Thread: Drive leg

My DD has been asking me some questions and one of them I am unable to put it in the correct words or am explaining it wrong to her. She has been looking at videos of the best pitchers along with stills from their motion, and she can't seem to bring her drive leg to the proper position prior the toe touch. She is noticing that the drive leg need to be bent and loaded before toe touch, but she seems to get too stretched out. I give her advice like bringing her back side with her, but she has a hard time with this. I am sure I am being confusing so here is a pic of Cat prior to toe touch( and no Erin does not let her toe leave the dirt).

sluggers if you look at this picture, Cat has already pushed off the rubber and is about to land with her stride leg, looking at her back back leg at this point shows it is bent, when my DD lands, her back leg is already straight. Hope I am explaining this correctly. Here is a picture of Erin, notice her back leg is straight at roughly the same place.

thanks sluggers, guess I was seeing something that wasn't there, I have a have a still of Tincher and also Finch that look the same as Cat, I won't worry about it, actually it never was something I saw until my DD mentioned it. As Far as her arm being straighter, she is much better with that, this was a picture from last spring I found to compare. Thanks again.

I thought I would try this again. I am not sure I explained what I was looking at very well. I realize that the drive leg straightens, but doesn't it also bend or (load before foot plant)? any way My DD's drive leg at the same point is straight while the best pitchers are bent. The only reason I bring this up is that she seems to get too stretched out if you will. Her stride seems to be too long at times and she feels that she is not bringing her drive with her as she drives out. Still not sure I explained it correctly but lets see.

try these sluggers, these are from this past June in a game, we have corrected some of the hand positions(show it and throw it) but her foot position is pretty close to the same. Let me know what you think. The problem she is having is getting the back knee bent, but we are working on it.

sluggers thanks for the honest opinion I appreciate it. I am hoping she has improved some since I took these pictures. We have been working on the things you mentioned. Would the leaning back you see from Finch be exaggerated because she is throwing a riseball? The leaning to the left has been a major battle for my DD but she is working on it. I am going to try and post a new video I shot today with a new HD camcorder, mostly to see what everything thinks of the camera. Thanks again.