the video below is of two pitchers. Pitcher #1 is my DD, pitcher #2 is another pitcher on her HS JV. the slow motion portion shows them side by side, frame by frame.
My DD is the starting JV pitcher because of her accuracy, but she is way too slow. this clip is from a double header last week. She pitched four innings the first game with zero earned runs (1 walk). the second game the opposing team had figured her out and adjusted and she gave up 8 earned runs in two innings.
Pitcher # 2 is about 20% faster than my DD. Last year was her first year to pitch, so her form is bad and she is wild. In this video I am only concerned about the speed, and I'm not interested in or in a position to fix anything with pitcher 2.
Here's what does interest me and I need some feedback on whether or not I am interpreting what I am seeing correctly and what to do about it. these videos were shot the same day, same camera, so comparing frame by frame gives and accurate comparison of where the two pitchers are at the same point during their pitch. here's what I am seeing. My DD is at the same point or even slightly ahead of pitcher #2 all the way to about the 11 o' clock position. From that point pitcher #2 gets to release about 20% faster than my DD. About the same difference and the difference in their pitching speeds.
The thing I found most reveling is this. I have been harping on DD to keep her head and shoulders back because she is leaning forward at the release. but on the frame where pitcher #2 releases, the body position of both pitchers is very similar and my DD is in the position I want her to be in at the release. but her arm is still at the 5 o' clock position. After seeing this I feel like instead of working on keeping her head and shoulders back longer, we need to teach her to accelerate her arm from the 11 o'clock position to the release so it gets there while her body is still in the right position. In other words she's getting her body where it needs to be on time but her arm is late. (I replayed that frame at the end and froze it for 5 seconds.) Am I on the right track, and what can we do about it?
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My DD is the starting JV pitcher because of her accuracy, but she is way too slow. this clip is from a double header last week. She pitched four innings the first game with zero earned runs (1 walk). the second game the opposing team had figured her out and adjusted and she gave up 8 earned runs in two innings.
Pitcher # 2 is about 20% faster than my DD. Last year was her first year to pitch, so her form is bad and she is wild. In this video I am only concerned about the speed, and I'm not interested in or in a position to fix anything with pitcher 2.
Here's what does interest me and I need some feedback on whether or not I am interpreting what I am seeing correctly and what to do about it. these videos were shot the same day, same camera, so comparing frame by frame gives and accurate comparison of where the two pitchers are at the same point during their pitch. here's what I am seeing. My DD is at the same point or even slightly ahead of pitcher #2 all the way to about the 11 o' clock position. From that point pitcher #2 gets to release about 20% faster than my DD. About the same difference and the difference in their pitching speeds.
The thing I found most reveling is this. I have been harping on DD to keep her head and shoulders back because she is leaning forward at the release. but on the frame where pitcher #2 releases, the body position of both pitchers is very similar and my DD is in the position I want her to be in at the release. but her arm is still at the 5 o' clock position. After seeing this I feel like instead of working on keeping her head and shoulders back longer, we need to teach her to accelerate her arm from the 11 o'clock position to the release so it gets there while her body is still in the right position. In other words she's getting her body where it needs to be on time but her arm is late. (I replayed that frame at the end and froze it for 5 seconds.) Am I on the right track, and what can we do about it?
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