Bungee cord for pitching
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Have you looked for SKLZ Recoil 360. I think they list for $39 but can be purchased cheaper on ebay or other sites.
Does this work? Leg drive is going to be our main focus this winter.
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Pc uses the colored shock bands that you can get for exercising. Then attaches these to a weight lifting belt and attaches this to the wall.
This works well except for when they break it can be dangerous. Luckily nobody got anything worse than a snap red mark from it.
This works well except for when they break it can be dangerous. Luckily nobody got anything worse than a snap red mark from it.
Exercise band is what we also use. We got one that looks like a jump rope and cut one of the handles off, so when it breaks it is just the band slapping me not a plastic handle. Also you can inspect them every time, you will notice stress cracks that will tell you time to trash.
Curious....what is it you are trying to accomplish with the leg drive focus?
How far out she can land? Speed of leg drive? Create some energy? Height of leg drive? Ability of the landing leg to stabilize and create front side resistance? Ability to time landing heal plant with the arm circle being at a certain point? Angularity of the leg relative to upper torso when it lands? Angularity of the foot when it lands? Toe touch down first or heal first?
There are a lot of things to consider relative to leg drive. Bungees are ok but there is a lot more to it than one simple tool will assist with.
How far out she can land? Speed of leg drive? Create some energy? Height of leg drive? Ability of the landing leg to stabilize and create front side resistance? Ability to time landing heal plant with the arm circle being at a certain point? Angularity of the leg relative to upper torso when it lands? Angularity of the foot when it lands? Toe touch down first or heal first?
There are a lot of things to consider relative to leg drive. Bungees are ok but there is a lot more to it than one simple tool will assist with.
Rick, we used the bungees when we first started talking to DD about using her legs more and driving off the rubber. I want to say I did the drill 2 or 3 times. It was simply to get her to feel herself using her legs. I did not want to create any bad habits, so it quickly went away. I was fearful that it would be counter productive to the longer stride we were trying to get from her. I found that the run through drill accomplished more for her leg drive and was more realistic movements.
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I had a friend give me an old weight lifting belt, purchased an exercise ban from a local rehab center, they have them in rolls with different tensions, fixed a hook to one end to clip on a fence and the other tied to the belt. I don’t remember what I gave for the ban, but not more than $10.00.
