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Thank you for this. I have a high school pitcher that does what I call a "Hoedown". Where the back leg is turned back and the back foot is on the heel with the toe in the air.
I've been trying to correct this forEVER! Every week she has homework to correct it, she will stop doing it now but only when her focus is on it, once she stops the focus it comes back.
Her high school team recently had a college coach come to talk to them and since he was also a pitching instructor he felt the need to show the pitchers things he'd like them to do like, "gas pedal, front foot", his change-up, etc.
She asked him about her hoedown since she told him I always make a big deal about it and his answer was it wasn't a problem. Lots of pitchers do it he says. So now this leaves me in a position where she doesn't feel like she needs to change it.
Hi Jojo,
The next flaws and fixes post (coming this week) will deal specifically with the sequence of the drive... and if I had to guess... the pitcher you're working with (lucky girl) has a sequencing issue. Difficult to tell without video, but I think if you really break the early sequence down, you'll see where the flaw is... most likely a late-push.
Take a look at this... the late push causes many issues... including excessive turnout and hyper-extension of the rear leg:
Hope that helps!!! Check back later this week... I'll post something more complete... ~ JS