The fastest you can throw doesn’t have a perfect up right posture. It’s actually tilted toward the throwing arm.
76 mph
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It’s not about hip rotation. If it was we would see it. Instead we see the arm getting inside the hips.
Opening rotation is the pitching power source. As Eddie Feigner said in his book, opening is the power source.
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Every decent pitcher opens up, Pickens opens less than a lot of pitchers. There are several drivers of velocity, every pitcher uses a combination that is specific to their own body and mechanics. Being 6'1" helps if the you have the strength to move those long limbs quickly. Pickens bends the rules with her own unique action.
No, not all pitchers open up equally.
We face our target. A BB pitcher and hitter turn to close off. We hold the opening.
It’s not do you open up, like you said. It’s how. Do I hold like hold like Bahl or do I hold like Barnhill, how do I coil.
So no, pitchers are not equal.
Jennifer is different then Bahl.
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are you sure she’s not just throwing a screwball? do you have any other video of her throwing a fastball or a drop?
Gas is gas. 76 mph. Is anybody going to fix it. There is not a perfect mechanics. Kinda like hitting.
That’s the entire thing. It’s a fastball with the fingers and hand position can apply spin at an angle. It’s the way it leaves the fingers. If thrown it might be your fastest pitch. I’ve heard you can apply more leverage. The fingers follow through is the angle of spin imparted on the ball.
So when you have some tilt, you throw inside the back hip the arm in close to apply that leverage. Like inside out.
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