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    Fastest pitcher in the world

    Sometimes? Looks like every time!
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    What do I need to work on in off season?

    I don’t know…her back swing looks fine. The reason her arm is so straight later is because of the observed push that happens just after 12 o’clock. Leading with a pushing hand straightens the arm (unless you have a SUPER flexible shoulder/pec connection), while leading with the elbow, and a...
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    good stuff here

    I've seen excerpts of this video posted on other threads. I thought I'd call attention to different portions and offer my "translation", though I do not speak a lick of Japanese. (Except for those words I recognize from my years training in Aikido) ;) The "pitching instruction" begins here...
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    Daughter went to a softball camp....

    Dial, You may be in an entirely different part of the world than I, but I think my DD went to the same camp. ;) Thanks, Adam
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    10YO DD finally starting to understand IR

    Ken, nothing at all from preventing them from getting their palm up at 9 o'clock (which would be at about the apex of external rotation). Mowatt appears to always be palm away at the top. She then quickly turns her palm and pulls from there. I'm not sure I'd want to test my shoulder throwing...
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    DD's new PC

    Wait, Chelsea is instructing in St. Louis? Wayne, I'm sending you a PM. Thanks, Adam
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    Help with hip rotation and leaning......

    Show it and throw it: From http://www.discussfastpitch.com/softball-pitching/10321-i-r-classroom-2.html#post116906
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    Any coaches in the Cincinnati area that teach I/R? I CANT FIND A SINGLE ONE!

    [Emphasis mine] I'm no softball veteran, but I'm still not buying it. As an example: of my limited exposure through the last four years of rec ball with two DDs, I have seen only two instances of I/R happening naturally. Neither of them were my DDs. On my youngest's team, we made sure all had...
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    13 year old pitcher

    To create the GIFs, I used "GIF Brewery" for the MAC. I then use Adobe Fireworks to adjust the frame delay, add graphics (the arrow), etc.
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    13 year old pitcher

    So, I wrote, "nearly straight". I believe that is the same as a "slight bend in the elbow". My point was that it appears to me that she's missing out on the mobility at her elbow and is using too much shoulder. Hal, I'm confused. To which post are you referring? From where have you...
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    13 year old pitcher

    It doesn't appear that she's pitching around her hip. However, my amateur analysis reveals that she switches from leading with her elbow, to pushing and leading with her hand at 12:00. She manages to still get a decent whip (I/R) at release. What she's doing apparently isn't uncommon, as I've...
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    The magical riseball story.

    I couldn't resist. No "hop", "jump" or "rise". Sluggers keeps his $500.
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    Feedback on mechanics

    Not Becca, but apparently another coach at Power Line. Looking at this video on overhand throwing mechanics, it looks like standard parroted drills without regard to understanding what is really happening with the mechanics.
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    DD's Arm Circle....Hopefully it is Better??

    LOL, I just tell me DD she needs taller catchers. From what I saw, yes...sort of. I just got a new computer and don't have all of my software updated on the new system, so I can't offer the nifty breakdown that BoardMember would offer. I'm also using you as a guinea pig to try on my beginner's...
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    DD's Arm Circle....Hopefully it is Better??

    Boomers, IMO you've got a talented DD. She also appears to be a hard worker. A potent combination! Are you using "TimeFreeze" or "SloPro" for the iPhone? You may have already figured this out, but the frame interpolation (rendering frames that do not exist between actual frames), for the...
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    DD's Arm Circle....Hopefully it is Better??

    I'll be interested in BoardMember's next post, but he wrote: So he's referring to the "ball" or hand. My guess is this will take care of most of the rest of the arm's alignment, but doesn't necessarily pull the elbow away from the body. Your DD should still be able to get her elbow down into...
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    DD's Arm Circle....Hopefully it is Better??

    Who, me? "Photoshopped it™".
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    DD's Arm Circle....Hopefully it is Better??

    LOL! Poor Nick. All of those lines and the orientation of left (catcher) to right (pitcher), from his original image, could be read many different ways. For some of us that rotated Nick's original image in our head, we saw that the feet were oriented correctly, albeit perhaps not on the correct...
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    Drop ball video and still images of hand at release

    Just a small nit here, but I would say that external rotation along with the supination of the forearm typically happens up to 9 o'clock (or 3 o'clock if you prefer). This is what allows the palm to be up and elbow in to the side. After 9 o'clock is generally when the internal rotation begins...
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    The right pitching coach

    Hal, unless it was a thread I missed, no one had a problem with the idea of using a wiffle ball. I liked it! http://www.discussfastpitch.com/softball-pitching/8910-fixing-hello-elbow-wiffle-balls.html

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