- Aug 21, 2008
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Ok, I'm wrong. I know nothing about pitching a dropball.
Mark, to answer your question, I believe it's just made more complicated than it needs to be. Many who teach the peel drop, encourage pitchers to do this ridiculous pull up motion at the release, thinking that generates more spin. Maybe it does. But I also know the pull up is not natural and negates the chain of snaps (elbow, wrist and fingers) which will make the ball spin hard and keep the velocity at it's peak. I just think people overcomplicate this and don't realize how simple the dropball is. If they have the straight rotation, the release point will make it fall off the table. Have your pitcher try it.. it will work.
Vdub... if the spin is not straight it probably means something is going wrong in the motion. Maybe her wrist is curled or cupped at the top of the arm circle? That will off center the spin. OR she's doing something else mechanically wrong which will screw up the spin.
Bill
Mark, to answer your question, I believe it's just made more complicated than it needs to be. Many who teach the peel drop, encourage pitchers to do this ridiculous pull up motion at the release, thinking that generates more spin. Maybe it does. But I also know the pull up is not natural and negates the chain of snaps (elbow, wrist and fingers) which will make the ball spin hard and keep the velocity at it's peak. I just think people overcomplicate this and don't realize how simple the dropball is. If they have the straight rotation, the release point will make it fall off the table. Have your pitcher try it.. it will work.
Vdub... if the spin is not straight it probably means something is going wrong in the motion. Maybe her wrist is curled or cupped at the top of the arm circle? That will off center the spin. OR she's doing something else mechanically wrong which will screw up the spin.
Bill