- Long fingers really help. By a finger stretcher... and change the setting to: "Wilt Chamberlain".
Java, Rice bucket twists? What is that?
"making sure that thumb is working to an 'opposite the middle finger position' Wow! I did not that this would help on the spin! I will have to check her grip.
I did search DFP. One poster said:
"FIrst thing we did when we wanted increaded spin was to work on our grip. By splitting her fingers a little wider on the ball, she was able to get more finger pressure on the ball. By getting the ball out further in her hand it gave more spin. Her spin pitches all have the exact same grips. She uses two fingers together split grips. Like Mr Spock type grip. She just holds the seem on different sides. Hope I am explaining it correctly."
Am I reading that correctly? Is he saying this because his daughter has small hands or is younger? The split fingers is interesting. Isn't less fingers better?
Read this... and there's a video example on page 5, too.Dead-stops?
Again you are going to find it difficult to get young kids to smack themselves in the side to learn spin, when they are not done learning control and consistency with the basic pitches. (Let's differentiate spin on fb from other pitches, too.) RP's stuff is for advanced pitchers. His DD is an advance pitcher. Hand grippers and all that are not going to work either. (I remember being that age and someone saying go lift weights or do these exercises. No, I want to go outside and do my sport.)
This stuff has to translate to young kids, who are often 10,11,12. There are throw it to yourself drills and drills with the ball on the stick and the double ball (a little older and stronger) that work much better at that age.
*]Long fingers really help. Buy a finger stretcher... and change the setting to: "Wilt Chamberlain".