanics and whipping action from CNKI, Web of Science and PubMed data bases. By comparing the pitching speed and specialised technical ability of elite baseball pitchers at home and abroad, the study found that kinematic indexes such as shoulder external rotation angle, shoulder horizontal abduction angle, elbow joint angle, trunk forward tilt range, knee joint angle of front leg, and kinetics indexes such as peak stress of each link of throwing arm and maximum ground reaction force of front leg, have the primary effect on the pitching velocity. Therefore, the baseball coaches and pitchers can improve their pitching skills and speed by changing the size of upper and lower limb joint angles and angular velocity, enhancing muscle strength and flexibility. |