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I am the father of a 12 y/o pitcher. She has been pitching for a couple of years. She has one bad habit that I can't get rid of. She bends at her waist at release.
Her bend happens after her front foot hits the ground and her arm is in its downward path to release.
Recently a friend suggested that she "shut the door." He explained that his daughters pitching coach suggests that she closes her hips at release. Her hips close from facing third to facing home. We are working through the IR in the classroom drills and added one movement to her hips just after release. She can't close her hips and bend at the waist so in the "show and throw" drill she stays standing unbent. She says that it feels like she is throwing the ball with her hips.
This seems like success but I want the opinion of others on closing the hips. Closing her hips gives her a better chance of brush interference. Am I creating one bad habit to get rid of another?
Thanks.
I am the father of a 12 y/o pitcher. She has been pitching for a couple of years. She has one bad habit that I can't get rid of. She bends at her waist at release.
Her bend happens after her front foot hits the ground and her arm is in its downward path to release.
Recently a friend suggested that she "shut the door." He explained that his daughters pitching coach suggests that she closes her hips at release. Her hips close from facing third to facing home. We are working through the IR in the classroom drills and added one movement to her hips just after release. She can't close her hips and bend at the waist so in the "show and throw" drill she stays standing unbent. She says that it feels like she is throwing the ball with her hips.
This seems like success but I want the opinion of others on closing the hips. Closing her hips gives her a better chance of brush interference. Am I creating one bad habit to get rid of another?
Thanks.