Ok I understand what you are seeing now and how you're misinterpreting what you see.......You see her arm moving more from behind her hip toward the inside corner at the last moment before release to direct the pitch inside........So you think the direction of her arm circle dictates she must be externally rotates her upper arm, forearm and wrist.........FYI, the two are not related......IE arm circle direction and I/R..........You can have an arm circle that moves across the body with I/R........Or runs straight down the power line with I/R........Or toward the inside corner with I/R......
Nelson's severe lean toward the right helps direct her circle toward the inside corner at release........But she THROWS with I/R.......NOT E/R..........
Huh???.........Internal Rotation involves rotating from facing backward OR outward to forward and/or inward........OR even just from forward TO INWARD.......IT's ALL I/R.........And AGAIN........As I said in my first posts on I/R.........Pronation can be more or less depending on style and pitch selection/mechanics........But it's NEVER E/R in good pitching mechanics........
This my friend, is PURELY AND SIMPLY INTERNAL ROTATION with an arm circle directed toward the inside corner.........
Her forearm and palm simply "facing out" does NOT make it E/R.........The MOVEMENT of what her forearm and palm DOES through release dictates the mechanics.....IE OUTWARD TO INWARD...........I don't know why your SO LOST about this subject.......
I've done my best to help you understand arm circle direction as it relates to I/R.........I can't help you any further on this subject.........You can only see what you want to see...........
I'm not the one that needs help. You are the one that sees what you want to see. I believe the still photo @ 3:04 on the "Stacey Nelson Pitching" video shows more of what happens at release than a blurred video.
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