Thanks for the replies. We will definitely start working on those things. What cues have you used to help with the flailing glove arm?
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This video is from about a month ago. Since then, we have been working on trying to get her shoelaces straighter to the plate and pulling her knees together (adducting?). We have also been working hard on trying to be free with the arm after release. In this video, she looks like she is trying...
Definitely willing to travel a little further, unfortunately the closest 10U teams I have found are 3+ hours away. That may be a little further than is feasible.
I definitely have thought about starting my own team and will be attempting to gauge interest during our rec ball league to see if I...
At the moment, I am her PI. Closest PI that teaches I/R is hours away and until I have a firm grasp on if DD is going to stay interested in softball, I really am hesitant to spend the money to drive for instruction. I know that probably sounds horrible, but DD hasn't even thrown a pitch in a...
DD has recently started participating with the only 10U travel ball team within our area. The coach is adamant that she learn to pitch her (HE/slam that door) way since she was a college pitcher, knows what she is doing, coached many girls, been doing it for 20+ years, blah blah blah. Recently...
Although her hands are smaller, I don't see a grip problem when she is throwing unless it may be overgripping. She is 9 and using the standard 11 inch ball. During these occurrences, it definitely doesn't seem to be a grip issue, cause she whips the ball pretty hard into her knee or just above...
Thanks Chris....I hadn't thought about the landing angle as being a possible cause, however that is something I can definitely see from the bucket and will pay attention to. It doesn't happen frequent enough to catch in slo-mo, so I haven't actually caught it on camera to identify a cause...
Is it common to occasionally throw the ball off of your stride leg? DD does this at least once or twice every few throwing sessions. Is there something specific that I should be looking for in her mechanics that may be causing this? Stepping across the power line perhaps?
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For those that have them, what is the average battery life that you get when using the Continuous mode? I have had mine for about a week, used it twice, and gone through 2 sets of batteries. Is my device defective?
We did this drill/game once. I noticed as we were doing this that she began to get more focused on throwing strikes than throwing the ball with the proper mechanics, so we have delayed the use of this for the time being. I have not abandoned it forever, but for now I feel that DD and I need to...
Thanks for all the replies.
DD is practicing 2-4 times a week into the net/tarp and then Sunday's is the day that we head to the field to see how the weeks throwing translates to 35 ft. To make Sunday's a little more interesting for her, we have started to keep track of how many balls I catch...
At what point do you consider your DD/students ready to step in the circle for actual game action? Do you wait until they can command the strike zone? Do you have a certain percentage of strikes that you require before letting them into game action?
Here in Southern Arizona, kid pitch starts...