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    Dropped third strike play

    I saw this a couple of years ago. Second baseman fields a ground ball and gets flattened by the runner. The runner gets up and continues to second base. Second baseman lays on the ground for about 10 seconds because she's a bit dazed. No call on the play. Ump says the second baseman never...
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    Getting from 9 o’clock to 12 o’clock ?

    An interesting variety of styles in the video; leap and drag; big crow hop; leap-no drag; small crow hop. And they had a safety base at first.
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    Shoulder position at release?

    It's difficult to draw conclusions from 10U. I have seen pitchers that age, with HE mechanics, have success because they are big, strong and good athletes, and they throw relatively fast with decent control. But as they age they can't keep up with the IR pitchers. It's not so much the degree...
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    Getting from 9 o’clock to 12 o’clock ?

    The key to making any change is finding a cue which works. Coming out of the glove or starting with a flexed elbow works for some girls. My favorite is having them focus on making the ball circle smaller, to make that happen they will have to flex the elbow.
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    Getting from 9 o’clock to 12 o’clock ?

    It's really an individual thing. With a beginning pitcher, or any pitcher that is struggling to master IR, I will encourage more arm bend over the top with a smaller ball circle. But as they develop I will generally let them find what works best for their particular build and body structure. For...
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    Advice on 10yo swing appreciated

    I assume that the pitch was low in the zone, so the hand position doesn't bother me. The overall plane of the swing looks like it cuts down and in, across contact, rather than on plane with the path of ball. What jumps out at me is the relatively straight lead arm. I like to see a lot more flex...
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    Getting from 9 o’clock to 12 o’clock ?

    Rather than what is 'ideal' I have a 'range' that I consider acceptable. Some pitchers will gravitate towards a 'long' arm, with very little elbow flex, so their action will be more circular and have less of a contribution from IR. Others will have a lot more flex in the elbow over the top and...
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    Dropped 3rd: Safety Base

    I have always played with a safety, I've coached high school in two states so I guess they both required it.
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    Dropped 3rd: Safety Base

    This is local high school ball so I'm not surprised. This happens in the last inning of the game. It's a dropped 3rd in foul territory, the 1st baseman sets up in foul territory using the safety base. The catcher's throw is a little off line and comes in right over the runner's shoulder. The 1st...
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    Pitcher Falling Sideways

    She looks very young. She's going to have to pitch from a static start and won't be able to drag her push off foot back like she does now. But maybe you are doing one of Java's drills in the video. Part of me wants to say just let her fly, overall she looks very good. Eventually she will smooth...
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    Placement of foot in front of the rubber

    I payed attention to this while I watched the college games that I had recorded over the weekend. I saw a number of pitchers start with their heel touching the front of the rubber which means that when they push off they lose contact with it.
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    Swinging under the ball

    Bob, you're going to have to go into more detail about this. I have done a lot of research in this area and know that traditional methods of teaching motor skills have been shown to be less than effective when scientifically tested. The newer ways of teaching motor skills, constraints led...
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    Who catches pitching lessons?

    I catch for most of my lessons, not really by choice though. It has it's pluses and minuses. Typically a pitcher will naturally throw a spin without really realizing it, if I'm catching I can notice this and if she repeats the spin with some regularity I will start drawing her attention to it...
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    Improving consistency

    Such is the nature of all sports. With pitching things can change from game to game, inning to inning, even batter to batter. How she deals with this will be significant factor in her success as she moves through her career. It's good to have a mental toolkit of options, throw it faster, throw...
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    Pitchers With Less Than Perfect Mechanics

    I've never seen it called. Most of the time the lines get rubbed out, and no one cares.
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