one knee drill...

[JJsqueeze]

I am either paranoid or just have a keen sense for a posters voice, but All Day just has that Left Hook vibe to me. Can't quite place the reason but something about the tone and diction. True newbs just have a different tone than this.

of course I am not sure which is worse, a guy creating new usernames every week or another guy trying to call them out...I think I need a career change to engage me a little more during the day in something more constructive.....curses to the softball Gods for inflicting me with this obsession. It was so much easier when I was enthralled by swinging a golf club.

 

[pumpkinbear]

I am either paranoid or just have a keen sense for a posters voice,

You could be both

At any rate, there's only one pitching coach on the Belmont Abbey website. Seems like a guy with real experience and potentially useful insights.

 

[JJsqueeze]

yeah...let's hope he's legit, if so then he is a welcome member of course. and I take my coffee black and bitter...

 

[All Day]

strange???????????????

 

[Ken B]

Strange? Kinda. Cynical? Definitely.

From time to time there have been couple folks who have joined the community, ruffled feathers, got banned, then created a new profiles claiming they are new, etc...

Our sincere hope is that you are who you say you are and that you stick around to share and discuss fastpitch.

 

[SoGASoftball]

Anyone have a pic of the drill? I'm not visualizing it with the knees as explained.

 

[bucket pinata]

For the young beginners,when im trying to get them feel what snap and whip feel like I like the drill

 

[Rocketech1]

Sounds painful if I am visualizing it correctly (the thigh stops the upper arm at 6:00 release?).

My general take on pitching drills is that most do very little if anything to help with the pitching motion and most good pitchers do well IN SPITE of these drills. For example, you can do 5 - 10 minutes of isolated wrist snaps each practice and it's not going to have an effect on your arm whip (good or bad). Since there is a finite amount of time pitchers have to practice, I much prefer they work on drills that help accelerate their skill development instead of wasting valuable practice time with non proven drills. I know Hillhouse is a big proponent of using drills that incorporate as much of the full motion as possible (example, K drills, walk throughs, etc).

 

[JJsqueeze]

Oh no another old guy from the dawn of time to support some parents who never pitched a day in their lives. Yeah, the pitchers did some stuff back then but like you said it is 2014, and the brush was part of the closing, stepping method, and it is over and has been over. If some adult pitcher wants to do it fine, but making a kid do something unhealthy when it serves no purpose but to make her miserable and you happy, you can have at it.

I just find it funny that we have to go old school on this...You can stay there, but we are not brushing at the hip and making it a contact sport. We are doing our rollover with the fingers to the side. Fortunately when we are at our clinics or practice or I watch hundreds of college games, practices and camps, (and when I am talking to the coaches) not one of you are near the place.

The girls do one knee drills for riseballs. I have seen it at some of the TB and college practices and camps I have visited. It works, not my thing, but I see how good their spins and posture are. So sometimes i just wish folks actually played the sport, or got the knowledge before posting. It just makes you look bad.

Just one example of what you call a "new school" pitcher OILF, just one. I really want to see what you consider good mechanics, I won't ask again, I will just assume that if you don't name one then you have no clue what you are talking about. as a recap here are some examples of pitchers that have been shown to use a brush recently...

Ueno
Cat
Sarah Pauly
Dallas Escobedo
Keilani Ricketts
Michelle Gascioioiogneyieyi
Monica Abbott
Michelle Smith
Amanda Scarborough

 

[JJsqueeze]

Sounds painful if I am visualizing it correctly (the thigh stops the upper arm at 6:00 release?).

that's correct..sorry SOGASOFTBALL....I don't have a pic. I'll try to get DD to do it later so I can show you though.