14u new to pitching and looking for feedback

Ken B said:

I think I'd start her up close, with a fetcher, not a catcher. No focus at all on control. Maybe even tossing into a net. I'd find whatever effort/distance that she could throw from and maintain posture. I'd give her a cue of rolling her back foot up onto the toe in a relaxed fashion. I'd ask her where on her arm she felt brush and talk about how posture helps brush. If it helped, I might ask her to try dragging her toenails.

Move back from there with more effort/distance until things break down. At that point, she might try a few dry throws to see if she can get the motion down, then try a few with a ball. She could also try throwing with her eyes closed.

Progress into walk ins, then full motion. In full motion, she might try an effort to drive squarely towards the target, but allow the torso to open naturally as the limbs extend. Toenail dragging might help. She might also try to imagine having an eyeball on her laces and think about the eye seeing the ground or the target. It might start feeling/looking a little forced at first, but eventually she'll want that back leg to come along for the ride, but in more of a toe down orientation which tends to help posture and get the hip in position for brush

Double check everything in slow mo. Work towards building her awareness so she can quickly identify and adjust on her own.

Here's an IR progression you might progress through:

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sprtfan said:

Thanks a lot for this. We were probably trying to move to fast.

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ArmWhip said:

Overall she looks pretty good to me and just needs some fine tuning. She could use a little more IR. I'll include a link to a video I recently found that you should show her to help her get a feel for it. Her FSR looks OK to me. One thing I look for is to see what the head does after her stride foot lands. If her head goes up as she comes into release she has FSR. If her head stays level or drops she is collapsing on her front leg. In the video from behind, pause it at foot plant and mark where her head is in relation to the tarp, then start it again and you will that as she goes into release her head goes up. In the video from the side she does appear to walk through a little but that could because she's going to retrieve the ball. Here's the IR video.

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BT3100 said:

Watch the internal rotation that occurs starting at the :24 mark in the video below. The elbow begins to rotate and causes the back half of the whip. Your DD is missing part of that important step. She's close and will get it. Look at the video ArmWhip posted!

I watched your DD again and she is getting it, just not as pronounced as she could be. Her whip is good but can be better and she will pick up more velocity.

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sprtfan said:

I think I get what you are pointing out. Ueno rotates her arm all the way over in one continuous motion through release. My DD stops about 1/2 way through the rotation and then kind of fakes it straight out in front well after the fact. The guy on the left of the video that ArmWhip posted whips so fast it is almost hard to see in slow mo. I think we have the idea and will focus on working on that.

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sprtfan said:

I think I get what you are pointing out. Ueno rotates her arm all the way over in one continuous motion through release. My DD stops about 1/2 way through the rotation and then kind of fakes it straight out in front well after the fact. The guy on the left of the video that ArmWhip posted whips so fast it is almost hard to see in slow mo. I think we have the idea and will focus on working on that.

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