My daughter will be 10 in September. Please critique her form and give me some things to work on with her. She's been pitching since February.
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Give me some stride out. No power, no stride. Get away from that hello elbow. Read the I/R thread 24 times. Lol!
Suggested drills
* Reverse train the arm, bottom up, per I/R thread ( This will take time ) I hold off on full pitching for a while if I were you!
* Pelican and or flamingo drills whatever its called now days!
* Walk in and RUN UP drills to get her to feel what its like to launch forward.
* Do away with all of the bouncing in her wind up. Look into Javas 2 step drill. This will help you also. Just pay attention to weight distribution.
Good luck let me know I can help again!
Suggested drills
* Reverse train the arm, bottom up, per I/R thread ( This will take time ) I hold off on full pitching for a while if I were you!
* Pelican and or flamingo drills whatever its called now days!
* Walk in and RUN UP drills to get her to feel what its like to launch forward.
* Do away with all of the bouncing in her wind up. Look into Javas 2 step drill. This will help you also. Just pay attention to weight distribution.
Good luck let me know I can help again!
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Good morning. I am guessing that she doesn't have a pitching coach and she is imitating what she thinks that the motion is. She is going to have to build her pitch from the ground up. Does she know about getting open on the power line?
Personally, I do not teach the slap the hip, nor the "hello elbow" ending. But - she only added that at the end because she thinks that is how she is supposed to pitch.
Please ask more questions here and read all of the stickies. She looks like an athletic young lady, so I think she will succeed if she has a qualified instructor.
Personally, I do not teach the slap the hip, nor the "hello elbow" ending. But - she only added that at the end because she thinks that is how she is supposed to pitch.
Please ask more questions here and read all of the stickies. She looks like an athletic young lady, so I think she will succeed if she has a qualified instructor.
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At this point, she is Nose over Toes. Encourage her to stay tall and pull her shoulders back. She is missing an important weight shift, which you can probably imitate in your overhand throws.
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Id trash the flip change and start her out with this change up also!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Amy
I have found that any type of weight distribution drill whether its Javas 2 step or not helps with this problem, Also what helps is a FIRM front leg as you can see she collapses the front leg and the poor weight distribution is sure to follow, You have any drills for a firm front leg?
