Pitcher's toe drag

riseball said:

This is how skippies are born.

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pumpkinbear said:

I don't disagree with any of the previous advice, but here's what helped my dd in your situation. She did what you describe at early age 10. She leaped and dragged the side of her foot most pitches. She threw fairly hard (mid-hi 40s) but wild. And her coach wanted strikes.

Denny Tincher implemented a fix that worked for her immediately. I'll try to walk you through it.

Denny noted that while my dd had good (for a 10yr old) explosion off the rubber, she couldn't control her body afterwards. He said she needs to stride, but not try to explode off the rubber. More of a step and drag. The specific drive mechanics were pretty much the javasource 2-step with this exception: Instead of sliding her drive (gloveside) foot to center, she used a rocker motion ala Ueno.

Denny said (he proved correct) she would quickly become more aggressive with her push as she became comfortable.

Her control (and toe drag--she previously leaped and dragged the side of her foot) improved immediately. Once she started throwing strikes, quickly rose to the top of our pitching rotation.

Hope this helps.

PS - when she got a little older and her body control improved, she went back to max effort off the rubber. She still uses the javasource 2-step.

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Bob516 said:

Forgive my ignorance, what are skippies?

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Ken B said:

Replanters....

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Bob516 said:

Do you mean replanting the foot after it leaves the pitching plate?

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D Up said:

successful .....so not bad then.

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riseball said:

Nasty does not even begin to describe it! Maybe not the worst fault, but certainly in the top 5. This is how skippies are born.

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D Up said:

successful .....so not bad then.

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Gtrips07 said:

Mark MaGwire, Barry Bonds, and Sammy Sosa were successful. Is that all that counts? Or is the way you go about being successful important too??

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