Been a busy spring season. Baily pitched most games for her 8th grade team this spring as well as our TB team played in 6 consecutive tournaments. She didn't pitch a ton for me in TB, but still added another 30+ games on top of school.
I made a couple GIFs from pitching yesterday against a strong middle school team. She pitched well all things considered. Using the video, I estimated her throwing just above 50 yesterday.
She still tends to float a lot of balls high especially as the day wears on. I am still thinking her drive mechanic is leading to a situation in which her arm is ahead of her legs. I think her release is happening as she is finalizing her front foot plant as opposed to releasing against a solid front leg plant.
Here is a side by side against Monica. I think this shows how Monica is driving off of her drive leg where as DD is more "stepping through". I am very happy at the forward lean DD's been getting into. Just wish we could get more drive out of it. When I "holler" at her to drive, we just get a faster step through and arm circle.
Here is a cut out of her release. She has a lot of backward lean which puts her upper arm past vertical into IR. I do think this is a symptom of her drive mechanic though. Since she steps through and reaches out with her front leg, I think it naturally leads to this leaning posture. I really feel like if she were driving from her drive leg behind her, she'd be more vertical automatically.
I welcome anyone's feedback. I've been really focused on drive mechanics, but I could easily be missing the forest for the trees.
It's been a long season so far. Hard to get in extra workouts. DD has just been beat up. She did 3 weeks of RedCord and worked 2-step early spring until she got to a point that her Quads were sore constantly. We dialed it back, stepped up protein intake, and she's about fully recovered.
We could use some guidance moving forward.
I made a couple GIFs from pitching yesterday against a strong middle school team. She pitched well all things considered. Using the video, I estimated her throwing just above 50 yesterday.
She still tends to float a lot of balls high especially as the day wears on. I am still thinking her drive mechanic is leading to a situation in which her arm is ahead of her legs. I think her release is happening as she is finalizing her front foot plant as opposed to releasing against a solid front leg plant.
Here is a side by side against Monica. I think this shows how Monica is driving off of her drive leg where as DD is more "stepping through". I am very happy at the forward lean DD's been getting into. Just wish we could get more drive out of it. When I "holler" at her to drive, we just get a faster step through and arm circle.
Here is a cut out of her release. She has a lot of backward lean which puts her upper arm past vertical into IR. I do think this is a symptom of her drive mechanic though. Since she steps through and reaches out with her front leg, I think it naturally leads to this leaning posture. I really feel like if she were driving from her drive leg behind her, she'd be more vertical automatically.
I welcome anyone's feedback. I've been really focused on drive mechanics, but I could easily be missing the forest for the trees.
It's been a long season so far. Hard to get in extra workouts. DD has just been beat up. She did 3 weeks of RedCord and worked 2-step early spring until she got to a point that her Quads were sore constantly. We dialed it back, stepped up protein intake, and she's about fully recovered.
We could use some guidance moving forward.