Thats what I mean also. On this drop, your pinky & thumb hold the axis, the other three provide the spin. Gotta get that pinky strong. 
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JJ is right, IMO.
Although you don't shorten the stride in the mind of a pitcher, you do tell her to get her stride leg foot down hard and fast... as an effort to get her weight... and subsequently... her posture forward. MK's DD is most likely spinning up to go down... instead of getting her body up... so she can spin down. Make sure her drive is powerful... so that her backside can come into her front side, powerfully. This will raise her release point... so she has an easier time spinning down the new elevation she created.
Although you don't shorten the stride in the mind of a pitcher, you do tell her to get her stride leg foot down hard and fast... as an effort to get her weight... and subsequently... her posture forward. MK's DD is most likely spinning up to go down... instead of getting her body up... so she can spin down. Make sure her drive is powerful... so that her backside can come into her front side, powerfully. This will raise her release point... so she has an easier time spinning down the new elevation she created.
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One other thing that really helps with the dropball (and all spins) is investing in a revfire. Knowing the spin rate really helps to give her feedback.
PC- A dropball really should not be a pitch that girls get under. At it's best it will cause a girl to swing over it, and it is designed more to induce weakly hit ground balls. It should start off as a pitch that looks like a thigh high pitch and then drop to below the knees at least. (excuse the large picture canvas...my photo editing skills are not nearly as good as PCs.
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More along the lines of what I was thinking.
- Oct 22, 2009
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Thats what I mean also. On this drop, your pinky & thumb hold the axis, the other three provide the spin. Gotta get that pinky strong.
DD had traumatic injury to her pinky in her pitching hand. 45 minute surgery to pin it and get the bones back in semi-place.
She did 6 weeks of re-hab on a pinky finger. She had a top notch sports orthopedic doctor that explained to us the importance of her pinky in pitching, because up to that point I was thinking chop it off.
Awesome...!!! Here I always thought my DD was the only one that could stand that 12/6 up.. !!!
1hr ago... I called for a curve...Things always mess up after practice, when I try to film The lines are @ 6'out & 2'out from plate.
The lines are @ 6'out & 2'out from plate.
No shin guards???
