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    Internal Rotation

    Does anyone know where I could find some IR instruction in the OKC / Norman OK area? We live in the Middle East and only get a few weeks in the states each year. I have been working with my daughter on IR and she gets it, but has some fundamental tweaks she needs help with and I don't have the...
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    Outdoor pitching mat?

    Thanks for the replies! I don't know why but dfp for some reason isn't notifying me of replies so I didn't see them until today. Our season is almost over so I will have some time to contact NPF and read up on the options at the link. Thanks!
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    Outdoor pitching mat?

    Hi all, We are living in the middle east in Qatar and have to share the countries 1 and only baseball field. The field is in great shape, but it's a baseball field with grass infield. Our softball girls are tearing up the grass in front of the pitchers mound pretty bad. I'd like to get some...
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    That's exactly what I'm trying to do. Get her to understand the mechanics and to reinforce the way the pitch should feel. That's why I think chaining can be very useful. It reinforces how the pitch actually feels. She has a hard time comprehending without visualizing and analogies. She is a...
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    OILF, we have been doing full motion from 12 to throwing underhand with a single step every day as warmup. The reason to break it down into little pieces is to correct the bad form that I taught her based off of youtube video teaching techniques from what I thought were reputable sources (wrist...
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    Best radar equipment?

    Those are some great suggestions. To visualize the pitch profile would be incredible. Also to see the setup view would be great as well. I asked in another thread, but is it possible to adjust the side distance? Not all of us have 20' to the side to work with. You may lose some accuracy but...
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    Thanks! I hope (and think) it is a logical progression. The most difficult so far is keeping her focus. She wants to move to the whole pitch motion straight away and of course her "dad coach" is never to be believed. It's funny how kids will blindly follow what a stranger called coach says, but...
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    It took about 45 minutes today but she finally got about 80% of the lock it in drill. She was overthinking things and not letting her body react naturally but I think things finally clicked and the last 5 tosses were perfect with proper spin and arm position so we called it a day :). We will...
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    Ha :). Yeah I'm definitely breaking it down a lot. My DD is a bit OCD when it comes to training. She has to know the whole plan and what we are going to do. She hated when I wouldn't share the practice plan with her :) Unfortunately she has been taught bad mechanics by me. I watched YouTube...
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    Okay, so here is my updated plan: 1)Start with reverse chaining the motion without a ball. Following the detailed mechanics of the I/R thread here Work on external rotation of the palm, forearm, upper arm from the 6:00 to 3:00 position 2) Then move to forward chaining the motion without a...
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    We worked last night without a ball on arm/hand wrist position from 6:00 to 3:00. Progressed to rocking from 3 to 6 to release point. I figured it makes sense to go through this motion before playing too much underhand catch so that she understands how underhand catch should feel. We will...
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    Okay, Here are a couple of terrible quality videos. We spent about 10 minutes and I told her to forget everything I taught her about H/E pitching and just throw the ball underhand. She was still fighting trying to bowl the ball though. She is not a natural overhand thrower yet so I imagine...
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    Subscription thread response emails

    Same question for me? I don't get any email notification even though it's selected.
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    I can certainly do that. Hopefully tonight we'll go out and walk through the arm circle a bit, and try to play some underhand catch. I doubt we'll move to full movement with leg drive today though. Still want video without leg drive?
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    World's First Hands-Free, Professional Quality, iOS Speed Radar

    Is there any way to adjust the distance away from the subject? I don't have 20' to the side of my practice area to set the device. Obviously you need some distance to get a number of frames with the ball in frame, but is 20' the minimum distance?
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    Willy, do you teach any of the mechanics of I/R before playing catch underhand or just tell the girls to play catch and see what happens naturally? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    I forgot I do have a picture of her in mid motion: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    Amy, I know exactly the girl you mention. We played against her two weeks ago! She did a great job. She actually played in minors and majors in the dubai heat. Tough cookie. Willy, I hadn't thought about underhand throwing as part of pitching. It is something that we were doing by...
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    Order of training for new pitcher

    Hello all, I have an 11yo RH DD who is just starting softball. We are currently living in the middle east in Qatar so we have no access to PC's or any facilities. She has completed her first year and we really didn’t have any instruction on pitching. She wants to pitch and was one of the few...

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