Sounds like everything is being done with a purpose and she truly owns her warmup. As a PC that is all I ask for.
What's your pitcher's warmup routine?
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Sounds like everything is being done with a purpose and she truly owns her warmup. As a PC that is all I ask for.
Space can be a challenge. I would substitute some hard underhand throwing (not pitching) in lieu of long toss. As stated many times, by many others, there is a difference between throwing underhand and pitching. Your warmup should always start with throwing underhand and then shift at the end to pitching. To that end, unless we are pitching the catcher should be standing. Most developing pitchers spend way too much time pitching and not nearly enough time throwing. Many a day Jake would just spend time throwing hard. By focusing on throwing hard she developed some naturally efficient mechanical characteristics, which at 5'-8" allowed her to chuck it as fast as most of the big kids.
As bucket sitters and PC's we need to make sure pitchers understand that the warmup is not just a ceremony prior to the actual event. The entire time needs to be done as a workout, with specific purpose, with intensity, and a focus on quality and not quantity. My best pitchers have always "attacked" their sessions.
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Space can be a challenge. I would substitute some hard underhand throwing (not pitching) in lieu of long toss. As stated many times, by many others, there is a difference between throwing underhand and pitching. Your warmup should always start with throwing underhand and then shift at the end to pitching. To that end, unless we are pitching the catcher should be standing. Most developing pitchers spend way too much time pitching and not nearly enough time throwing. Many a day Jake would just spend time throwing hard. By focusing on throwing hard she developed some naturally efficient mechanical characteristics, which at 5'-8" allowed her to chuck it as fast as most of the big kids.
As bucket sitters and PC's we need to make sure pitchers understand that the warmup is not just a ceremony prior to the actual event. The entire time needs to be done as a workout, with specific purpose, with intensity, and a focus on quality and not quantity. My best pitchers have always "attacked" their sessions.
When she's throwing hard underhand is it like a fluid T drill where she is taking a step but only going back a palm up at 9 position?
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Yes. Same as you would do overhand. Rear back and whip it!
Great. She does this as part of her current warm up but I think we will work on moving her back and throwing harder from it.
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Just to be clear. The basic body position "T" is fine, the two big differences between the correct use of this drill is at 9 o'clock the ball should be pointing towards towards the sky (palm up) not towards 2b and the hand will finish palm down (not hello elbow).
Again, the you want to pull the ball down into release, not push the ball as shown in the drill.
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Yes Rockettech is right on. I should have/could have expanded with something positive instead of just what not to do
Sorry if that caused more confusion.
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One can give basic instruction to multiple pitchers and have them all practice the movement together to "try to get it over the plate occasionally". But from a warm up perspective, I would bet that one kid will need to practice differently because every girl is going to have different areas of growth (and deficiency). Sure, there are some drills to start with to loosen up that will be the same for everyone. (e.g. Overhand throw) But once you get a catcher, most likely the girls are going to need to concentrate on different areas (say footwork, positioning, drive, grip, ...whatever they may need. So I still don't see how or why every girl would warm up the same, even if they are a beginner.
