A friend of mine was a World Class Men's pitcher and is now helping several pitches in the area develop as a pitcher in their own right. One of the college age kids said her personal pitching coach told her not to try and drive into the front leg and turn her hips as women have wider hips and this can cause damage to her shoulder. As she doesn't turn or snap her hips, she is struggling to throw the rise at the college level. Has anyone ever heard of this? In talking with a number of the premier mens pitchers, the hips were what determined spin, velocity, etc. I have looked at videos of Jenny, Monica, Cat and they all seem to drive the back hip (right hip for a RH pitcher) into the front leg. Any thoughts? By the way, the personal pitching coach was a successful statewide pitcher, who threw a drop and change only, not a Michael White, Mark Smith or Chuck D'Arcy type of pitcher.
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