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Stride foot position at landing
I've been trying to better understand the absolutes in pitching form and I have some doubts when it comes to the landing of the stride foot. It's said that the foot should contact the ground at approx. 45 degrees. Not too closed towards 3rd base neither too open towards catcher. That's what I...- Edy
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Screwball
I recall an old thread where people were asking for videos of a sharp screwball. I couldn't find the thread but I just found this footage and it really impressed me- Edy
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Ueno's dropball
Just sharing a video of a beautiful dropball I was lucky to find http://youtu.be/W389BnEwj40 This is the original video on youtube => 上野選手 ドロップ My Japanese is a little rusty but I'm pretty sure the guy says it's a "falling" FB. I can only assume it's not just a slower FB with a more...- Edy
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Need help with speed
Before explaining the case, let me set the background. I live in a country where softball is not so popular. There are a few teams in my area but we don't have any models to learn from. Needless to say we don't have any coaches either. So, most of my pitching skills came from experimenting what...- Edy
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Is there a rule for that?
Last weekend I witnessed something really strange. Men's fastpitch, base coach spent some time studying the catcher's signals and then just started advising the hitters about the incoming pitch. (i.e. "inside low!", "it's a change now!") Naturally, pitcher and catcher changed the signals as...- Edy
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Leather softballs
Hi! It's my first thread in this forum and I must say this is the most helpful forum about fastpitch I have ever seen. Congrats!! Before getting into the questions I would like to set the background. I live in Brazil and softball is not much popular around here, but we have an organized...- Edy
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