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    Looking for a hitting coach se wi / nw il area

    I am looking for a hitting coach for my 19 year old daughter for this summer in the Southeast WI or NE Illinois Area. I had heard of a pretty good coach in McHenry named Rashad if anyone has used him and has any input that would be great also. Thanks.
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    Purpose of Wrist Snaps

    What is the value of a wrist snap drill? It does not seem to add anything. My DD has been to multiple coaches over the years and the last 2 more or less have said it is a worthless drill. Now she is in college and the coach is teaching it again. This coach doesn't have any formal training and...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    Do you have that data, or is there any 3rd party unbiased data anywhere. I am sure her instructor would tell me he has data also that says they pitch faster. On any given pitch you can see the possibility of more than that based on everything else that is takes to deliver a pitch. She buys...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    I agree that teams struggle to dial down to someone pitching down to that pitch speed and have tried to tell her HS coach the same thing, but he has never used her and even when his top 2 pitcher are getting hit won't bring her in. Her last 2 travel ball coaches are HS coaches from the same...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    If you measure pitch speed to +/- 0.1mph, I would think that you would have some data to back up your point that the glove slap does not matter. You keep asking for proof, but have not supplied the evidence on your side, so you are guessing that is doesn't matter the same that you are saying...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    The points that everyone seems to be missing from my responses are: 1. The PC estimated the glove slap to be about 2 to 3/10th of 1 mph, not the complete 2 to 3 MPH from the weekend or the 5 MPH total including the 2 to 3 from the weekend. 2. He had over 20 girls from our program come in for...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    I actually stated that he explained to her everywhere she was losing speed and made adjustments to her warmup drills etc. He never said what she was doing was wrong and actually said her form was pretty good. My daughter is 17 and took lessons for about 4 years from 8 until she was 12 and she...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    1. You are assuming that my daughter is behind with no background about how long she has been pitching or without seeing a video to indicate that there were issues before the session that any other PC would have seen a need to change. 2. My daughter was not the only girl that saw improvement in...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    I could not find a video and will try to take a video of my daughter and post it this weekend. It may not be the best, as she is still working on breaking the glove slapping habit. The ultimate goal is for her not to have the arm extended, but the pull it in to her ribcage/shoulder as Amy in...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    Wow, I did not know I was on a Yahoo comment page. What does a degrading comment about my daughter and another PC do to add value to this conversation? I realize again why I only come on here sparingly and have to sort through all the egos to gather any useful information.
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    My first attempt at uploading a picture on here. I could not find one with the arm tucked. The best way to describe the arm tucked is the position that most PC's teach their pitchers to be in after the ball is pitched. The defensive position with the glove up and ready to move to protect...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    I will take results in my daughter and the actual results of the other girls on our team that went to the same clinic over anything that I have read or seen on here. The instructor broke down every area of her pitching motion and told her that she would gain this much speed if she changed these...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    It was pretty amazing that when we started the session he told my daughter that if you do the drills and follow exactly what I tell you to do, you will gain 2 to 3 miles per hour by then end of the 2nd (1hr) session. He explained to her everywhere she was losing speed. He said after that it is...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    My daughter slapped her leg up until two weeks ago. We recently went to a pitching camp where the instructor talked about wasting energy and taking away from pitch speed. He was the first instructor to explain why this was not good. He actually gave two reasons. 1. It is an indicator to the...
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    Should a Select Team play Rec Ball?

    Rec league teams in our area do not allow full teams to sign up. They take all the players that sign up for a certain age group and pretty much have a draft between the coaches. That pretty much eliminates this in our area except for the team that loses a player and needs to add one and they...
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