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  1. CoachDanBlewett

    Throwing Mechanics Questions?

    Hi everyone, I'm Dan. I own a baseball and softball academy in Illinois called Warbird Training Academy. I also own www.snapsoftball.com and do a lot of work with both baseball pitchers (I'm a former pro) and softball players on their throwing. I have a YouTube channel dedicated primarily to...
  2. G

    Water Bottle Drill Question

    Since it was mentioned in another recent "Softball Training" thread - I have a question on the Wasserman Water Bottle Drill (WBD - or maybe the WWBD?). I downloaded the pdf, and am wondering about the right-side image shown on page 6, labeled "Step 1: Initial Movement". It shows Wasserman...
  3. A

    Throwing aids

    My DD is having some problems with her throw. None of her coaches can tell me exactly what she is doing wrong, just that she's not doing it right. I can't find anything really online to help her with her proper throwing technique. The only thing I really found was the Throw Max, which has good...
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    Fontana, CA ~ Tuesday Night Fielding Clinic 10U & 12U 5:30-6:30

    First 20 students ONLY April special $25 Today & tomorrow sign up online. Weekly clinic will Improve & develop quicker footwork approach & release, staying in control, positional movements, Short hops, angles, back hands, cutoffs & much more 10U-12U 5:30-6:30pm @ Southridge Park...
  5. druer

    Warming up like you want to play the game

    A huge part of success involves actually warming up like you expect to play the game. Yet teams spend tons of timing throwing and catching in a quiet environment just staring straight at each other. An environment that they will NEVER be in once the game starts. This brief video demonstrates a...
  6. S

    Throwing issues! Please help!

    I have always had the problem of throwing 'side arm' and turning my body. My school team is one of the best in the state, and even made it to the state championship, but we lost by one run. Anyway, the coach is very good and taught me how to fix it. Well I fixed it, and was throwing 'over the...
  7. A

    Protecting throwing arm / Pronation at young age

    I have a 2001 team and we have been playing for about a year and a half. We are now moving up to 12U. I have never really worked on throwing mechanics and the girls and they have all kinds of different throwing patterns. We as a team decided to have closed practices to work on throwing...
  8. J

    Throwing Mechanics Reference?

    DD is starting to catch and is having trouble making the throw to second. We've been working throwing mechanics over the winter, but I'm not seeing much improvement yet. It makes me wonder if I'm missing something. Does anyone have a good reference sheet with the talking points of what makes...

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