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Just a few observations.
I'm no pro so take it for what its worth.

1. Her drive foot should stay pointed toward the catcher before the stride. If you notice, she pivots it sideways before the stride. I believe most girls do this because they are preparing to get open during the stride.

2. Her drag foot is somewhat acting as an anchor during the stride, slowing her down a bit. Try having her drag the tips of her toes instead.

3. She's definitely leaning forward. This is so common, I haven't met any pitchers before that didn't go through this. My DD still has an issue with this but she's eliminated it for the most part recently. May come back who knows lol.

Fixing the issues will require patience and a lot of time 1 on 1. Always fix one thing at a time, and just take a break if it's getting to stressful. As others have said it's a marathon and you'll get through it if persistent and patient. Good luck.
 
Sep 29, 2014
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As hummingbird stated lots of common issues...nothing to freak out about just going to take some focused effort for a little wile to work these things out. Next video see if you can't get the view from the side it just is the most helpful but can pick up most of the stuff for this view. First it does look like she is really athletic and strong and overall not in terrible shape but the basic mechanics do need work.

1. Her drive phase does seem a bit off, first she does seem to get a false load almost getting to far on her back leg but it is kind of hard to tell from this angle. Really try as she explodes of the mound to keep her "straight and tall" it's a little cue to help them remember to keep everything straight push off foot as well and stay upright and not bend over. This is a pretty good example of a student getting that straight and tall concept right.

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2. She need to continue that "straight and tall" concept through release as well as mentioned she should not be bending over at release; not throwing at a target at first might help seems liek she is aiming a little.

3. It's hard to tell from angle but it looks like hand during arm circle might be going out away from her body at first which will lead to inconsistency and also bring her hand back well behind her body which could be leading to her feeling she needs to bend over to get her hip out of the way so she can pitch. Also need that side view to see what her ball position is although her following through doesn't look bad even though it looks like there is a whole lot of hand behind the ball.
 
May 30, 2017
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As hummingbird stated lots of common issues...nothing to freak out about just going to take some focused effort for a little wile to work these things out. Next video see if you can't get the view from the side it just is the most helpful but can pick up most of the stuff for this view. First it does look like she is really athletic and strong and overall not in terrible shape but the basic mechanics do need work.

1. Her drive phase does seem a bit off, first she does seem to get a false load almost getting to far on her back leg but it is kind of hard to tell from this angle. Really try as she explodes of the mound to keep her "straight and tall" it's a little cue to help them remember to keep everything straight push off foot as well and stay upright and not bend over. This is a pretty good example of a student getting that straight and tall concept right.

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2. She need to continue that "straight and tall" concept through release as well as mentioned she should not be bending over at release; not throwing at a target at first might help seems liek she is aiming a little.

3. It's hard to tell from angle but it looks like hand during arm circle might be going out away from her body at first which will lead to inconsistency and also bring her hand back well behind her body which could be leading to her feeling she needs to bend over to get her hip out of the way so she can pitch. Also need that side view to see what her ball position is although her following through doesn't look bad even though it looks like there is a whole lot of hand behind the ball.
This is great. I really appreciate the tips. The hard part is actually getting her to remember to be tall rather than just saying it. Somehow she needs to feel it. I will post another video from the side and see if there’s anything else you can recommend You’ve been very helpful
 
May 9, 2019
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This is great. I really appreciate the tips. The hard part is actually getting her to remember to be tall rather than just saying it. Somehow she needs to feel it. I will post another video from the side and see if there’s anything else you can recommend You’ve been very helpful

Staying tall.. well one thing you can do which really helped my DD is take the ball out of her hands and have her pitch without it.
I think one reason girls tend to lean on pitches is they feel like the closer they get to the target (by leaning head forward) the better chance they can hit their target. Think of those carnival games that you play where you try to aim something at a hole or target. It's just a natural thing humans would do in those situations.

With removing the ball, it lets them focus more on posture since they aren't really aiming. I would go from that, and then to pitching with a ball, but set the target closer, and gradually move the target back. As soon as the lean comes back (it will), then take the ball out of her hand again and start over. Again this is what worked for us when nothing else would :)
 
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She's doing a much better job of staying tall here.. although she does appear to be doing the "monkey butt" trying to clear her hips. But she's staying open enough where I'd say she doesn't need to do that to clear her hips at all.

Again I'd make sure you are working on one thing at a time. For example, with my own DD, every month we set a plan on two things to work on that month to really ingrain correct mechanics on those things we are working on. So maybe just focus on staying tall, because honestly she's not that far off from what I've seen.
 

BigSkyHi

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Jan 13, 2020
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Looks like she is going to do well. Tell her to smile and wave at her new fans sometimes :)

This video should help to understand the release a lot.

- Balswick Fastpitch - Video 1
 
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Sep 29, 2014
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It does look like her opeing up early is causing her to bring the ball well outside of a good arm circle then as she brings it back she comes too far back needing to clear the hip. Try a basic wall drill stand about a foot away from a wall on the side your hand has the ball in, you should really even come close to hitting the wall ideally you could do the same from behind, kind of think of yourself in a four or five foot tunnel you shouldn't be hitting the walls on either side as you pitch down the tunnel. Also look at the drive pictures from before notice how drive foot toe is straight then in video above coach talks about lifting foot onto toe...thats because with the heel anchored to the ground at release you simply can't have proper form your hip doesn't release it will actually help a little with posture too.
 

fanboi22

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Two things i see are arm is too straight and no brush interference. Read the attached sticky on Brush Interference and it will correct posture and most of arm circle/straightening issues. IMO (in working with DD) it is one of the most important aspects of the elite pitch (mine is far from elite). And should be engrained in the pitchers delivery. If it isn't happening, then the pitch wasn't optimal.


https://www.discussfastpitch.com/threads/brush-inteference.24862/
 

BigSkyHi

All I know is I don't know
Jan 13, 2020
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Two things i see are arm is too straight and no brush interference. Read the attached sticky on Brush Interference and it will correct posture and most of arm circle/straightening issues. IMO (in working with DD) it is one of the most important aspects of the elite pitch (mine is far from elite). And should be engrained in the pitchers delivery. If it isn't happening, then the pitch wasn't optimal.


https://www.discussfastpitch.com/threads/brush-inteference.24862/
This is on page 12 of the thread in case you dont' get that far.

– How to throw like Yukiko Ueno
 
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