finally got a rev fire
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It is all part of deceleration to transfer energy into the fingers. I haven't noticed any tightening/tension issues. I suggest doing it as a drill from the "K" position mainly. Do a few from full motion and then just remove the focus......the "dead stopping" will stick with DD for a while without her focusing on it. You will see what I describe as the ball "zinging" out of her release.
It is all part of deceleration to transfer energy into the fingers. I haven't noticed any tightening/tension issues. I suggest doing it as a drill from the "K" position mainly. Do a few from full motion and then just remove the focus......the "dead stopping" will stick with DD for a while without her focusing on it. You will see what I describe as the ball "zinging" out of her release.
Interesting. How does one adjust the IR 1-7 cut release to a 12-6 peel? I mean is there a finger pressure or grip difference, or is one expected to just feel the thumb on the ball longer? Seems unreliable to me, as a layman. My kid struggles with rolling it over to that 10-4 slow spin, fat and ugly too. Nice post.
- Sep 10, 2013
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I hate this thread 
DW read this thread and said get a rev -fire. mine's coming next week. i challenged DD to see who has a faster spin. she's up to it. this should be fun.
DW read this thread and said get a rev -fire. mine's coming next week. i challenged DD to see who has a faster spin. she's up to it. this should be fun.
You will not regret the investment.
- Sep 10, 2013
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i agree. my DD seems to get challenged more when she sees some hard numbers. I did try a radar gun before, but the accuracy was so-so. DD used the rev-fire once before and her spins was on the slow side 11-12, but that was a year ago when she first converted from HE to IR. hopefully she's up to 18-20 now. we'll see next week.
- Jul 17, 2012
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Just a general thought...The IR release, although FAR more advantagous, is far less "reliable" than the hand behind the ball push, for obvious mechanical reasons.....but it nets a far more explosive release....but you need to put the time in to make it reliable. That's why the kids that throw the ball hard at a young age, often struggle with control. It takes tens of thousands of repetitions for them to be consistant.....but when they do....look out. As for the drop, with IR mechanics, I can only share what I did with my own daughter in a bit more detail. With a ball taped across the 4 seams, I have her hold the ball starting with her 4 seam FB grip and slow motion, mimic the IR release, but she'll need to start the release, or rotation of the lower arm just a hair earlier, so instead of the fingers rolling off the ball with that semi spiral release, they rotate off the ball a split second later in the rotation, but earlier in the sequence, or arm circle, which creates the feeling of rolling the ball over..end over end, while still finishing the rotation of the lower arm. Sounds incredibly difficult, but she did it at about 25% speed from a k drill to learn what that feels like. A queue I gave her was that she should feel the ball release off the middle of her Middle Finger, instead of off the thumb side of her index finger, and she needs to snap her fingers upward as her wrist is rolling over. The other thing I noticed is it helped her to stay open a bit longer in the sequence.
Like I said....this is what I am doing.....not sure if it's right or wrong, but I have yet to find an explanation of exactly what happens during the release to compare, and it's working with DD.......so far.
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