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Best overhand throwing basic instructions
Check out youtube videos from Dan Blewett.- BLB
- Post #27
- Forum: Softball Fielding
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Help a player who rushes.
Some players have a tendency to focus on possible outcomes (focusing on the runner) instead of focusing on the process (task at hand). Using a stopwatch in practice can be effective. During practice, players have to develop the ability to improve their inner clocks & at the same time, get to a...- BLB
- Post #12
- Forum: Softball Fielding
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Riseball location
High for show, low for dough. If they keep swinging at pitches outside the strike zone, keep using that pitch for strikes. As for a real riseball, you should be able to throw it both high for possible swing & miss or to induce pop-ups as well as low at the knees. If you can only throw it for...- BLB
- Post #9
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Elbow snap
Put a tennis racket in her hand. Have her try simulating the 9 o'clock drill. See how much swish she can create. Have her try it with a straight arm & without leading with the butt of the racket (palm down). No sound of any swish. Have her try to explain why the difference, why she can create...- BLB
- Post #4
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Best overhand throwing basic instructions
Arm slot is determined by shoulder tilt, unless your elbow & shoulders are not properly aligned. Work on shoulder tilt & it should help with arm slot. Sometimes using a badminton/tennis racket & asking the player to hit an imaginary birdie/ball up & over an imaginary roof of a house without...- BLB
- Post #16
- Forum: Softball Fielding
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end of an era...
In a local slo-pitch league in our area, there are some players who are color blind and say they have trouble seeing the yellow ball when it's cloudy at around sunset.- BLB
- Post #7
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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About the Drop
On a 0-2 count it's time to use a setup pitch. It should contrast your out pitch or 4th pitch with regards to location. It should have either a horizontal, vertical or diagonal contrast. High/in then low/out is a diagonal contrast between a setup pitch and an out pitch. First you should know...- BLB
- Post #126
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Queen of the hill
How fast are you going when you get there. How much forward momentum is there left when you apply the brakes.- BLB
- Post #3
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Doing something about Old School cues- your comments needed
Palm up, palm down at contact? I have noticed that it depends on pitch location/height. Knob hand is often at a +/- 45 deg, not palm down at contact. The lower the pitch, the more towards vertical the knob hand is. In my opinion, palm up, palm down is a myth. The pitch has to be up in the zone...- BLB
- Post #6
- Forum: Softball Hitting Technical
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Nunthia vs. Boardmember Smackdown 2020
With all due respect...I have a few questions and comments. What Olympic team did Dave Pearse coach may I ask? I have his books. I am well educated in what he teaches. He doesn't really understand what is needed to create arm whip. Also, he doesn't understand how the hips are involved in the...- BLB
- Post #25
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Radial Deviation
I believe more importantly is the opposite type of wrist movement... Ulnar fexion (ulnar deviation) type of wrist movement which occurs when throwing the rise ball. It can quickly turn into a flexion movement as part of a follow-through once the ball has left the side of the pointer (index)...- BLB
- Post #8
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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A new spin tool I created
I made one about 20 years ago. I had students use it to help develop a rise ball spin. One drill that seemed to be really effective was to stand along a wall with toes close to the wall. I had students perform drills similar to what Boardmember describes. Students were asked to hold the ball so...- BLB
- Post #37
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Bullet spin rise?
Over the years, a number of people on this board have made reference to a "perfect rise ball spin". Just curious...what do they believe to be a perfect rise ball spin and why?- BLB
- Post #34
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Nice picture at ball impact
Do you believe the front bicep should be close to the torso regardless of pitch location? How is the hitter going to pull her hands in to hit the inside pitch without bending that front elbow and separating the bicep from the torso?- BLB
- Post #10
- Forum: Softball Hitting Practical
