Full disclosure- I know her pretty well! She has been blessed with an athletic body and great desire. But she has also been the beneficiary of some incredibly knowledgeable and giving instructors- Rick and Sarah Pauly, Denny Tincher, Austin Murray, Rich Balswick, and now Coach Torina! They have all been so patient and kind to help her. I would not recommend this pre motion for younger pitchers as it takes good body control and fitness, and a decent grasp of the basic fundamentals. This was arrived at through trial and error, and is due to a desire to maintain strong leg drive while eliminating backswing. I believe it is a work in progress, but she seems to getting comfortable with it.
I've been working with some of my pitchers on keeping the back leg locked and loaded, to create the forward lean. Lots of them get it and it's not hard for them. My dd is not one of these, she does everything to not lean forward and it's hurting lots of others things in her mechanics, it breaks the chain right from the get go (I think).
I like that this girl gets a great drive without keeping that back leg "loaded", cuz it shows me that there is more then one way to get it done. I guess I should add, she does look like she's loading the back leg, it's just she's doing it her own way.
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