Exactly he has no idea what he's talking aboutDont step in that guys gain more ground nonsense.
Absolutely correctPop time. Glove to glove. Knees or feet. Whichever is faster is best. Period.
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I can instantly tell. Shes a perfectionist. Tell her to get that siliness out of her noggin when she's catching. Check out these screen shots. First and foremost understand I'm not critiquing. I dont kkow her just looking at the video. Watch her peek at the ball and pull it after . She wants to be perfect and it slows her down. Her head is too loud
Correct however if she can gain 6in on transfer thats to her benefit. Gain a foot and its a huge win. Ive worked with catchers who added 3 ft. You also get the added benefit of forward momentum. That side momentum is a leak'
agreed, unless there is a mechanical issue with one or the other. DD started getting shoulder soreness when she started training on throwing from knees, we are going to look at it with her instructor, no knee throwing (at least to second, still for 1B though) for now.Pop time. Glove to glove. Knees or feet. Whichever is faster is best. Period.
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Unfortunately and fortunately I'm good at catching mistakes with catcher's. I've dealt with thousands of them.I hadn't noticed the "peek". Thank you. I will look to see if this is something that she always does, or not.
One thing costing her a little time is that her throwing hand loops down after her transfer, which lengthens her hand path, and costs a little time on her release. Interestingly, she doesn't do this from her knees, which leads me to think that the extra hand path is a compensation waiting for her lower body to be in the right sequence. It's something we are looking at very closely with her instructor.
Here's a great video that will illustrate what im talking about . Watch molinas head. Its very quiet regardless of pitch location or level of difficulty. Even after the throw his eyes are beaming at the bag. A catchers brain knows exactly where that balls going the second it leaves the pitchers hand. Learning how to trust that intuition if very very tough. It makes the difference in good and very good. Theres a huge advantage in fastpitch because a catcher can visualize 2nd and see the pitcher at the same time. Get her to stare right through on a string