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ArmWhip · 08-09-2008, 03:54 AM

The deeper question is why is she leaning over and getting her weight out on the front foot? She depends upon arm circle/wrist snap for speed, the fact that she never really opens up and that her shoulders are much to closed coming into release are indicators of this. The palm up follow through is also a sign. This is typically how all pitchers start out. She leans over and gets on her front foot because she has subconsciously learned from experience that this will help her keep the ball down. Rick is right, if you want her to straighten up just get her to throw it high, the higher you let her throw it the more she can straighten up. But she is still going to have learn to throw it fast and keep it down and this is very difficult with the arm circle/wrist snap motion. She needs to learn the correct arm action to get over this problem. Take her out and teach her to throw sidearm or learn to skip rocks on a pond. Once she masters this then get her to lower her release point and move gradually into the slingshot motion. From there ease into windmill. Leaning over with the weight on the front foot is a symptom of her present arm action/release, without changing this she will continue to lean over or she will struggle with high pitches every time she tries to throw hard.

batsics1 · 08-09-2008, 06:10 PM

Try having her stand on the power line in the correct posture and have her make three arm circles and release at the back hip on the third time around. Make sure that her front arm (specifically the elbow) is going up and coming down with the throwing elbow. The emphasis is on releasing at the back hip. Then have her do the same drill from the K position with the front leg up for all 3 arm circles - both elbows and front knee coming down together on the third arm circle. Again having her focus on release at the back hip.

Rick Pauly · 08-10-2008, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by softball33

The backstop idea sounds great, but I'm also thinking you may be able to get similar results by doing long toss. Rick, what do you think?
We don't normally have access to a practice field, so we have to improvise sometimes. Get 60-80 feet apart and have her throw. She won't be able to get it there with her weight forward. This will also give the same benefits as throwing a weighted ball.

The long toss is great-----have her throw it as high in the air as possible also.
Since this is a drill to correct body position, I wouldn't worry to much about having to correct her release point later-----that is pretty easy to do.

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08-09-2008, 03:54 AM	#11 (permalink)
ArmWhip Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Eastern Long Island Posts: 47	The deeper question is why is she leaning over and getting her weight out on the front foot? She depends upon arm circle/wrist snap for speed, the fact that she never really opens up and that her shoulders are much to closed coming into release are indicators of this. The palm up follow through is also a sign. This is typically how all pitchers start out. She leans over and gets on her front foot because she has subconsciously learned from experience that this will help her keep the ball down. Rick is right, if you want her to straighten up just get her to throw it high, the higher you let her throw it the more she can straighten up. But she is still going to have learn to throw it fast and keep it down and this is very difficult with the arm circle/wrist snap motion. She needs to learn the correct arm action to get over this problem. Take her out and teach her to throw sidearm or learn to skip rocks on a pond. Once she masters this then get her to lower her release point and move gradually into the slingshot motion. From there ease into windmill. Leaning over with the weight on the front foot is a symptom of her present arm action/release, without changing this she will continue to lean over or she will struggle with high pitches every time she tries to throw hard.

08-09-2008, 06:10 PM	#12 (permalink)
batsics1 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 7	Try having her stand on the power line in the correct posture and have her make three arm circles and release at the back hip on the third time around. Make sure that her front arm (specifically the elbow) is going up and coming down with the throwing elbow. The emphasis is on releasing at the back hip. Then have her do the same drill from the K position with the front leg up for all 3 arm circles - both elbows and front knee coming down together on the third arm circle. Again having her focus on release at the back hip.