- Jun 13, 2009
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He's got his own mouth and can voice his own opinion so I don't want to speak for him but having been around Hillhouse for a while I think I have a pretty good concept of what he teaches and tries to teach. Much of what he instructs in the slow-motion stuff is exaggeration. In my experience and watching pitching students if you tell them to brush their hip they will immediately whack their arm or slam the door trying to touch the hip. Hillhouse tells people to get through the hips by making contact with the belly. If the ball has the correct rotation and the mechanics are what he's looking for then I've never seen him micromanage teaching that. It's similar with pointing the ball towards third-base at the 12 o'clock position. From what he says having girls exaggerate that position helps them eliminate the curling and cupping of the rest which gives bulletspin at the end of the pitch or release. In my own daughters case pointing the ball towards third has not been an issue because she learned how to get her hand in the right position at the release through the hips. But initially he had her exaggerate the position to get it spinning the right way. The concept of brushing passed her stomach help her get through her hips instead of going around them.
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