Here's a picture of Monica Abbott.
To me, the letters on her jersey and belt buckle are more oriented to home plate than first base, suggesting that her hips are leading the way into release, not firing or predominantly "closing" after release. Would love to hear pitching coaches take on her movements and others like her.
I'll confess that my own bias towards hip movement is not a binary choice between pre-release or post-release;
I think it's more of a spectrum of movements. What the pitcher does with their hips (can do?) is directly related to their strength/mobility/stability.
Sorry, didn't search for prior threads about this topic.
To me, the letters on her jersey and belt buckle are more oriented to home plate than first base, suggesting that her hips are leading the way into release, not firing or predominantly "closing" after release. Would love to hear pitching coaches take on her movements and others like her.
I'll confess that my own bias towards hip movement is not a binary choice between pre-release or post-release;
I think it's more of a spectrum of movements. What the pitcher does with their hips (can do?) is directly related to their strength/mobility/stability.
Sorry, didn't search for prior threads about this topic.