I think those 2 different cues might be what I was most curious about. If you keep the ball with the glove all the way up to 1 o'clock it means that the ball hand can never go faster than the glove hand during the upside of the pitching motion.I say about 3. 2 at the latest so you can pull the ball back. Word of caution when teaching this method: cue “keep the glove with the ball” not “keep the ball in the glove.” I’ve seen the former lead to a girl messing up her arm circle as her glove pulled the ball with it!
You got it - It's one way to slow down the arm circle to help with timing. I also use it to help girls with excessive "swim" hence "keep the glove with the ball" vs. "keep the ball in the glove." It kind of gets both halves of the brain on the same page LOL. It can take a while though. I like to tell them to start by covering the backswing with the glove rather than a two arm backswing or parking the glove on their belly. Once they have that down we try to lose the back swing, but they'll usually still punch the ball out of the glove as soon as they start going forward. Take your time doing it - it's quite the change over!I think those 2 different cues might be what I was most curious about. If you keep the ball with the glove all the way up to 1 o'clock it means that the ball hand can never go faster than the glove hand during the upside of the pitching motion.