Slo-mo of my kid pitching. Thoughts?
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javasource
6-4-3 = 2
It means a lot of things...
Push from the plate, not pitch from it.
Use the large moving muscles into release (like the glutes).
Have all four corners of the body (think davinci) working together... so that there's no disconnection of the torso (hips and shoulders).
Bring linear energy into a resisted front-side.
Train proper timing of the pitch.
This said, it doesn't mean...
Slam the door closed.
JJ, you win the Daily Double.
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It means a lot of things...
Push from the plate, not pitch from it.
Use the large moving muscles into release (like the glutes).
Have all four corners of the body (think davinci) working together... so that there's no disconnection of the torso (hips and shoulders).
Bring linear energy into a resisted front-side.
Train proper timing of the pitch.
This said, it doesn't mean...
Slam the door closed.
JJ, you win the Daily Double.
How are we doing all of this? Did you view the Pauley drill
javasource
6-4-3 = 2
Not sure I understand your question, BG...
Prior to his latest gig at Georgia, Rick and I maintained quite a bit of dialogue. I'm familiar with all of his videos.
Prior to his latest gig at Georgia, Rick and I maintained quite a bit of dialogue. I'm familiar with all of his videos.
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She does look like she is on her way to becoming a good pitcher. Trust me, I saw a lot of bad mechanics in 10U this year, and she has a lot of potential. Last week, I posted a video of my daughter and got a lot of feedback similar to the ones you received. You may want to review my thread because I think it has some tips that apply to your DD too. Good Luck. http://www.discussfastpitch.com/softball-pitching/24211-9u-dd-pitching-video-beginning-our-journey.html
Thanks! I'll go check it out.
LHF,
When reading through the stickies, here are a couple of things to note:
- Your daughter is missing the whip, releasing the ball off her front leg, as opposed to the rear leg. Our upper arm should come into the side of our body... and at that point, the forearm should whip passed it. Your DD is allowing the upper arm to continue in front of the body... and then throwing.
- As a sidenote, take a look at what the lower part of the chain can do for your daughter if she allows her forearm to pronate.
- Your daughter is pinning her rear leg behind her... let her backside come into the pitch. This results in a posture issue... and adds to the late release.
- Your daughter is pitching around her upper body, as opposed to across. Adduction.
- Your daughter's timing is different in every pitch. Look at creating consistent overlap.
- Your daughter is rolling her drive foot (right) as opposed to striking the front of the pitching rubber.
- Your daughter has a very evident tell when she throws the horseshoe change in that last pitçh. Let me know if you can figure it out... perhaps the good people of this board can even try to figure this out... we'll make it round 2 of A Telltale Game.
Granted, she's very young... so don't go too nutty... but I just thought these would make for a good TODO list as she works on her craft.
OK, nobody else is saying so what's the tell??
javasource
6-4-3 = 2
JJ said it. She drops her hand out of her glove much, much earlier.
