cases there are many coaches out there who do not know a lick about pitching and some players need to be their own coaches as you and some of the other people on this site who are well informed obviously cannot help everyone of us.
your point on staying back is completely correct. i agree with what you said i guess when i tell myself to stay back its my way of really not falling forward, because sometimes i tend to really fall forward before i stride out.
i see what you are saying the balance point also. again, this is just a self-check method of making sure i am slow and 