- Nov 29, 2009
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I would take a shorter girl with tremendous twitch muscles over a statuesque girl that could not generate enough angular momentum.
There is the key to the whole equation. My DD is 5'10" and was 160# when she was pitching. The biggest assets she possessed to go along with the size and muscle was the ability to be loose and the ability to generate the arm speed to deliver the ball with exceptional velocity.
Not all girls have the ability to do so. I've worked with a couple of girls who were the same size as my DD. Unfortunately, they could practice against a window pane. What they did not have was the natural ability to create the fluid explosion necessary to deliver the ball with authority. You could be the greatest pitching instructor in the world. If the girl does not have natural ability they will only go so far. That's why not everyone can not run as fast as Usain Bolt.
While there are smaller women who generate an exceptional amount of explosion in their pitching motion with stellar mechanics, they are the wonderful exceptions who make the game interesting.