DD is starting to catch and is having trouble making the throw to second. We've been working throwing mechanics over the winter, but I'm not seeing much improvement yet. It makes me wonder if I'm missing something. Does anyone have a good reference sheet with the talking points of what makes a good throw? Here is what we instruct so far:
Pre Throw - body sideways. Instep, glove hand toe, and glove hand elbow to target. Throwing elbow up and ball facing backwards
Lag - throwing shoulder and elbow tracking around body (rotation) until upper body is square to target. Whip - Make sure the throwing hand is straight above the elbow (not leaning into the head or straight arm). Throwing arm comes down (ala slot machine), wrist/fingers, Pushing forward with the back leg
Follow thru - "puke" into their glove, throwing arm follows through to opposite hip, rear leg releases
It feels like something must be happening in the wrong sequence (hip turned too early to add anything to the throw). a set of pictures would really help.
Julie
Pre Throw - body sideways. Instep, glove hand toe, and glove hand elbow to target. Throwing elbow up and ball facing backwards
Lag - throwing shoulder and elbow tracking around body (rotation) until upper body is square to target. Whip - Make sure the throwing hand is straight above the elbow (not leaning into the head or straight arm). Throwing arm comes down (ala slot machine), wrist/fingers, Pushing forward with the back leg
Follow thru - "puke" into their glove, throwing arm follows through to opposite hip, rear leg releases
It feels like something must be happening in the wrong sequence (hip turned too early to add anything to the throw). a set of pictures would really help.
Julie