Aggressive Walk-in Drill

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Feb 3, 2010
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I think the benefit outweighs any negative, although I don't see any detriment here. She demonstrates good posture/resistance in her regular walk though and if you freeze her at release in the run through, she's right where she should be:

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Check out Monica Abbotts distance throwing routine. She steps out as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQHnKRQ9s0I

In the bigger picture with Doug's kid, the drill does what it's supposed to and we know from other videos that posture/resistance isn't an issue.
 
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I think the benefit outweighs any negative, although I don't see any detriment here. She demonstrates good posture/resistance at in her regular walk though and if you freeze her at release in the run through, she's right where she should be. Check out Monica Abbotts distance throwing routine. She steps out as well. In the bigger picture, the drill does what it's supposed to and we know from other videos that posture/resistance isn't an issue.

Abbott's long toss video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQHnKRQ9s0I

Very true.....whether it's Abbott or Sarah or Doug's student.....they are improving their resistance with this aggressive walkin. It's kind of like playing above the speed of the game so that the regular game slows down. Not that Abbott needs any more speed, but I am guessing she does throw faster when walking in....I know that Sarah does.
This aggressive move does create more hip rotation/torque simply because all the extra forward energy is really hard to fully resist when they land. The added hip rotation usually creates a greater "offset timing" of the hip rotation vs the shoulder rotation......one of the keys to speed. That's why pitchers that struggle with hip rotation really don't benefit much from walkins.
 
Aug 18, 2013
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When it comes to walk through like this should the pitcher have the same back swing as they do regular pitching and how much of a speed difference should there be??
 
Jun 18, 2012
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When it comes to walk through like this should the pitcher have the same back swing as they do regular pitching and how much of a speed difference should there be??

I don't know about how much speed difference there "should" be. They tend to get more speed with it, and I think it's mainly due to already having significant movement forward when they thrust with their right leg off the rubber (right handed pitchers).

For this kid, she gets roughly 2 mph more from this walking than from regular pitching, and I think that's a significant difference.
 
I don't know about how much speed difference there "should" be. They tend to get more speed with it, and I think it's mainly due to already having significant movement forward when they thrust with their right leg off the rubber (right handed pitchers).

For this kid, she gets roughly 2 mph more from this walking than from regular pitching, and I think that's a significant difference.

2 mph is a good expectation....some slightly more/some slightly less.
 
I don't know about how much speed difference there "should" be. They tend to get more speed with it, and I think it's mainly due to already having significant movement forward when they thrust with their right leg off the rubber (right handed pitchers).

For this kid, she gets roughly 2 mph more from this walking than from regular pitching, and I think that's a significant difference.

2 mph is a good expectation....some slightly more/some slightly less.
 

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