Advice on DD opening too wide

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Sep 29, 2020
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Ive been trying to work with my DD (11yr) on trying to fix her issue of opening up too wide during her pitching motions. So while i am catching her, Looking straight at her, When she pushes off to stride, Her arm is not whipping in a perfect circle. Im actually loosing sight of her arm as she whips behind her to the side, and shes having to come back around to snap the ball, which is causing the ball to spin in a clock wise spin was its approaching me. Its loosing SOOOO much velocity i have noticed. What can i do to help this?
 
Apr 1, 2021
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Northern VA
Ive been trying to work with my DD (11yr) on trying to fix her issue of opening up too wide during her pitching motions. So while i am catching her, Looking straight at her, When she pushes off to stride, Her arm is not whipping in a perfect circle. Im actually loosing sight of her arm as she whips behind her to the side, and shes having to come back around to snap the ball, which is causing the ball to spin in a clock wise spin was its approaching me. Its loosing SOOOO much velocity i have noticed. What can i do to help this?
My 13yr old DD has had that same issue and continues to battle it. A couple of drills her PC has her work on are arm circles against the wall (example - )

and PVC pipe

(ex - ).

This site also has some great resources in the Pitching Forum...paricularly this thread https://www.discussfastpitch.com/threads/i-r-in-the-classroom.10321/.
 
Mar 19, 2009
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Southern California
Great questions and lots of knowledgeable and helpful coaches on this site that can help but without video we can only guess. Is it a stride , arm circle , or snap question? With the stride, I like the pitcher to lift the leg with the hip.
 

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