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What do falling cats and high-level softball fastpitch pitchers have in common??
Sorry did not mean to abandon this thread. Have had other commitments that require my attention. One of the very interesting differences between overhand pitching and softball fastpitch pitching is that fastpitch pitchers become airborne in the delivery and quite often lose contact with the...- SETPRO
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14u pitcher struggling with mechanics. Advice welcomed.
Unless you can find a "good" pitching instructor the chances of your daughter making significant changes to her throwing is not high, my opinion. The only other alternative is that you become the most knowledgeable pitching person you possibly can become. And become your daughter's best coach...- SETPRO
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
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What do falling cats and high-level softball fastpitch pitchers have in common??
Hint: It's all about the physics. Enjoy!- SETPRO
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What ultimate pitching level for your daughter do you hope your and her efforts and commitment will achieve?
My ordering/definition of commitment levels was not meant to belittle all other college pitching programs/competitive level as compared to D1. And there are many non-D1 programs that can beat D1 programs on the playing field. But in the overall hierarchy of college sports D1 is perceived to be...- SETPRO
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What ultimate pitching level for your daughter do you hope your and her efforts and commitment will achieve?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sport-between-the-ears/202312/how-expectations-can-lead-to-frustration-and-misery-in-sports- SETPRO
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2024 "D1 Softball" Preseason Top 10 +1 NCAA Pitchers.
The top-rated pitcher is Valerie Cagle. But a case could also be made for her being a top-rated hitter. She is the +1.... Enjoy!- SETPRO
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Left-handed Pitcher, what say you?
Quickest way to ruin a pitcher is to make them a pitcher. Why? Because the number one winning game coaching priority for young players is to throw strikes. And they never learn how to most effectively use their body to throw (pitch) the softball. "My philosophy" for developing a high-level...- SETPRO
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Hitting hip and throwing inside
One more comparison and one more suggestion and I will leave you to your working with your daughter. The comparison Jordy Bahl compared to your daughter. My suggestion. Forget about the hips shoulders and everything else because until you fix your arm action i.e. getting both arms to do...- SETPRO
- Post #64
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Hitting hip and throwing inside
"A common saying is "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," which means beauty doesn't exist on its own but is created by observers. That famous quote can help you remember that a beholder is someone who sees or otherwise experiences things, becoming aware of them." Same can be said for words...- SETPRO
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Hitting hip and throwing inside
I started using video comparison of players almost 30 years ago. First computer program that I found hugely helpful was product called NEAT which stood for Never Ending Athletic Trainer. Allowed me to do side-by-side comparisons of players. Initially I just wanted to see how the best players in...- SETPRO
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Hitting hip and throwing inside
One "additional" observation regarding "swim". From Symmetry and Biomechanics: The symmetrical structure and function of the human body is essential for performing safe, efficient, and purposeful movements in sport, at the workplace, or during the activities of daily life. Asymmetries in...- SETPRO
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Hitting hip and throwing inside
While I'm at "it" and really a topic for another completely different discussion is the concept of "Brush interference" as a applied to fastpitch pitching. The reason I bring the concept of "Brush interference" is because this player is hitting their hip as they deliver the ball. But in her...- SETPRO
- Post #36
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Arm whip
This is a follow-up to my previous post where I attempted to demonstrate a simulation of the Ueno throwing a "bullet spin" pitch. I had incorrectly hypothesized that to do so they palm of the hand raked over the top of the ball. Again left over thinking from my overhand pitching investigations...- SETPRO
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Hitting hip and throwing inside
As I said previously I am new to fastpitch pitching and its terminology. One of my favorite sayings with respect to coordinated body movements is "everything depends upon everything". How the body creates movement patterns is the study of motor learning and control. One of the concepts in...- SETPRO
- Post #35
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Hitting hip and throwing inside
I find this statement quite confusing. Your daughter was originally taught to swim with open arms "like you see many college pitchers do". Yet for some reason you have enough confidence in her current PC to totally change this dynamic. What is her current PC trying to achieve with this change...- SETPRO
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Scap Retraction, Loading
Jordy Bahl body and arms working together.- SETPRO
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Scap Retraction, Loading
This clip of Garcia is really illustrates the final adduction-abduction sequence and its effect on IR.- SETPRO
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Scap Retraction, Loading
Don't know if you saw what I posted in the "Arm whip" discussion thread: Just about all of the video I see of high-level pitchers (typically Olympic caliber) exhibit a significant shoulder horizontal "abduction-adduction-abduction sequence". The attached clip of Monica Abbott exhibits this...- SETPRO
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