redhotcoach
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- May 8, 2009
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I started this thread with the frustration of struggling to get certain girls to overcome very bad mechanics.
I have yet to hear about a foolproof method. I have seen Hodges, and yes I appreciate the mechanics discussions and they are of course good to learn and think about.
I could be 100% wrong, but the more time goes by the more I believe less in drills and methods and more in "just throw". For example, an eye opener at the end of 8U TB practice last summer was how incredibly fun the game of pickle was to the girls. I wouldn't have necessarily guessed that they would love it at that age. It gets them to stop thinking about it and motivates the heck out of them to make fast accurate throws. Ton of reps in a short time.
I am thinking the same T. Between the two teams (league and tb) we have practiced 4 times since I posted Saturday. I have put a lot of throwin in the practice and I was thinking last night that it her throw was actually looking a bit better. I do think that she may have been over thinking or aiming her throws a bit instead of letting it fly. That might explain some of the quick improvement.
Thanks FFS, for posting on pronation. I almost coached it out of her. I never got into the mechs of throw much, and it looked weird in slo mo. There still isn't much info out there on throwing. I still don't know about Hodges. Sorting through all of the baseball pitching info....those guys disagree even more than hitting instructors.