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Wow I'm so sorry. That hurts my heart.
What has happened to Oklahoma's Kelsey Stevens?
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- Dec 20, 2012
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I;m wondering if it is more of mental thing. Going from being totally relied upon last year to getting about 1/4 of the mound time behind a freshman. May not be the problem but I could see it being a factor. Hate to see it after what she did for them last year!
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This is especially good with change-ups when the pitcher feels like the pitch just won't make the distance and they keep releasing late. Had one the other day keep throwing high, had her close her eyes, 3 straight change-ups went perfectly, then had her open her eyes, back up to high. She has to learn to trust the feel over the eyes.
- Mar 28, 2013
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She knows how to pitch, most likely dominated all her life, Had to have a sit down with my own DD. Like described in another thread about what good pitchers all need to have, one of those things are a giant dose of natural competitiveness/aggressiveness because no normal person want to take on an entire teams offence one on one. Like any super power if left to run wild it can destroy your chance at success. At least with my dd if she started to struggle with the zone her natural reaction would be to attack it even harder. That's great if your a line backer but not so much as a pitcher. We are working very hard to fight that born with aggressiveness in that situation and bleed off as much adrenaline as possible.so far its working great. she still throws hard but does not overthrow. I think this is whats going on with the young OK pitcher. Once she comes to the realization that she needs the mindset of doing less she will find out that she will accomplish more.
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Amen to this. It is really hard for a kid to approach accuracy issues by getting looser instead of tighter. I think in time they develop the trust in their training and bodies to know when the best thing they can do is just let the good pitch happen and stop getting in their own way, but I think the instinct to force it is always there in the background and can pop up with any pitcher at any time. Kind of like when I stand over the golf ball, I KNOW to relax and just let it happen but all too often I tense up and screw the pooch.
- Mar 28, 2013
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That's a great analogy, I've played my share of golf and my practice swings are awesome, put the stupid ball in the way and I'm launching a beaver pelt 10 feet. I've always believed that pitching,Hitting and Golf require The same mental approaches to be successful.
Does she have BI? Without BI, a pitcher will have control problems.
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At the risk of sounding dumb,What is BI oh learned one?
