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My 10 year old DD has been pitching for about 2 years, seriously for about 1. Just curious about constructive feed back anyone may have for her as she heads into her first tournament season as a pitcher. Thanks in advance. She is throwing 42-43mph consistently and has topped out at 45mph.

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Looks good Stop the forward walk through. Land the stride foot and stop! Finish with pivot foot behind the stride foot.

Added after quick review: a little more bend in the elbow. Sequence looks good. She is standing up a little too soon. Stay a little more weight forward on th drive out. Point the stride toe up and drive the stride knee up and out a little more. Don't go crazy. Keep her in sync. She is young and new but looks good imo. Better eyes will give you more feed back.
 
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I hope this works. I truly respect the photo editors of DFP.

First 3 show her arm is straight far too long. Needs a little bend to create whip.

Last pic shows she is a little too far over her stride foot. Get that weight back a little. And don't walk through. I think its Pauly that call it ground force resistance.

Edited spelling of Pauly. Thank you KB.
 
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I would like to preface this post by saying I am not a pitching coach and have been at this for about the same amount of time that you have, so take this for this for what it is worth. Feel free to totally ignore this post also.

To me it looks like her shoulders are not getting open enough, which may also be causing to what looks to me like she is throwing around her back hip instead of getting any BI. Also even though I think she is not getting open enough, it also looks like she is using her back hip too much to throw the ball. It almost appears like her hips are getting open but her shoulders are not. I would like to see her back hip rotate less towards the catcher or rotate after she lets go of the ball, instead of using her back hip to force the ball towards the catcher.

If she uses that back hip less I also think it might help with what the others have mentioned about walking through too much.

I usually don't post on pitching threads since I am pretty new to this, so unless someone else with more experience is seeing the same thing I am please just ignore my advise.
 

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1) The main thing to work on is the step after she releases. She should come to a stop at release.

Here is Whitney Canion, who was the best pitcher in the NCAA a few years ago. Watch her feet. Notice how she stops at release.

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2) She is leaning forward when she throws the ball. A few drills:

a) Three pump: She gets open, she puts her weight on her right foot, and puts the ball of her left foot down on the ground. She points her glove at the catcher. She does three rotations. For each rotation, at 12 she picks her left foot off the ground. She then taps her left foot down at release. On the third rotation, she throws. Your DD will look like a reciprocating saw the first few times she does the drill...you'll see her head and shoulders shift forward. A good pitcher can do this forever.

b) Walk through: She starts behind the pitcher's rubber, takes a couple of steps forward, and then throws. After release, she is to keep her right foot off the ground until the catcher returns the ball to her. She will really struggle with this, because she will keep falling over. The only way to do the drill is to keep the upper body back.

c) Stork II: She gets open, puts her weight on her right foot and lifts the left foot. She does a rotation and throws the ball. She does *NOT* lower her left foot until after the catcher throws the ball back to her. It sounds difficult, but an advanced pitcher will not lower her left foot between pitches. She'll receive the ball with left foot up, adjust the ball and throw again--over and over.
 
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c) Stork II: She gets open, puts her weight on her right foot and lifts the left foot. She does a rotation and throws the ball. She does *NOT* lower her left foot until after the catcher throws the ball back to her. It sounds difficult, but an advanced pitcher will not lower her left foot between pitches. She'll receive the ball with left foot up, adjust the ball and throw again--over and over.

Do you a video of this drill? Thanks
 

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