'05 8 y/o pitching.

[rackem4me]

'05 8 year old DD practicing in the back yard. She plays on a 10u rec team where she is the main pitcher and an 03 TB team where she doesnt pitch for. Im looking for advice on what needs to be worked on according to the videos below when we do backyard practice.

Thanks

Front view - Front view - YouTube

Side view (from wrong side) - Side view - YouTube

Behind view - Behind view - YouTube

 

[Ken B]

A change up, drop and rise ball! She looks great for 8.

I'd have her work on elbow leading/palm up down the backswing when playing catch to get the feel of whipping. She looks great until the arm is pointed straight back then ts straightens and the palm turns downward. She'll get a noticable increase in speed as soon as it clicks for her.

Some will say she shouldn't drag the side of her foot. The majority feel that dragging the toes, or side of the big toe is best.

I'd also ask her to try to stay a little more open and go for a little more rearward lean at release. I'd also like to see her stride toe land on, or possibly slightly over the powerline which may help her keep from walking through the pitch.

Honestly, she looks really good and I'd expect to be addressing these changes with someone a little older. Great work!


Ken

 

[rackem4me]

Thanks Ken

We will definitely start working on fixing the whip next practice. The walking through the pitch is something that just recently started, hopefully it can be weeded out pretty easily.

 

[Ken B]

I'm guessing you may have seen these before, but just in case:

Softball Power Drive - mechanics in slow motion 1000 frame per second - YouTube

女å*￾ソフト上野投手ã￾®æŠ•ç￾ƒãƒ•ã‚©ãƒ¼ãƒ*　2009.10.10-01 - YouTube

Watch how these two lead the downswing with the elbow and the palm facing up. The elbow pauses at the hip and the lower arm whips/rotates through release.

 

[FrozenRope]

Thanks Ken

We will definitely start working on fixing the whip next practice. The walking through the pitch is something that just recently started, hopefully it can be weeded out pretty easily.

She looks great. Be careful not to make anything she does too technical in nature...... they don't have the tolerance for that at her age. The minute it turns to "work" instead of "fun", she'll be done. 8 is awefully young to start nit-picking small mechanical issues.