last lesson w/ Chris

This was from home after our last lesson. There are 2 more posted after this one. We are working on release point and Chris gave us a drill for that. We also just started working on a CU. We were seeing Chris once every 3 weeks and then working at home.
All opinions and suggestions much appreciated. Thank you.
[video]https://youtu.be/c49KkI6b59M[/video]

The last one looked pretty good.

cv,

My condolences in the loss of your daughter's pitching coach, and friend.

For what it's worth...

Doing well, keep up the good work. It's obvious that both she and Chris have worked hard to get to her present level.

Power-K at slingshot start position looks good, she's pulling the ball down the backside and her glovework and footwork are nice and linear. The latter evidence in the very small & linear figure-S drive foot drag. "Brush" and "IR" are where they should be and overall posture looks good.

She should keep working on her pre-motion and follow-up momentum and fluidity. There's a little bit of a step back that can be fixed easily, and the drag trench (drive power drain) can be better lightened with improved transfer from leg drive to plant.

I'm not a proponent of arm seperation, but should she prefer it, my advice would be to consider keeping the elbows up around the waist area on the front side and allow the elbows rock back and forth and let them bend naturally. If she drives those elbows forward from within the core, she'll have an advantage in back-to-forward drive, posture and the aid of core torque rather than shoulder joint isolation.

Maybe you can consider the possibility of working on the mechanical flow as a priority, which should in theory help with her control of her primary pitch. Solidify those and hone that first one. Once she becomes comfortable there, a second pitch could be the next "goal". As you know, it's a process. Give it some time and you'll both see the rewards.

Chris

Thank you Ken and Chris. I understand the process part and we are progressing as warranted. Her step back looks too flat footed, so I will look at some video of others on DPF. And we are always staying mindful of drive. I don't tinker too much with her pre-motion but I get what you're saying. I find it's getting the explosion on every pitch that's difficult only because it's a mental attitude cue she doesn't have yet. I pulled her from her 12U rec team as today's softball has left the coach far behind in the dust and none of the girls were learning anything. Plus my season just ended so I can re-start doing the things I was counting on him to be doing. I think once we get into fall ball and she starts getting meaningful circle time, we can see how the mental game develops. To me, that's the key.

Sure, the "thinking" part will come with the mechanics and experience. Thinking too much can be a hinderance (in perspective). As long as she knows a couple of how's and why's, work on the mechanics and continue to consider about developing dynamic fluidity where she'll piece the individual phases into a nice rhythym.

Keep up the good work!

Chris

My observation would be that she gets too closed/facing the catcher at her release causing her to push the ball more than she should. I think she can gain whip and find her release point if she works on maintaining that 45 -52 degree angle at release at bit better. JMHO