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    chelsea thomas change up

    I was watching chelsea thomas this weekend and was totally impressed with her change up, is she throwing some kind of a roll over change, does anyone have any video of her mechanics with this pitch?
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    video game teaching

    is their any video games that teach the game situations that would be a fun way for kids to learn
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    split hand grip

    I have noticed this year that their seems to be quite a few split grip hitters on some prominate d1 teams, i have always tried to discourage that in a hitter, is it something that should be left alone, it seems with as much talent as some of these players have it would be easy for them to change...
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    door knocking knuckles

    Who was the first hitter or instructor who suggested the door knocking knuckles, was it during the astroturf days of the 1970's, and what is the science behind the advantages behind this grip.
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    pitching instructor advice for high school

    our high school is considering hiring someone as the pitching coach who believes leap and drag is just west coast mechanics, and slam the door with your hip and hello elbow is the way to go, what would be your advice to the school administration?
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    rubber or steel

    what kind of cleats do most of your pitchers prefer metal or rubber and what are the advantages for their choices
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    baseball vs softball swing

    i am looking for credibility on thoughts on why we teach elite baseball swings to fastpitch softball players, i have some older men around in our school system who need to see this is nothing new, and that respectable instrucors are teaching this, if you could leave your thoughts and if you are...
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    keeping the shoulder in

    Many coaches seem to stress, keep the shoulder in their, and the elbows start the swing and move somewhat independently of the shoulders without any "connection" with each other during the swing, and during the drill with just the bottom hand on the bat it seems many stress to keep the shoulder...
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    basketball coach and ad limiting pitchers throwing

    i am a varsity coach who has a new ad who is buddies with the girls bball coach who is now putting new restrictions on my pitchers on the team to only be able to pitch once a week until the bball season is over, says its too distracting and overworking the girls, talk about people in charge who...
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    small hands and breaking pitches

    one of my high school pitchers it vertically challenged, will probably not get over 5 feet, but she has heart and works very hard, really just looking to be a decent high school pitcher and is developing fairly well, won half her games last year with good fastball placement and a cu ,and making...
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    slingshot speed

    on joan joyces interviews she states that she felt it was easier to throw the rise ball slingshot rather than windmill, and she felt you could also throw harder slingshot, is this just her own preference or is it generally easier to throw harder slingshot, and why has everyone went away from it.
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    where did the hellow elbow come from

    after viewing vintage footage of pitchers as far back as the 60s it seems they were throwing the ball with a natural whipping motion, especially the slingshotters, where did all the locked elbow follow through and touch your throwing shoulder come from????
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    pitching footage

    is their game footage available for purchase of advanced pitchers and their delivery demonstrating their mechanics of the various pitches they throw
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    pitching shoulder stress

    from what i thought i had learned over the years from lessons and research and this forum was that somewhat open shoulder mechanics and limitting the hips to 45 to 52 degrees whould help keep the stress off the pitching shoulder, and also keeping the natural whip (ir) to the pitching arm using...
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    open mechanics

    I would like to find some clips or at least names of some d1 pitchers with mechanics that would be considered open
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    connection

    i was at a nfca clinic this weekend and listened to many coaches talking about hitting, and was surprised on how many claim to believe in connection but limit shoulder rotation or dont bring up the shoulders in the swing at all, they only talk about legs and hips then hands. So many coaches are...
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    breaking pitches

    after reading, watching dvds, and attending clinics and lessons over the years it seems as though most male pitchers and pcs, and some of the highest regarded academys in the country, dont believe in throwing "screw balls" or "curve balls" by contorting your arm at release, they believe in drop...
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    pitching mound

    I am a high school sb coach at a small school, we had the sb field reconstructed because of construction at the school, the company did a crappy job on the field and the pitchers mound and the batters box has nothing substantial under the clay kitty litter they called a red clay infield, of...
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    radar guns

    I was wondering if anyone has had good experiences with some of the less expensive radar guns on the market today, I think my old jugs gun is finally dead.
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    bullet spin

    amanda scarborough and nancy evans describe how they throw one of their fastballs with a bullet spin, making it easier to transition into other movement pitches rather than the peel drop style of fastball, has others on this forum had success using this method and making it easier for the...

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