Oh crap, now everyone knows your email address.
Bet he get's a lot of "Please ignore" messages from people copying that info into their address book.
Oh crap, now everyone knows your email address.
BoardMember, I've got that clip of Hillhouse. He definitely has more explosive movement toward the target and thus has a lot more energy into the throw just after he lands. DD's foot is darn near still on the rubber when she lands.
Further, his arm is not quite as bent from 12:00 to 9:00.
Also, a split second after release, it looks as though her hand is cupped, which bothers me for some reason. If the ball were to come off her finger pads and tips, I don't think I should see a cupped hand the instant after her release.
I will drop a few names on yhou. Mitch Munthe, Chuck Hamilton, Pete Turner, Steve Padilla. You might recognize the namess from the USA Mens teams from several years back. These are guys that played on my team or played against at almost every turney. Mitch and Chuck are in the picture on my avatar. If you can contact them, ask them about me as a pitcher. Also ask them to recall how fast I was clocked throwing in that national tourney of 1979. Those numbers were displayed on the back of the TV trucks backed up to the centerfield fence They played on and later coached the USA mens team, you should be able to contact them. At least I would think you could contact them.
Okay, BoardMember, regarding your first question....
I think it's a screwed up instruction from me. I've tried to get her to bring the ball up through her vision, AND try to get her bicep close to her ear. The problem is, in her interpretation of this, I think she believes the ball must stay close to her head as the ball is directly over her head, thus resulting in more bend a the elbow over her head than Hillhouse. I'm thinking I need to point this out to her. I haven't yet.
Regarding your second point/question....
I have felt that just prior to release that she attempts to push the ball. I think there should be more lag just prior to release to help intensify the snap (forearm, wrist, hand, fingers). While I've taught her arm-whip, her wrist is fixed going into release, and it doesn't seem to bend until after release. I think we've got some real intensification of her speed if we can correct this.
By the way, the snap I'm talking about with the wrist isn't the hand-wave type, but rather simply having her throwing fingers cocked back/up leaving her forwarm untanned side out as in the picture. As I see it, it's hard to get the full benefit of the arm-whip without whipping the hand and fingers through with the proper (non-hand-waving) wrist-snap.
Maybe I'm off base, but I think it might help to have her turn the ball more so that it points upward a bit more rather than toward 3rd base. Maybe that's not the solution though.
Bill,
you really need to stop letting Boardmember pull your strings. It isnt very becoming.
You have your own website to teach whatever you want and say whatever you want. Good for you.
Someone told me you have pitched for other countries and were successful in that effort too. Good for you. Dont know if I would have made the USA Mens teaam if I would have tried. I would like to think they would have been impressed. However, if I had tried out and made the team, I would have NEVER played against the USA for another country. You apperently did.
Withg the exception of a riseball grip my Dad shoed me when I was quite young and another movement pitch (Slider) that a fortmer MLB minor league player taught me, I had to learn everything else I know from trial and error. I watched hundreds ofd Men pitches when I was youg. I tried to imitate then at home. My teachers were those pitchers. Then it was throwing used balls against a concrete block wall in my backyard. Later a concrete handball court wall at school.
Did I experiment with pitching to learn different ways to make a pitch move. YUP. Did I later find out that my methodsd worked really well with students I worked with? YUP My biggestcom pliment came from professional coaches that said my students learned and advanced SO QUICKLY that they were amazed. Thats where my 'Pride' lies.
Did I invent everything I teach? Heckl no, I have said that many times. Did I have to come up with different waysd to quickly and simply learn and teach them? YUP. Did I come up with names for these pitches and tactics My book and I teach? Some yes, some no. Have I been shown a way to throw a particular riseball, experimented with it and discovered how to throw it as an awesome curveball? Yes I did, but, I didnt name it, two 12 year old students gave it its name many years ago, not me.
I will drop a few names on yhou. Mitch Munthe, Chuck Hamilton, Pete Turner, Steve Padilla. You might recognize the namess from the USA Mens teams from several years back. These are guys that played on my team or played against at almost every turney. Mitch and Chuck are in the picture on my avatar. If you can contact them, ask them about me as a pitcher. Also ask them to recall how fast I was clocked throwing in that national tourney of 1979. Those numbers were displayed on the back of the TV trucks backed up to the centerfield fence They played on and later coached the USA mens team, you should be able to contact them. At least I would think you could contact them.
Good luck to you.