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- Jul 17, 2012
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I don't know much....correct that... ANYTHING about men's fastpitch softball, but I have to assume the rules are VERY diferent from girls fast pitch? I don't know if that's a crow hop, a leap, or both. Also, the stride leg being 2' behind the rubber looks a bit unusual.
That's what I wanted to clear up as far as the bending at the waist. Some bend almost 90 degrees and I agree that is not good or should I say not necessary but a slight bend/tilt like Hillhouse is very acceptable. The video of Hillhouse does surprise me though because even though I haven't seen him pitch much, I was under the impression he followed through to the opposite shoulder on every pitch.
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Yes obviously the rules are much different for the men and allow for what you see. The other thing about Hilhouse's follow through is I have seen other videos and I don't remember it looking like that my guess is it my have to do with the pitch selection.
It's been a while since viewing his videos, but my take on following through to the opposite shoulder was helping people understand why HE and being closed at release is undesireable. I doubt it's a must do; rather, more of which direction the hand naturally travels during follow through when using open mechanics. I could be wrong...
