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    What if a runner is injured by a defensive player between bases & can't continue?

    Ok, that's more like what it felt like the rule should be just from a common sense/ safety standpoint. the umpire's hesitation to call time when she was on the ground motionless definitely put me off. Even though it was less than a minute. all medical attention and was left up to the team (I...
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    What if a runner is injured by a defensive player between bases & can't continue?

    Thanks, that's what I thought, but couldn't find a specific rule on it. I knew that was the case if she had pulled a muscle or something, wasn't sure if it was different if the other team caused the injury. On a side note, I made my daughter wear her batting helmet after that (fortunately it...
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    What if a runner is injured by a defensive player between bases & can't continue?

    An incident in a slowpitch tournament this weekend brought this up, so I don't know if rules are different. Hopefully someone with more knowledge of slow pitch rules can answer that. (My dd normally plays fast pitch, but got invited to play in an adult slow pitch coed tourney) One of her...
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    Need help with interpreting some pitching video( comparing two HS JV pitchers)

    Awesome! I'll be in touch after the season and see if we can work out a trip! Assuming of course DD wants to continue with pitching after this season. She's practiced pitching for a coupe of years never really pitched more than an occasional inning here or there. She knows she's way behind for...
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    Need help with interpreting some pitching video( comparing two HS JV pitchers)

    Hal did send her a copy of his book which she devoured in two evenings! Thanks again Hal!! She is pitching in a double header today that starts in about 4 hours and is anxious to put some of the ideas in the book to work.
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    Need help with interpreting some pitching video( comparing two HS JV pitchers)

    I used Adobe Premiere Pro to grab the individual frames of the videos and save them as jpgs. Then I used Photoshop to put them together, and then I dropped the combined jpgs back into Premiere. So a little tedious and about $1000 worth of software, but I'm a professional photographer so I have...
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    Need help with interpreting some pitching video( comparing two HS JV pitchers)

    btw Amy, are you near Phoenix or Scottsdale? I can get dirt cheap tickets on Allegiant to those two cities. We have zero pitching coaches here and I would bring her down for a week in the offseason if that were a possibility.
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    Need help with interpreting some pitching video( comparing two HS JV pitchers)

    Thanks Amy! She does walk throughs sometimes as part of her warmups, but I've never gunned them. The HS doesn't use a gun at all, but I was given one for Christmas so I'll use it this weekend and see how she does with that. I've never gunned her overhand throw, but she throws reasonably hard...
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    Need help with interpreting some pitching video( comparing two HS JV pitchers)

    Thanks, we'll start on that ASAP!
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    Need help with interpreting some pitching video( comparing two HS JV pitchers)

    Thanks, that makes sense. That's why I posted this, I figured I was focusing on the wrong thing! I don't have any video from behind her, I'll try to get some as soon as the weather cooperates. I did shoot some at the same game from behind the backstop. I wasn't at a great angle to see her arm...
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    Need help with interpreting some pitching video( comparing two HS JV pitchers)

    the video below is of two pitchers. Pitcher #1 is my DD, pitcher #2 is another pitcher on her HS JV. the slow motion portion shows them side by side, frame by frame. My DD is the starting JV pitcher because of her accuracy, but she is way too slow. this clip is from a double header last week...
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    Calculating pitch speeds from video

    Another member sent me a video to test. He knew the roughly what a radar gun showed at the game, but I didn't, nor did I know who the pitcher was. He did tell me that it was a state championship game. This was a little tougher because I had to estimate distances, but the pitchers circle helped...
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    Calculating pitch speeds from video

    Right, forgot to put that in the formula. :)
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    Calculating pitch speeds from video

    I thought the same thing, but the 43 reading was only one pitch out of the set, most pitches were around 45. And the pitches that were coming in at 48 she was throwing a peel drop as opposed to a fastball. not sure what that means, but I've noticed her peel drop is always faster. We don't have...
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    Calculating pitch speeds from video

    I actually do plan to buy a radar gun in the next couple of months, but once this idea occurred to me I had to see if I could make it work. :)
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    Calculating pitch speeds from video

    I don't have a radar gun and DD has never had a gun put on her pitches. I wanted a baseline speed as we start this off season so that we can measure her progress. So I had the idea that I could calculate it from video. I know the frame rate of my camera (30 frames per second) and can use...
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    video clip feedback wanted

    Yeah, that's my plan! :)
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    video clip feedback wanted

    Thanks! That's it.
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    video clip feedback wanted

    Yes, she was taught early on to close her hips completely as she came through. We've been working on that one, but after you pointed that out I see that there is still some of that remaining in her motion.
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    video clip feedback wanted

    Thanks, we'll do this drill and see if it helps! I don't like her pre motion either, and I don't know where it came from, it's totally changed in the last few months. I do know the starting pitcher on her travel team was trying to get DD to change her old motion to the one she used. I told her...

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