Wrist Flips

FastPitchCat · Mar 19, 2015

my DD used to do that but we moved away from it over a year ago. she warms up by just throwing lightly, then with increasing intensity. wrist flips were useless.

i always told DD, don't warm up with motions that you'll not use in a real pitch.

coach james · Mar 19, 2015

Hillhouse was quoted saying "a baseball pitcher would get laughed off the mound if he were to lock his elbow out straight over his head and wrist flip to warm up".... when it's put into that perspective, it's absolutely ridiculous! Don't practice in a way that's differs from how you play!

Fastpitch86 · Mar 19, 2015

My DD does about 10 wrist snaps and she says it helps her feel the release. Doesn't do this in between games just before lesson or if we are pitching on her own. We only do about 10 wrist snaps so only takes a minute or so.

DiamondDad316 · Mar 19, 2015

After stretching and warm up throwing overhand, start using the K drill.

riseball · Mar 20, 2015

I guess let her do what she wants for now, but explain to her that if she ever pitches in college there will no time to waste on such nonsense. Watch an elite college pitcher prepare and you will see that they get after it quickly and efficiently. Many go directly to walk throughs. Wrist flips, T's, K's, X's are drills to teach and reinforce mechanics and have no place in a warmup routine. College pitcher will take half the time of many 12U and 14U pitchers. This is due in large part because they have already prepared their core. A step that is sorely lacking with most young pitchers.

Cowdogz · Mar 20, 2015

coach james said:
Hillhouse was quoted saying "a baseball pitcher would get laughed off the mound if he were to lock his elbow out straight over his head and wrist flip to warm up".... when it's put into that perspective, it's absolutely ridiculous! Don't practice in a way that's differs from how you play!

In baseball we put the throwing elbow in the glove to isolate the wrist, and then do the wrist flips. Hillhouse's overall point is that if you've warmed up throwing overhand before pitching practice, and you've been properly "waving goodbye to the softball" in those throws, then you've already done your "wrist flips."

I tend not to use wrist flips during any type of progressive throwing, because you see way too many kids laying their wrists back to get the distance. The wrist should start vertical or close to vertical and "flip" only 90 degrees or so. A lot of kids you will see laying their wrist right back flat. Not good.

BoardMember · Mar 20, 2015

Cowdogz said:
if you've warmed up throwing overhand before pitching practice, and you've been properly "waving goodbye to the softball" in those throws, then you've already done your "wrist flips."

Huh? What is properly "waving goodbye"

Rocketech1 · Mar 20, 2015

Don't waste your time doing isolated wrist snaps (at best it does nothing, at worse it teaching you to snap your hand straight up and encourages a HE type of finish). When you understand that the arm and hand is internally rotating into release, you will realize that isolating the hand to do wrist flips with a stiff arm is ludicrous.

Instead, throw overhand to loosen up the shoulders, upper and lower arm and hand. And they go directly into your normal warm-up drills. DD does T drills, 45s; and walk-thru's and she is ready to pitch full motion.

coach james · Mar 20, 2015

With my young students that are still nailing down consistant mechanics, we'll start with overhand throws, then t drills, then stationary full circle and finally into walk ins. For older girls it's overhand straight into walk ins as well as long tosses out and back in.

JJS · Mar 20, 2015

Thanks for all the feedback. I'm going to try and phase them out

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