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    Rick Pauly clinic East Central Indiana

    Rick Pauli Clinic Just checking in. I'm looking forward to meeting some fellow softball nuts in Indiana! Especially Bill H. to get him straightened out on a few things!😇
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    Topspin Vs Bulletspin, Which is Faster?

    When the current Arizona State pitcher throws a so called rise ball on TV and the spin is being shown in slow motion it is actually tumbling forward, especially visible the year ASU won it all her Freshman year- the pitch is purely a trajectory pitch that starts low and finishes high in the zone...
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    Drive Mechanics

    Java I've read about 1/10th of your information and I've got a severe headache. I'm thinking of the John Wooden line about what you do after you think you know everything. This is absolutely amazing stuff! I never knew I knew so little! I think I'm complimenting you!
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    Working on correct spin

    Mr.BM The gear you use in your #1 example to me looks like 7-1 spin. When you're apparently, as you say, demonstrating only I/R in that parking lot, you're spin looks like about 2-8. Are you saying then that after your student learns I/R, you then teach them 12-6 spin to learn the drop? I...
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    Working on correct spin

    The closer the spin axis stays cross ways between 3 and 9 the more the ball will move up or down depending on which direction the ball is spinning (forward or backward). That's it in a nut shell if you believe in the priority of making a ball move up or down. I don't think I saw any video in...
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    I'd like to discuss again the pros and cons of over-distance pitching drills.

    I would just like to say at this point a big thank you to those who've responded. Rick Pauly's explanations were especially effective and brought a lot of balance to the subject along with many of you. In the area of power pitching etc., I'm always looking for models (I look for models for...
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    Palm position from 9 to 6???

    I would submit that the palm and ball should be facing third base at 9:00 as a neutral position for both the rise and drop and for all pitches that I'm aware of. "Howl" Balswick signing off for awhile :)
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    I'd like to discuss again the pros and cons of over-distance pitching drills.

    Frozenrope- I understand that when you pitched you gave up a lot of those eh:) Anyhow, I would agree with you that long toss should be done in progressive steps; but my concern is that at some point between the pitchers rubber and 2nd base, your daughters release posture is going to be...
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    Hip Bruising Due to Elbow "Plant"

    OILF.... I have many students come to me who are gun shy about contacting their hip and I very much understand why. I even had a young lady come to me maybe 6 months ago or so who had broken her elbow bone two different times from improperly hitting her hip. You could imagine what her response...
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    Hip Bruising Due to Elbow "Plant"

    When I watch Boomers dd pitch, although she has smoothed out a lot since seeing her first video, my main thought is that she is way to rotational as she finishes her pitch to the point of coming around her stride foot instead of sliding in behind it. When a pitchers glove arm behaves as her's...
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    I'd like to discuss again the pros and cons of over-distance pitching drills.

    guero I couldn't help but notice your quote by Carl Rogers.... "All facts are friendly". Maybe because it's almost midnight here, I'm not sure I agree. I believe it's possible that something could be very factual or true; but be very unkind. I hope I'm not being unkind eh! Anyhow, it's almost...
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    I'd like to discuss again the pros and cons of over-distance pitching drills.

    In my opinion sluggers it is a tad inaccurate to compare "long toss" in baseball with softball pitching drills that tend to encourage such forced action so much of the time. However, with the rise ball ( especially in the last few weeks) I like my few advanced pitchers to in a sense "toss" their...
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    I'd like to discuss again the pros and cons of over-distance pitching drills.

    Starsnuffer, I couldn't agree more about the importance of making effective adjustments and that the mechanics we teach must facilitate that skill. My concern is that when a pitcher has been taught a discipline of posture to throw a drop 43' and the over distance drill requires her to start...
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    I'd like to discuss again the pros and cons of over-distance pitching drills.

    I have increasing concerns with this practice. I'm aware of many students being encouraged to just let it rip from increasing distances and I'm always wondering what it is suppose to accomplish. One of my better students in college became so confused about her release point that it could have...
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    Hip Bruising Due to Elbow "Plant"

    Rick Thanks for your response. One question I could ask is "what purpose does it serve to have continuing contact further down the forearm towards the wrist?" From my standpoint I feel that the delivery is better served by having the contact point being very specific and centralized. The...
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