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I can go along with this, if it isn't broken, why fix it.So let's say it's nit bad. but why teach a thigh slap to someone who is not currently dong it? What's the benefit?
I can go along with this, if it isn't broken, why fix it.So let's say it's nit bad. but why teach a thigh slap to someone who is not currently dong it? What's the benefit?
So let's say it's nit bad. but why teach a thigh slap to someone who is not currently dong it? What's the benefit?
This is not correct. The slap comes slightly after the 'release' ... and a good hitter times the pitcher's movement such that they are in their swing process by the time the pitcher releases the ball. Hearing an audible of the glove slap is too late to be helpful.
Don't tell me, tell Hillhouse: " And third, by slapping yourself, you're giving the batter another timing mechanism as to when to start their swing. So, why help the batter?"
Bill Hillhouse: House of Pitching Softball Academy
Hearing an audible of the glove slap is too late to be helpful.
Welcome any data that would support that position.
The only reason that girls that I work with do it, is because they have seen someone else do it. I want the glove up and the elbow moving into the rib cage. Not unlike overhand throw. This is one reason that I emphasize overhand throw so much. We work on Over and Unders and the glove hand remains the same, not different.
I have parents tell me "I think I saw one of your pitchers, last night." They can tell which pitchers are mine. Because, they load and pitch. There is no up over the head or swing back. I guess there is no need to come to me, if the girl ignores what I teach. Unknowing coaches do try to get them to do a pre-motion, though.
I emphasize overhand throw so much…
There is no up over the head or swing back…
Unknowing coaches do try to get them to do a pre-motion, though...
From the chapter, Development of Ballistic Skills
Another interesting commonality across these complex projectile skills is that they employ a backswing to place the body segments in position to move forward. In the advanced form of striking, throwing, and kicking, the backswing and forward swing partially overlap, and proximal segments begin to move forward while more distal segments are still moving backward. The advanced form of these movements also involves strong acceleration of the distal segment just milliseconds before contact or release, which yields high distal angular velocity. This acceleration seems to result partially from the inertia of each distal segment against the motion of adjacent proximal segments. The lagging segment stretches the agonist muscles of the distal segment, which may in turn excite reflexes that augment the muscular contractions in the distal segment (Roberts & Metcalfe, 1968). As we will see, lag is one aspect of object projection that develops only gradually over time. It is so important for effective ballistic movement that Southard (2002a, 2002b) used lag as a collective variable in his studies of throwing.