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You are quite welcome. I wish I had a better mind behind the videography, but to be honest the...
You are quite welcome. I wish I had a better mind behind the videography, but to be honest the girl had no interest, and the editing requests were never made. Sad! But other than the spooky looking audio and poor editing, even poor labels at times, it has the content. Good luck! The only limit...- Quasimodo
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WTS NEW! Vinci Pro 34" Catcher's Glove
Yeah about a month ago to a guy in New Zealand. Sorry!- Quasimodo
- Post #4
- Forum: Softball Bats and Gloves for Sale
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New IR drill
This is a slow-motion video of 5 Ueno pitches while facing Australia or Netherlands (can't remember) at the World Championships, 2015, in the first game in Haarlem, Netherlands. Ueno started out at 72-75mph, but after an all too frequent injury, finished beating the US for the Gold Medal at...- Quasimodo
- Post #59
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Mevo Disaster!
I should have known better, though not much difference. I got banned by YouTube and my account closed.- Quasimodo
- Post #12
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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FAVORITE DRILLS~Got One?!
I didn't watch it yet but I think I know where it is going; the step across to your target I call "CONTINUITY". I also use a 5-7 rung agility ladder to approach the ball with quick short adjusting steps, rolling the ball slightly right to enable stepping across. Secondarily I do the same with...- Quasimodo
- Post #10
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Mevo Disaster!
Why should it surprise you, YouTube is owned by Facebook?- Quasimodo
- Post #10
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Screwball Proof, or Not!
Most pitchers who have reasonable mechanics have a riseball the same or within 1-2mph of their fastball. I don't know about men's as I just tried to hit the dang ball so my radar gun hand was on the bat handle. But in fact this goes to the argument as to whether terminal velocity is more...- Quasimodo
- Post #9
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Matsuda Slow Motion
Even at 75 if you observe and choose a pitch to swing at before you get anything in motion, you will have feet in cement and flip your bat at the ball in the catcher's mitt. You have to time the pitch, trigger, and make a quick decision in the process. IMHO that is why you see as many bad swings...- Quasimodo
- Post #50
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Matsuda Slow Motion
Roll over wrist motion modified to follow through to the left thigh instead of the right thigh. In the first photo the roll-over (drop-curve) would move down and in on that left-handed batter. Yippee! By the way, Meghan Uher is her actual name. She threw 57 at age 16, 58-61 at 18, 61-63 in...- Quasimodo
- Post #49
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Screwball Proof, or Not!
It will do nothing if it doesn't have near a 10-4 spin, and a lot of "rise-balls" do not. I just don't believe the wrist can snap clockwise fast or hard enough on a screwball to create the desired spin which is almost always a bullet-spin. There is another way to throw it, but it is a little...- Quasimodo
- Post #5
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Screwball Proof, or Not!
I saw angles, I saw no movement. I also saw a cadre of girls who know what is coming (stride), but don't know what to do with it.- Quasimodo
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Matsuda Slow Motion
It is a rise-ball, and it should be palm to 3B. I might add that the single biggest issue I see with girls and rise-balls is rolling the back shoulder forward into release. That shoulder orientation must be parallel to home-2B, staying open if you are going to achieve an 11-5 or 12-6 spin...- Quasimodo
- Post #41
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Matsuda Slow Motion
Power in the legs is not about a "Wright Brother's" flight to see how far down the beach you can go, but instead trying to see how fast you can get there. I am a little confused, but the constant for me is maximizing arm speed through speed in the legs. And the end result is legs that are still...- Quasimodo
- Post #40
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Matsuda Slow Motion
There were many golden era men's pitchers who did not crow-hop, especially from New Zealand. But some other great pitchers besides Michael White who were draggers were Kevin Herlihy NZ, Owen Walford NZ, Steve Schultz NZ, Ty Stofflet, and many others from every country. Michael Piechnik, Jimmy...- Quasimodo
- Post #34
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Matsuda Slow Motion
Well first the message wasn't only to you about your point but others who have brought this issue up. Secondly men generally crow-hop not leap by definition. I originally pitched with a step and a sling-shot, developing into the men's style. I might mention I was the #3 pitcher who pitched when...- Quasimodo
- Post #33
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Matsuda Slow Motion
And I admitted that. In fact I said it was a 1/72nd decrease in response time on the part of the batter IF . . . . . the shorter distance (6 inches) was created by increased push-off creating equivalence of time equal to the original stride so as not to slow down the arm circle.- Quasimodo
- Post #30
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Matsuda Slow Motion
Well War and Peace was just about as impossible to follow as my so called logic! What I am saying is coaches should stop focusing on how long the stride is, and focus on arm speed which is limited by the time it takes to get into a release position. More time to the release point means less arm...- Quasimodo
- Post #28
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Matsuda Slow Motion
I believe this too, but I also termed it in my last post as separating the arm from the stride a little to increase that whip at the end. That time the legs set from start to finish is a pie that can be divided into pieces that are not all the same size. I want the biggest piece of arm speed at...- Quasimodo
- Post #27
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Matsuda Slow Motion
The pitching distance is 43 feet. Let’s assume for arguments sake, that the release point, or the hip, is typically about 37 feet from home plate at release and the stride about 7 feet long makes the front foot land at 36 feet, one foot closer to home plate than the release point. The question...- Quasimodo
- Post #25
- Forum: Softball Pitching
