look at the form in the shots and critque

You have a phenomenal camera and a skill for photography....the stills and hockey pics are awesome! Nice work....I'm jealous!

As far as the pitching pics go I will leave it to the experts...but from what I see the ball orientation is not ideal from 12 - 9 o'clock...and his stride foot should be pointed more straight out or angled more towards 45 degrees.

Number 1 thing I see wrong is the base runner on 2nd did not take his lead off on the release.

Come to Tucson. I would love to work with him. (and he can see the desert southwest.)

As he reaches out with the front toe, the back foot should be in a similar position. In other words, he will land on the ball of the foot and drag the big toe, of the trailing foot. We build the pitch from the ground up.

Yes, send videos. A boy that can windmill, is a rarity in the US.

Wow Thanks for all the responses !! and compliments on my photography .

Fastpitch is way more dominate in this area,He expressed interest in baseball so we went to the nearest center and watched them play (his age group) but it did not seem to be as competitive and he refocused on softball . He spends a lot of time practicing but without me present all the time to correct it seems he has developed and practiced some bad habits (and he is stubborn) .I don't know if my videos are too large ? I will try

Lsjames said:

First of all, this pitching motion looks very advanced for his age. Its clear that someone is putting time in with him. In the second post, i see a couple of things that i would like to see in motion. First of all, is the issue of the ball not facing 3b at the 9 o'clock position. Which someone addressed. Secondly, the glove hand seems to be pulling to 1b. Hard to tell hoe much with the images.
Finally, there seems to be a forced correction of the leading leg straightening. By that i mean, is he intentionally forcing his leading leg straight? Notice the difference in balance between images 5 and 6. It seems that his hips being forced back which throws his balance to the left. In image six, it seems that he is falling to the left.
Just my two cents. Its worth what you paid for it. There are ppl way more intelligent here to answer your concerns.
Keep him in it. It's encouraging to see.

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yes he does tip left (or toward third) off balance in follow through

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the previous picture series was from an early season game ,he won 14-2

I will make and utube a video tomorrow hopefully

Your photography is amazing. Your DS seems to get most of his power from throwing hard. He uses brute force and arm speed. He has 5+ MPH available right now with improved form. Better, the speed requires less effort. If he can learn to whip, a whole new world will open up to him.

Think about hitters. Do they swing a bat with straight arms and the bat in line with the arms? What about a soccer player? Is the ball struck with a straight leg and the toe flipped at the last moment? How about a golfer? Are the wrists locked with no pivot point? Last one: How about the MLB pitcher? Does he throw with a straight arm and flip the ball to over 90 MPH with a good wrist flip at the top of the circle?

A quick look at slow motion video will tell you that none of the above happens. So why do we tell our kids to speed up that arm circle and flip the wrist, or even the elbow/lower arm abruptly at release? Slow motion video of the highest level pitchers will reveal that none of that stuff occurs, but it still gets taught--over and over...

Simply, the best pitchers whip the ball. Watch the below slow motion videos of some pitching greats and take note of the flexed elbow going into release. Also notice how the upper arm pauses at the torso and the lower arm accelerates. The ball leaves the hand at a much greater speed than the arm was traveling around the circle. If you add forearm brush to the mix, the speed and consistency goes through the roof.

Yukiko Ueno:

Mainly the first clip of Monica Abbott in this one:

A few more that your son might be interested in seeing:
2009
大阪桃次郎　中村投手 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIzPnCbiOXo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at5u8VgIg94
ストレート（ハイスピードカメラ映像） - YouTube
ＩＳＦ MENS World ChampionSHIP Pitchers2009.mpg - YouTube