Most kids that don't get overlap (I call it "offset timing") have actually had the natural athleticism coached out of them. They have probably been taught a forced opening action that resulted in a 90 degree landing foot, a disconnected upper/lower torso (butt out), and almost zero hip rotation....thus no "offset timing".
Offset timing can be taught/learned but is not an overnight process.
Also, "offset timing" is one of the keys to speed.....note that Abbott and Ueno get significant "offset timing"...not to many throw faster than those two.
Offset timing can be taught/learned but is not an overnight process.
Also, "offset timing" is one of the keys to speed.....note that Abbott and Ueno get significant "offset timing"...not to many throw faster than those two.
Being honest, teaching the overlap in pitching is VERY HARD . I beleive that most athletes who do "overlap" do so automatically as part of their bodies physiology not because of anything they were taught. I've taught myself and DD to overlap in overhand throwing and in hitting, but pitching has been a real challenge.
I think a lot of the automatic part of the motion ties into the glute activation that I discuss in the other thread. I think if we fix the underlying issue that breaks down glute mechanics, things like overlap will start to happen on their own. If your DD is fortunate not to be entirely quad dominant, I think that overlap will happen as long as we don't accidently coach it out of them.
DFP is light years ahead of everyone else in pitching mechanic instruction, but I think this particular subject has a lot of development left to go. Seeing as how most of the parents on the site have kids who tend to have decent athletecism, most of them will not need to dig this deep into this kind of problem.