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Excellent advise!!!!! Awesome response
martianr
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WOW! I can't thank you enough for sending this. A picture is truly worth a 1000 words. Any information I can get is valuable. We have a lot to work on. Thanks again.
Nice thread. I see a lot to like from the pitcher and folks with way more knowledge than me have provided good analysis. My only suggestion is to work on explosiveness - with my DD we often go back to working on technique without a ball to build good muscle memory and to avoid worrying about where the ball goes. We also have benefitted from "leg work" to increase drive and explosiveness. She, too, is a "no-backswing" pitcher.
Good luck!
Good luck!
KnightSB is spot on with the timing.
Another issue is posture.
Your DD has the dreaded "butt out" disease. She is bending at the waist and sticking her butt out instead of standing up straight. (Either (1) she has been learning to throw a screwball or (2) she is trying to avoid any contact between her arms and hips.)
She should stand straight for the entire pitching motion. She should close slighty when her arm gets to 9, and then let her arm brush her hip.
I've attached a shot of your DD and Osterman. (I made Osterman a rightie for the picture.)
Look how close the ball is to Osterman's body. Also, note that the hips are slight closed.
Another issue is posture.
Your DD has the dreaded "butt out" disease. She is bending at the waist and sticking her butt out instead of standing up straight. (Either (1) she has been learning to throw a screwball or (2) she is trying to avoid any contact between her arms and hips.)
She should stand straight for the entire pitching motion. She should close slighty when her arm gets to 9, and then let her arm brush her hip.
I've attached a shot of your DD and Osterman. (I made Osterman a rightie for the picture.)
Look how close the ball is to Osterman's body. Also, note that the hips are slight closed.
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martianr
Softball DAD
Great Points. We wil be working on all these.
-does she create a firm front side as she lands?. Could you tell if she as a good landing? Or what does she need to do? Or do you need a better video. I did PM you. Thank you again.
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The line running from the foot to the head is the same angle for your DD and Osorio. You can see how much farther your DD leaks forward after her stride foot lands compared to Osorio. Like a false load, there is a similar phenomenon the "false firm front side". At first glance she looks like she has a decent reverse posture, however leaving her drive leg behind, she has leaked resistance, IMHO.
WRT drive mechanics, if she was my DD, I'd follow Sluggers suggestion to first fix the arm timing and posture, then reexamine how the front side looks.
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martianr
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Thank you. Another eye opener. Again, we have a lot to work on. We are start to take baby steps as of tonight.
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