Editing Pitching position (section)

==Impact==
Data analysis indicates that pitch velocity is equivalent whether thrown from the windup or the set position.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fast|first=Mike|title=Does the Stretch Cost a Pitcher Fastball Speed|url=http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/does-the-stretch-cost-a-pitcher-fastball-speed/|publisher=Hardball Times|access-date=11 December 2011|date=2010-04-20}}</ref>

Additionally, common wisdom is that the set is less damaging to the connective tissue of a pitcher's arm, but research in this area has been unable to support this hypothesis.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Shouchen|first=Dun|author2=David Kingsley |author3=Glenn S. Fleisig |author4=Jeremy Loftice |author5=James R. Andrews |title=Biomechanical Comparison of the Fastball From Wind-Up and the Fastball From Stretch in Professional Baseball Pitchers|journal=American Journal of Sports Medicine|date=January 2008|volume=36|issue=1|pages=137–141|doi=10.1177/0363546507308938|pmid=17986632|s2cid=12078835}}</ref>