My thoughts exactly. We have been to a lot a bad pitching coaches. After one weekend of real pitching coaches, I now know there is no real substitution. This is very sound advice.
A big thank you to Coach James and all the coaches at the clinic. We were very impressed by the instruction givien at the clinic. Eleven pitching coaches from around the country teaching the same pitching mechanics! All of the coaches broke down the motions, and made it easy for the girls to...
This is from the pitching arm side. She does appear to be straight arming the pitch. It must be from the back swing. When warming up from the K position she pitches with a bend in the elbow. I guess that and the posture is why we don't see much of a speed difference, on full windmill...
This is a clip of the 2 step drill. It is not full speed. We are trying to get the form right, then we will work on the power and drive. Does this look close? It still looks like the hips are not coming forward like the clips posted above. Thanks for the help guys.
https://youtu.be/ge2hoCE_UzI
Thank you for breaking this down for me. I think you found the missing piece. After looking at her drive in slow motion, it looks like her rear foot is never pushing off. It is merely striding out. I will take a closer look at the links you posted.
Thanks for the feedback. She just started the 2 step drill about a week ago. It has helped some. When she does the drill, it appears that she is more upright. Im not sure if a shorter stride out would help clean up her drive. Her right leg has aways been an issue. Not sure what to do to get it...
Here is a more recent video of the DD. Still working on the posture issues. It appears to me that she has a timing issue, along with weak front side resistance. To me her arm is ahead of her lower body. Any feedback would be appreciated.
https://youtu.be/NF2hPQx_J5g
I had no idea how important the brush was until I had read I/R in the classroom. We started with that about 5 weeks ago, unbelievable the difference that made. She still does not do it every time as was pointed out with the leaning forward. When warming up before full speed pitches , she is more...
Thanks Coach James. That is exactly what we're looking for. You are correct about the pitches going high. We were working on that this morning. She has been working hard to work through the muscle memory issues, she has already seen a lot of improvement in accuracy since the beginning of the...
We have used the I/R in the classroom and it has really helped. I am glad BM took the time to post such a great thread. My DD asked why didn't we start with this from the beginning. She pitches the ball palm to third at 9:00 and leads with the pinky to release. She has been working hard to get...
Thanks for feedback! I will work with her on that. I'm new at this bucket dad stuff. We are learning as we go. We are having a hard time finding a pitching coach in the area that teaches I/R.
12u DD second year pitching. Trying to convert over to I/R. Bucket dad looking for for feedback on what needs to be improved?
https://youtu.be/6wDBiFoCa94