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    Wow, young pitchers need to deal with a lot!

    Add to the list...everyone is a budding arm-chair pitching coach.
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    Revfire softball package for sale on eBay

    iPad Pro for me, shoots 240fps. Quick enough to catch the release. Load Coaches Eye and RightView Pro with all the Pro Pitchers on it. Do side by side comparisons so the girls can see with their own eyes. Invaluable.
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    Revfire softball package for sale on eBay

    I have one, for the most part they're worthless. You don't need a rev fire to know whether a pitch is spinning enough. On top of that, the axis is as important as spin rate and the RF can't help with that. I've seen balls spin at 25rps and not move an inch off of straight. Put a stripe on the...
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    HE vs. IR apprehensive of switching 9yr. old

    She's nine years old for heck's sake. I can guarantee you she hasn't mastered HE yet either. Pitching isn't easy nor is it for the faint of heart. If you're looking to teach her how to take the easy road then pitching is probably not in the cards. Just to become a decent mid-level HS pitcher in...
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    Looking for Advice

    Have your daughter watch this clip I built some time back.
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    Looking for Advice

    She needs to work on her drive mechanics as well. No knee or ball side drive with her legs. Watch her head go down, then up and then back down. All of her linear motion needs to go straight forward. It's her leg drive that's betraying her. There's a pretty famous clip of Jenny Finch on ESPN...
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    Proper Way to do Wrist Flip Drill

    The object is to limit her ability to use arm swing for velocity. She's learning to use only rotation with some finger snap. When you think about it, using this drill, velocity is strictly a by product of rotation and spin is almost all finger snap. Hopefully over time she'll then marry arm...
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    Proper Way to do Wrist Flip Drill

    The title is a bit of tongue-in-cheek bait. My newest project, IR5, wasn't really throwing with good IR technique. Her throws were more muscle and faux IR than a nice snap throw with the forearm rotation. Talking about it over and over did nothing to fix it. So, I came up with this drill. The...
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    Alternative to buying a RevFire?

    My RevFire balls have black tape on them as well. Experience has taught me that the more a spin is bullet oriented the more it spins (RPS). The more it comes around to 12 to 6 (drop ball) the slower the spin. The key is finding the right balance of speed, spin and axis. The RevFire and only tell...
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    Alternative to buying a RevFire?

    I have a Rev Fire. Rarely, if ever, do we use it. So many variables on what constitutes a good spin. What matters is the movement of the ball, that's when you'll know. Keep this in mind: let's say a girl has the perfect axis (say for a drop ball) and she measures out at 20rps while throwing...
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    Thanks DFP, European SB Player of the Year

    I doubt she'd try to walk on; she's pretty intent on moving on as a physical therapist and then joining the AF as an officer.
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    Thanks DFP, European SB Player of the Year

    Thanks DFP (Boardmember, JavaSource, Rick Pauly). Three and half years ago I moved to Europe and somehow got caught up coaching the girls HS softball team here at Kapaun Air Base which is close to the city of Kaiserslautern Germany. When I got there the season was already half way finished. The...
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    Baylor Pitcher Drive Mechanics - ready, set , KNEE UP!

    I've always equated the strong knee drive to moving mass. The leg itself probably weighs a good 30lbs. Driving that 30lbs with force off the rubber is a lot of linear energy soon to be converted into rotational energy.
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    First slo mo clip since shoulder injury

    BMD, I created that clip for a Bucket Dad who posted a video of his girl with the same issue to work through. Sorry if there was any confusion.
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    First slo mo clip since shoulder injury

    There are four whips in a well-sequenced IR delivery: the first is the arm whipping around the shoulder joint...this is a big slow rotation or whip. Second is a slight whip the body's core does as it whips the shoulder from the open position to slightly open/closed. Third is the whip most talk...
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    First slo mo clip since shoulder injury

    Upper arm needs to stabilize against the rib cage to exploit the whip.
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    Thank you to all and apologies to many

    Bill, I'm in Europe, any chance to see your schedule. We'd love to have you come to Ramstein Germany for a clinic if possible.
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    For Beginning Bucket Dads - The art of pitching

    I thought about that James, I wish I had started a bit earlier with it though with IR2. Now when my girls are warming up with the nine o'clock drills we have two goals. Focus on pulling down first versus just throwing from palm up orientation and ensuring the catcher has their glove low so the...
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    For Beginning Bucket Dads - The art of pitching

    Thought I'd contribute a tip on how we practice pitching at the end of our sessions; might be of help to those trying to get control. We have a general grading system on every pitch as we simulate game situations towards the end of practice. Each pitch has four targets or goals: speed, location...
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    Riseball videos .... please contribute riseball videos.

    I saw an interview with Cat where she says she throws a bullet spin rise ball, to quote her..."That's just how I was taught." Which is somewhat comical because in her pitching videos with Team USA she demos a more traditional rise ball spin. Another one of the greats teaching what she doesn't...

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