- May 7, 2008
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i have a student who has a mechanics problem ( or so I beleive, tell me if I am wrong). I am working on getting pics from a video and to try to figure out how to post them but figured id ask in words now.
If a "full sidearm pitch" would have the fore arm parallel to the ground and a "proper" fastpitch would have the forearm pointing straght down - so 90 degrees from proper to full. Her arm is roughly 30 degrees away from her body as the ball passes the thigh.
Now it seems to me that her throwing shoulder dips down and to the right of the power line, but its hard to tell if this is casue or effect - after all the arm and shoulder are connected - of the hand position. The elbow is doing pretty well, leading the hand down the back side and all that.
Now my presumption is that this is no good. Right or wrong on this????
Now asusming this partial sidearm is bad and words alone dont seem to make it change. Any ideas on drills or other thoughts on how I can help her.
I have done things like placing her feet spread on the power line with no -stride and just throwing with the arm into the backstop for 25 balls in a row to try to train the feel of the arm - but back to full motion and back to the problem.
The result is a slower than normal pitch and usually one outside or wild as she trys all sort of contortions to figure how to release on an arc at the "right" time.
(player is 14, 5-9, 4 years experience, throwing in the 54/55 range on a jugs gun when the arm stays "good".)
thanks
If a "full sidearm pitch" would have the fore arm parallel to the ground and a "proper" fastpitch would have the forearm pointing straght down - so 90 degrees from proper to full. Her arm is roughly 30 degrees away from her body as the ball passes the thigh.
Now it seems to me that her throwing shoulder dips down and to the right of the power line, but its hard to tell if this is casue or effect - after all the arm and shoulder are connected - of the hand position. The elbow is doing pretty well, leading the hand down the back side and all that.
Now my presumption is that this is no good. Right or wrong on this????
Now asusming this partial sidearm is bad and words alone dont seem to make it change. Any ideas on drills or other thoughts on how I can help her.
I have done things like placing her feet spread on the power line with no -stride and just throwing with the arm into the backstop for 25 balls in a row to try to train the feel of the arm - but back to full motion and back to the problem.
The result is a slower than normal pitch and usually one outside or wild as she trys all sort of contortions to figure how to release on an arc at the "right" time.
(player is 14, 5-9, 4 years experience, throwing in the 54/55 range on a jugs gun when the arm stays "good".)
thanks
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