The last I knew she already had an amazing pitching coach.....
He is pretty amazing.
The last I knew she already had an amazing pitching coach.....
Don't be shy about getting video and posting it here. We are all about constructive focused comments while showing you exactly what we are talking about and explaining it until you understand it. Some closer up video could help but here are few thing.
First...I don't think we are looking at a major project with huge overhauls needed. Overall she looks pretty sound mechanically but just needs some work around the edges...the off season is here and this is the perfect time to make small improvements now that will pay dividends next season. Follow through is not one of them.
given the angle and distance this is the biggest thing I noticed.
She has to fix the issue with her rear foot. It looks like it is turning and digging into the ground like an anchor. Watch minutes 4-5 for a good explanation but keep watching whole thing for drills at the end (if you have questions about anything else Bill says feel free to ask). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2E4rlUNiBI This is hurting her on several levels, not getting as good a drive a she could and probably keeping her hip from fully releasing. Have her try this get fully extended like she would be at foot plant feet far apart with her foot sideways and heel on the ground just like in the picture. Now have her pick up her heel so only her toe is on the ground and laces to the catcher...like Bill explains in the video and let her feel her hip release it should be pretty noticeable. She should look like Amanda in the still below(disregard the blue line it was for something else focus on back foot). Now have her do the first two drills Bill talks about making sure her heel is off the ground.
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I have been very fortunate to have been able to work with Rick Pauly.
The only reason she brings that foot forward after the pitch is because she was told by someone that she won't be able to field without squaring up afterwards.
Exactly on of the two problems I have seen…She starts her pitch by turning that drive foot…something that was taught a long time ago that has been an issue to correct. My husband seems to think it isn't a problem to address, just her preference. The thing I see it starts a whole chain reaction….it causes her to open too early….takes away some power by recruiting her inner leg muscles when she would get more power from her quads…also causes a lag in her drive which means she waste energy of having to drag that leg…it also decreases her drive speed. Correct me if I am wrong.
There is also another problem I see as well….I will see if I am right.
I was recently told that if this great coach allowed my daughter to work with him, he will add another 5 mph on her pitch. He said she needed to follow through…ever since then, I keep hearing, "she needs to follow through". My husband even said that the coaches are coaches because they know what they are doing and I need to stop making it about, "what I want, it isn't about me but her. Everyone pitches differently and mechanics is not absolute…people make mechanics and each persons mechanics is different." With saying that, here is video of my daughter…I do have an idea of what she needs to work on but I am keeping it to myself to get an unbiased opinion.[video]https://youtu.be/5hTUMT-epoA[/video]
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The only reason she brings that foot forward after the pitch is because she was told by someone that she won't be able to field without squaring up afterwards.
Now with so many people saying she needs to follow through, my husband thinks that they have a valid point.
If this is something you decide to focus on the way I ended it was without even trying, it stopped immediately as a by product of another fix - we decided to get her a bit more centered as she started her drive based on viewing videos and I'm pretty sure it was in old threads by BM - so she added a small slide of her right foot toward the center of the pitching rubber at the beginning of the drive and voila no time for turning the foot out AND her drive seems stronger and in a better position in the pitching lane. For us it was something she was able to add by just practicing in her room last winter for a few weeks and it stuck - possibly because it's premotion and not buried in the middle of the motion where it might be a harder fix.
Poor Whitney Canion...the All-American pitcher from Baylor. If only someone had told her, maybe she would have been better. Go to the 15 second mark in this video and watch Whitney expertly play a bunt...
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Pitchers are the worst fielders on the team... The ball gets hit, and they watch someone else make the play. Hopefully, they remember to duck on
throws. Their mitts are primarily is to knock the ball down before it hits them.
When she learns other pitches, she will have different follow throughs.