Outside pitch mechanics or approach?

[Westwind]

Personally, I like throwing front toss to a hitter set up in a 45 degree SnF stance. Unfortunately I do not have a clip to post.

Are they driving back up middle for this or still hitting oppo?

I want to try this.

Big believer in working on oppo practice. Even off of a middle tee/hit setup we insist railroad tracks are up and down, hit the inside seam. I think that is the beginning of the progression. Learned that from someone here at dfp and I think it is very valuable long term.

 

[Cowdogz]

Are they driving back up middle for this or still hitting oppo?

I want to try this.

If it's the same drill I am thinking of, they are at a 45-degree angle to you, but trying to drive the ball back over your head.

 

[FP26]

Are they driving back up middle for this or still hitting oppo?

I want to try this.

Big believer in working on oppo practice. Even off of a middle tee/hit setup we insist railroad tracks are up and down, hit the inside seam. I think that is the beginning of the progression. Learned that from someone here at dfp and I think it is very valuable long term.

You may get different opinions on this one, but I want hard line drives up the middle from this stance. Unfortunately my pitching skills are not the best, so if I miss to the inside I do expect the ball to get pulled and I am fine with that. In those cases it was my mistake, not hers. It is my understanding that most people use this as a lower body drill (coil, etc.), but I like to add hand usage along with it. A poster at another site uses the phrase "hit behind and through the ball". If I hit my spot pitching, the behind and through will result in a line drive right at me, IMO.

I am also a fan of the "inside seam". Howe made some very good posts several months ago about that topic. There was a gif of Ryan Braun with three different swings that was used in that discussion. I cannot seem to find that gif right now, but maybe someone else has it (Link to this gif in the next post below). There was also a video about the gif in which Braun talks about the inside seam.

 

[FP26]

I found a post from a while back that shows the drill from front toss. Click this link.

http://www.discussfastpitch.com/sof...in-snf-45-degree-snf-drills-5.html#post203756



And here is a link to the Ryan Braun gif I was talking about. Click this link.

http://www.discussfastpitch.com/sof...in-snf-45-degree-snf-drills-5.html#post204028

 

[Westwind]

Thanks- I like this, we are prob going to work on this at team practice too. Have been prepping with a lot of inside/outside tee work and think they are ready for it.

 

[Work=wins]

Well DD and I have been working on the outer half with better results. The oppo tee work that was suggested has helped . But the root of her problem was barrel dump (losing barrel to soon) . So we have incorporated a more start down mentality as well as a keep the barrel above the hands for as long as possible approach. Last tourney she drove the outside pitch THROUGH the fence( it was one of those mesh ones lol , still hit very hard). She also has fixed a hole she had on the letter high pitches with a couple of hard fence shots and one over the fence. But the low pitch that she used to hit better than anything else is not as good .

So my question to the gurus from DFP is am I going down the right road or will we have to make adjustments to our approach? Thanks in advance . I really appreciate it.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Barrel not pivoting around the hands ....

 

[Work=wins]

So I'm a little confused( Nothing new). I thought we wanted a 90 degree bathead at poc?

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

You should not be maintaining a 90-degree angle between the rear arm and barrel.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

The notion of maintaining palm-up to extension is nonsense.