You're Already Hard to Copy
October 14, 2025·0 comments·zg
I’ve been down a weird pitching rabbithole thanks to baseball lately.
There are podcasts/YouTube videos for anything.
In case you didn’t know.
But with only so many pitches to throw, and with multi-angle video footage of every great pitcher pretty widely available these days - why not just copy what the best pitchers are doing?
Like if you are a pitcher, you can study it online so closely - you can slow it down, or change the angle, or research the diet/exercise/stretch routine of pretty much any professional - and then you can just do it, right?
Well, no.
Because it’s still really hard.
Because each pitcher's capability is built from thousands of invisible variables.
Because there are just so many variables at play.
From grip strengths, arm slots, muscle memory, brain memory, and - the sheer sub-conscious mechanics alone - it’s staggering when you start to think about it.
And that lesson applies to way more than baseball.
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