Leap and dragStep style or leap/drag?
Leap and dragStep style or leap/drag?
Boardmember,
You can stand on your soapbox and fillibuster the topic if you want.
The stride foot landing on the ball of the foot happens and the heel coming down is an afterthought. When the heel touches down can vary greatly from piotch to pitcher. I have seen the heels of pitchers not touch the ground ubtil adter ball release. Landing foot touchdown is the exact indicator for the ball of the foot touching down. That is also what the Steadman - Hawkins report bases their recommendatyion of saying "The ball must be just into the backswing behind " at landing foot touchdown.
If you are saying at 3:00 behind at LFT but you are basing that on the heel touching down, that can explain the 3:00 statement. But, as I said, the heelk coming will vary from pitcher to pitcher and a great deal of time can elapse between LFT and the heel coming down.
I'm old and beat up but I can still throw a pitch and not let my heel touch down until after I release the ball.
I rewatched the videos with the sound on and what she's talking about causes me to feel very uncomfortable with her teaching. The few available video examples teach a forced hip snap and follow through with the hand. I would strongly suggest looking at some video of your favorite NCAA, Pro and International pitchers and look for some correlation between her teaching and what you see. I'm hoping that these video examples are very old and don't represent her current teaching. (I know there's still a few videos floating around out there that Coach Enquist would probably like to see put out of circulation!)
BM, I am going to assume that it was just the way you worded it and how vit was interpreted by me. But, I read it and interpreted it exactly like an inexperienced pitcher's dad would interpret it; 'When the stride foot comes down, the ball should be at 3:00 behind them'. That interpretation of your advice WILL GET KIDS HURT!