Starting Pitching Instruction
As others have stated Bill Hillhouse is one of the best in the country. houseofpitching.com
He sells very reasonably priced videos on his site and they are outstanding. He also has
several seminars at fastpitch.tv
There are also many other great pitching videos...
Best thing to do after a loss is keep it short and to the point. I don't like calling out individual players for specific plays - they know if they made mistakes. Nothing wrong with being honest - if the team stunk it up, that can be said. Specific mistakes can be discussed one-on-one at next...
Here's my two cents as a select coach with a daughter who pitches and plays outfield. Pitchers need to pitch. That's why we practice and spend money on lessons - to pitch. If you are with a team where you don't get pitching time for whatever reason - you need to make a change. If players are...
I can add my daughter's primary instructors - Bill Hillhouse (houseofpitching.com) and Doug Gillis (Univeristy of Mizzou - instructed Chelsea Thomas) both teach finishing diagonally. That is, after the pitch (for a righty) the right hand goes to the left shoulder. Opposite for a lefty. It should...
As to all the comments about lining your knocking knuckles up or not - Coach Candrea, Crystl Bustos and her hitting instructor Howard Carrier all promote it in their DVDs and at hitting clinics - good enough for me.