Tricks to stop Swim-glove

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Jul 7, 2016
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My DD has the dreaded swim glove. Yes, it affects her pitching because the glove weight and power in the glove arm pulls her closed before ball release and she is losing power and accuracy.
when she consciously pushes the glove to the catcher her pitches are faster (2-3mph), more spin and extremely accurate. But getting into games, all the drills go out the window and the swim glove returns.
It is embedded in her subconscious. We have tried: noodle, thumb down, glove as sights on catcher, arm flaps, etc - but we can't get past it and it bothers us both.
She has tried pitching with no glove which has made her realize she needs to glove for balance and gets it that her glove is affecting the pitch, but we just can't get it fixed even after all the hours we spend trying to correct it.
Any tricks, suggestions, ideas. Anything. Please.
 
Apr 28, 2014
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Have your DD set up next to a wall on her glove side and go through the Pitching motion. Would be very hard for glove to swim. Need to repeatedly do the drill to create new muscle memory.


See the link below


https://youtu.be/KeJkNFMDZ-w
 
Jun 18, 2012
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While I understand the use of a wall, I prefer using something softer. Hold a swimming pool foam float vertically, sort of where you think the boundary for the glove should be. Keep in mind that the objective is you want the shoulders more open than the hips (stretch) then even sort of even with the hips at release. Focus more on the shoulders than the glove.

Swimming pool foam floats.jpg

P.S... And, the nice thing about these is that you can bop them on the head if they screw up. LOL
 
Jul 7, 2016
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Have your DD set up next to a wall on her glove side

Thanks - Tried this. We have a wall right next to her pitching lane. As soon as we get to the open field she opens up.

Hold a swimming pool foam float vertically

Thanks - Tried this too. We have a noodle on a plunger. Works fine when it is there. remove it and glove goes crazy.

I think this has something to do with an earlier problem in the process. Not just stopping it but changing the technique to prevent it from happening from the start.
 
Dd has same issue I may be called horrible but i contributed it to lack of focus. 3 push ups every time you swim. You either get better or stronger. It worked in practice she rarely swims. However in game she still drops glove so im not sure about what memory her muscles are tuned into. I also noticed she is pitching harder in games than practice. Overall she is swimming about 25% as much as she used to. So maybe the pushups are building her core muscles which may not be strong enough for proper abduction. She keeps working on it she keeps making progress.
 
Feb 18, 2014
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We use her sister.

We find the spot where the swim glove would travel and her sister stands there with her back turned and plays on her phone.

She's never even brushed her with her glove.

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Mar 8, 2017
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Rick Pauly sells a video on dog clicker training(to fix pitching issues), if you’ve tried everything else, there’s nothing to lose.
 
Nov 18, 2015
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What if you added a specific hand/glove movement to perform while her arm is out front? Something to be conscious of doing, but not needing to really focus on during delivery. Maybe something like (assuming she's RH) "point your fingers to 3B when your hand is at 3:00", or "wiggle your glove at the umpire". I guess what I'm suggesting is that instead of trying to fix it by not doing something, encourage (distract?) her mind/body by adding something. But maybe you've already tried this with the "thumb down" or "glove as sights to the catcher".

You mentioned changing technique - can you change the starting position of her glove? Start with it higher so it's a different reaching movement (less affected by existing muscle memory). Or go the opposite direction - over exaggerate things and START with the glove out to the left, so that her body will want to bring it back to center to throw.

Many of the posts on these boards are from frustrated parents tired of banging their head against the wall (or speaking to a wall) - they see the issue, daughter doesn't see it or feel it, doesn't want to change anything. This must be worse, b/c you both see the issue, have worked so hard to fix it, but just can't get that change to stick. Hopefully the more experienced bucket moms and dads will help you discover a solution soon!
 

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Dec 18, 2014
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Find a good pitching coach. IMO, there is no 'trick' or drill to fix it. There may be a form issue that can be addressed to help fix the glove swim.
 

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