- Jul 17, 2012
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Just a question out there to the masses with pitchers who have been throwing the movement pitches.
My DD is 12, playing 14U this year and has survived on Velocity. Last year she added a change that was hit and miss....but just knowing it was there helped her FB. I don't know how well that's going to work for her this year. She's probably in the average 14U velocity range.
She just started working on the roll over drop with her PC. I am pleasantly surprised how well she's picking it up. She's around the strikezone...but often in the dirt before the plate.
My concern is I notice her doing a lot of arm and wrist shaking when she's working on it during practices and at her lessons. Mechanically, she's "safe" as far as my uneducated brain thinks. Arm is tight to the torso at the bottom and the shoulder isn't flying out. Rotation is almost always a dead 12-6 spin and her revs vary from 14 to 17 on the RevFire. It's got the makings of a great out pitch for her......but I'm concerned about how much we should work on it due to the signs I'm seeing. When I ask her, she tells me it doesn't hurt....but she feels tight in her forearm and wrist after a series of a dozen or more in a row. Like I said...it's new to her body...so I'm thinking it's muscles she's using that she's never used before. Is this typical with regard to the new release patterns that the arm might get a little sore/tight....similar to the feeling a weight lifter might have after working a muscle for the first few times??
My DD is 12, playing 14U this year and has survived on Velocity. Last year she added a change that was hit and miss....but just knowing it was there helped her FB. I don't know how well that's going to work for her this year. She's probably in the average 14U velocity range.
She just started working on the roll over drop with her PC. I am pleasantly surprised how well she's picking it up. She's around the strikezone...but often in the dirt before the plate.
My concern is I notice her doing a lot of arm and wrist shaking when she's working on it during practices and at her lessons. Mechanically, she's "safe" as far as my uneducated brain thinks. Arm is tight to the torso at the bottom and the shoulder isn't flying out. Rotation is almost always a dead 12-6 spin and her revs vary from 14 to 17 on the RevFire. It's got the makings of a great out pitch for her......but I'm concerned about how much we should work on it due to the signs I'm seeing. When I ask her, she tells me it doesn't hurt....but she feels tight in her forearm and wrist after a series of a dozen or more in a row. Like I said...it's new to her body...so I'm thinking it's muscles she's using that she's never used before. Is this typical with regard to the new release patterns that the arm might get a little sore/tight....similar to the feeling a weight lifter might have after working a muscle for the first few times??