Help with pause in the arm circle

[littlereddeer1]

My daughter has been pitching for 3 years and has been known for her control. Last night she is all over the place. She was nowhere even near me let alone the strike zone. Over my head, in the ground. I had her go back to the K drill she did much better, but when she went back to the rubber, same thing, control issues. I asked her what was wrong and she says she can feel a pause in her arm at the top of the circle. Her pitching coach is out of town and we have a tournament this weekend. I need some quick ideas on what might be causing this and possible thing to try and do to fix.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Boomers2012]

Not sure this will help but have you tried having her do "dry pitches?" Full motion but without actually pitching the ball......

 

[Carly]

Dry pitches are a good choice. You can also do arm circle isolation drills focused on speed. With the full motion, I tell my girls with this problem to count "1, 2, 3" out loud, where 1 is the rock back, 2 is the load, and 3 is the whole pitch. They have to pitch in the rhythm they're calling out. Motions with a pause in the middle tend to be a 4 count. They can do this dry or with the ball.