- Sep 28, 2015
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My DD is 11 and going into first yr 12u and a little over 2 yrs of pitching at TB. In 10u her FB was above average and her CU was inconsistent but she still threw it a lot with plenty of success. Her CU would float and she got away with it due to her FB being fast enough to rush batters.
We visited knightsb and he quickly pointed out that she was losing a lot of speed by internally rotating her arm outside of her hip and turning her shoulder into the throw so she was not coming across her body. She was getting some benefit of IR and speed but she was muscling through any chance of a whip and coming out front with the release. So we are working on back-chaining the throw and getting a strong hold on it before taking a few breaks this winter (the drive will be a spring focus when she goes full motion).
After 1 month working full time on this the positives are that when she is throwing to me she can definitely snap a whiffle and the most notable difference is when she has tried a CU it is much faster at the correct speed and more rotation.
I would like some better trained eyes to tell us how close that she is to getting it right? My thought is that she nearly has it but she is still tightening her arm at the bottom of the circle and carrying it thru the whip (her finish looks forced). She needs to loosen the arm and practice throwing it at the ground and then work into the whip. Also is the posture causing whip problems or is there a throwing problem causing the posture issue?
https://youtu.be/A7aSXKBDRe4
We visited knightsb and he quickly pointed out that she was losing a lot of speed by internally rotating her arm outside of her hip and turning her shoulder into the throw so she was not coming across her body. She was getting some benefit of IR and speed but she was muscling through any chance of a whip and coming out front with the release. So we are working on back-chaining the throw and getting a strong hold on it before taking a few breaks this winter (the drive will be a spring focus when she goes full motion).
After 1 month working full time on this the positives are that when she is throwing to me she can definitely snap a whiffle and the most notable difference is when she has tried a CU it is much faster at the correct speed and more rotation.
I would like some better trained eyes to tell us how close that she is to getting it right? My thought is that she nearly has it but she is still tightening her arm at the bottom of the circle and carrying it thru the whip (her finish looks forced). She needs to loosen the arm and practice throwing it at the ground and then work into the whip. Also is the posture causing whip problems or is there a throwing problem causing the posture issue?
https://youtu.be/A7aSXKBDRe4
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