Good evening, I'm new to the board as a poster, but have been reading many threads as a guest for awhile. My DD is 12 and has been pitching for about 2 years. We haven't used a PC, it's been myself watching Bill Hillhouse seminars and buying his DVD, and then translating that info to my DD as we practice together.
With my pocket radar, she has pitched 47-48 consistently since last summer, but has seemed to max out there. We've recently been putting more focus on I/R and fine-tuning mechanics (she has hit 50 a few times). I downloaded the Hudl Techniques app on my phone to try to use video as a tool and it's definitely raised many questions for both her and I.
This is her at a scrimmage (she has a sweatshirt on, which of course is not ideal, but the wind chill was freezing cold yesterday in the Northeast!) What I noticed is that she really doesn't leap off the rubber, more of just a step. (this is a normal speed video. The Hudl app is a great app, but using it with my phone I don't really get good slow motion. It's difficult to see)
[video]https://youtu.be/vly_CfviGYk[/video]
And this was this afternoon trying to figure out how we can get a better push off. She was getting a little frustrated with me because it seems to be throwing all her timing off and I really couldn't figure out what we needed to do.
[video]https://youtu.be/KEVhZtn-cQk[/video]
She knows I have been visiting this forum and said to me after our practice today (when I ran out of ideas) "Can you send this to someone on there who KNOWS what they are doing and can tell me what to do!?" And I have to agree, I'm at a loss. Does she need a backswing to be able to generate a more powerful push off?? It seems all of the drills I found incorporate a backswing as a method to generate a rhythm for more power. But adding a backswing now seems like a major overhaul. I want to help her as opposed to messing her up! But she is also frustrated that she has seemed to plateau. Can anyone give me some pointers of where to begin?
Thank you for your time.
Randy
With my pocket radar, she has pitched 47-48 consistently since last summer, but has seemed to max out there. We've recently been putting more focus on I/R and fine-tuning mechanics (she has hit 50 a few times). I downloaded the Hudl Techniques app on my phone to try to use video as a tool and it's definitely raised many questions for both her and I.
This is her at a scrimmage (she has a sweatshirt on, which of course is not ideal, but the wind chill was freezing cold yesterday in the Northeast!) What I noticed is that she really doesn't leap off the rubber, more of just a step. (this is a normal speed video. The Hudl app is a great app, but using it with my phone I don't really get good slow motion. It's difficult to see)
[video]https://youtu.be/vly_CfviGYk[/video]
And this was this afternoon trying to figure out how we can get a better push off. She was getting a little frustrated with me because it seems to be throwing all her timing off and I really couldn't figure out what we needed to do.
[video]https://youtu.be/KEVhZtn-cQk[/video]
She knows I have been visiting this forum and said to me after our practice today (when I ran out of ideas) "Can you send this to someone on there who KNOWS what they are doing and can tell me what to do!?" And I have to agree, I'm at a loss. Does she need a backswing to be able to generate a more powerful push off?? It seems all of the drills I found incorporate a backswing as a method to generate a rhythm for more power. But adding a backswing now seems like a major overhaul. I want to help her as opposed to messing her up! But she is also frustrated that she has seemed to plateau. Can anyone give me some pointers of where to begin?
Thank you for your time.
Randy