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    Advice for 9 year old I'm working with...

    Thank you! Her dad is 6’6”, so I want to make sure she’s learning right. I would like to see her pick up some speed though. I switched my own daughter over when she was a freshman or sophomore. I wish I had known earlier. She’s playing in college but not as a pitcher.
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    Advice for 9 year old I'm working with...

    Yes, great this helps. I know what you’re saying! More to come!
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    Advice for 9 year old I'm working with...

    I absolutely soak up every suggestion. I’ve learned so much on here over the years and even more from Pauly and Java at a pitching camp I took my own daughter to several years ago. She’s in college now and I’m trying to help young ones learn IR.
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    Advice for 9 year old I'm working with...

    Yes, I’ve watched this many times. I think this will be an easier fix.
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    Advice for 9 year old I'm working with...

    Suggestions for Drive? A good drill? Of course we’ve tried several. Should she try to get more on her right toe/higher as she pushes off?
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    Advice for 9 year old I'm working with...

    Yes, I'll address that. I've looked for older pitchers who use that style like Osterman and Lawrie (at times) and you're right! Thanks!
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    Advice for 9 year old I'm working with...

    Should be viewable.
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    Advice for 9 year old I'm working with...

    I'd love any advice. She just turned 9 and is still working on body awareness, but I'd love feedback.
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    How Many emails to send to a College Coach?

    Emails with schedules are important, but I'm not sure how many emails get read that simply introduce and offer interest. I agree that camps are best, but the girls' competitive coaches need to be calling ahead. That's where your comp coaches become really important. My daughter is a freshman...
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    Forearm Hitting Hip

    Just be careful! My daughter started hitting her forearm as well when she was a freshman in HS. She ended up with a stress fracture in the ulna bone and was in and out of pitching for the next couple of years. Luckily, it didn't keep her from fully recovering and playing first and outfield.
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    Chelsea Wilkinson

    I saw the clip of her during the WCWS. She said it's her riseball grip and her curveball grip. She said for the rise, it helps her get under. She said she palms it for an off speed rise. My daughter came home from the Indiana clinic and tried it. Her revs literally went up 10 immediately...
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    Looking for an I/R style pitching coach in Kansas City

    Good luck if you can find one. We used Paige Parker, but she's at OU now. We don't use anyone in the Kansas City area. We do virtual lessons. Someone might exist but not to my knowledge.
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    What is your/your daughters most effective pitch?

    DD is first year 16 but can still play 14s (and will at PGF Nationals). She's a lefty and her curve was her bread and butter for 1-2 years but can also get hit hard by older, stronger hitters. Her rise is probably her best pitch now. We are working hard on two realistic levels. Her screw is...
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    Drive Questions about Model Pitchers and the legality of it

    So wouldn't the tip of the "right" heel not take away some of the push against the plate?
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    Weight Training for Pitchers

    Java's Red Cord workout is the hardest core workout my 15 year old has ever had. In fact, my 17 year old basketball player (son) refuses to do it because it's too hard -- even knowing it would increase his vertical. It's because only one of my three kids is in what Java calls his 10%. It's...
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    BI help! Indiana clinicians...???

    Okay, can you help me understand a few things because she WILL ask?! 1) What is the ball coming too close to her head doing to her pitch? 2) Her circle is pushing her body back? I don't understand this at all... pushing her body back? (maybe you mean what I mention in my #4?) 3)Making this...
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    BI help! Indiana clinicians...???

    Thanks, Ken. We'll try to get more wrap and not be open as much! The wrap is easy to do is slow...tougher to do it full speed.
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    BI help! Indiana clinicians...???

    Yes, in her ulna bone. She wasn't overpitching. She was literally "whacking" her forearm into her leg. You couldn't tell by watching, so we had no idea. We're pretty confident she hasn't done it since the injury, but I need to make sure these mechanics are good! I need to know if she's...
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    BI help! Indiana clinicians...???

    My dd stress fractured her forearm last fall. She was jamming her forearm into her hip/leg (the deceleration was awesome, hitting her fastest speeds), unfortunately causing the injury. She still has a little pain from time to time, which the doc said might happen for up to a year. MRI in Jan...
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    Brush Interference/whip?

    Thanks everyone! She has always landed like this, so obviously this is going to be our next project. Hopefully, this will also help with her sticking her butt out as well. She can stick her landing although in this video she doesn't, so that should be an easy fix. The problem is the brush...

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