Bad glove arm habit, drills to get rid of it..help.

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May 25, 2012
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Bad glove arm habit, drills to get rid of it..VIDEO ADDED

My 14u DD pitcher has developed a bad habit of using her fly/glove arm to open up to the plate, she throws it directly out to the side of her as she gets ready to release. She seems to be using this instead of legs pushing with her hips to open up to the plate.

Here is a picture of her doing this: LINK To Pic
Video of her pitching: Video

Thanks
 
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Jan 27, 2010
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You can have her do her pitching motion with her glove side against a wall. This may not correct the problem but will tell her at what point that her arm starts to leave the powerline. She will have to make a conscience effort to bring the arm down to the glove side. If she has been doing this for some time, it may take a lot of repetitions to overcome the habit.
I would also work on her stride foot landing toe first.
 
Jun 20, 2008
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One easy drill that can be done almost anywhere and almost anytime is pitching into her own glove...any drills and all the way to the full motion with leg drive right into her own glove over and over and over...
 
Bad Glove arm.

One easy drill that can be done almost anywhere and almost anytime is pitching into her own glove...any drills and all the way to the full motion with leg drive right into her own glove over and over and over...

Go to fastpitch.tv and look up Bill Hillhouse 183 as he teaches Pitch to your glove from all pitching progressions.
 
Jan 25, 2011
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also,in the picture you posted,she looks like she is dragging her foot like a anchor.Needs to get up on her toes,rather then whole side of foot.Also (sanchosj) is spot on about the Hillhouse drill.
 
Jul 26, 2010
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The term "open", means that the pitcher is sideways to the catcher, in something that resembles a jumping jack position (or a K). From the pics you posted, it looks like she remains closed (chest facing the catcher) the entire time she pitches. She probably "pulls" her shoulder through as she anchors her back foot, rather then "dropping" her back shoulder as she collapses her rear leg into the the drag staying "open". Her torque and mechanics are making her force her glove arm out to keep her balance. This is just a guess, as there is no video.

Glove swimming is almost always a result of something earlier in the pitching motion. It's also important to note that many good pitchers swim a little (though not as drastic as this pic).

-W
 
May 7, 2008
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Ouch. I can see why you don't want her doing that. I teach that the glove should be in a similar position as her overhand throw. I bet she isn't doing that, when throwing overhand. So, I would do "over and unders." She steps in front over the plate and throws overhand to you, then underhand, etc.

Also, in an extreme case like your daughters, I took 2 fiberglass construction poles (Lowes) and put them in the ground beside her and strung a string between them - so, when she would fly out like that, her arm would hit the string.

Thirdly, work on underhand long toss, so that she has to drive towards you. Good luck.
 
Ouch. I can see why you don't want her doing that. I teach that the glove should be in a similar position as her overhand throw. I bet she isn't doing that, when throwing overhand. So, I would do "over and unders." She steps in front over the plate and throws overhand to you, then underhand, etc.

Also, in an extreme case like your daughters, I took 2 fiberglass construction poles (Lowes) and put them in the ground beside her and strung a string between them - so, when she would fly out like that, her arm would hit the string.

Thirdly, work on underhand long toss, so that she has to drive towards you. Good luck.

With the Overhand throw the glove are is pulled to the chest.With the underhand throw the glove should be coimg down to glove side leg.watch a baseball pitcher then a softball pitcher!!!!!!
 
Mar 11, 2009
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Go to fastpitch.tv and look up Bill Hillhouse 183 as he teaches Pitch to your glove from all pitching progressions.

Its Bill Hillhouse 143 not 183...Thanks for posting this cuz I like the videos..
 
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Oct 22, 2009
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The term "open", means that the pitcher is sideways to the catcher, in something that resembles a jumping jack position (or a K). From the pics you posted, it looks like she remains closed (chest facing the catcher) the entire time she pitches. She probably "pulls" her shoulder through as she anchors her back foot, rather then "dropping" her back shoulder as she collapses her rear leg into the the drag staying "open". Her torque and mechanics are making her force her glove arm out to keep her balance. This is just a guess, as there is no video.

Glove swimming is almost always a result of something earlier in the pitching motion. It's also important to note that many good pitchers swim a little (though not as drastic as this pic).

-W

Looks this way to me, looks like her shoulders may be closed by the time she releases the ball.
I would suggest K-drills, wall drills, and sideways one leg drills to get her to feel more open with the shoulders. Get her to whip the arm through and not use the shoulders to throw the ball.
 

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