Opinions

[ArmWhip]

Overall her action is pretty good and I have seen plenty of pitchers make this work. I don't think it's necessarily FSR that needs to improve, it's more her posture at landing and release, she's very upright, even forward a bit and I'll bet a rear view would show a hint of monkey butt. I would do some long toss with a cue of staying tall at landing. When doing long toss a pitcher will focus on throwing the ball higher (part of throwing it further), it's important that she do this by leaning back and not just holding on to the ball longer.

 

[Tango]

IMO, late pushing, should be away from the rubber at3 o’clock and her drag leg ankle goes down and in. This causes her to not drag her tie. Fix this and then check other lower body issues. May not have any. I would try to get a little more bend in the arm and work down at 11 o’clock not back.

 

[Sweetclemens]

Shawn it’s amazing at least w my DD, put a whiffle ball in her hand and she looks perfect. Keeps palm up and good lag. However put a softball in her hand and Hello elbow! She too has been struggling w speed. All the experts say keep the palm up and speed comes!


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[Shawn]

The drag foot seems to be an issue. My daughter went through the same thing, and it caused two issues.

1) It slowed her forward momentum down.
2) It caused her to come around her pitches, meaning her arm was less a pure circle than an ellipse. This caused loss of velocity and accuracy.

Once we cured that issue, her speed jumped about 8-9 MPH and accuracy improved significantly. Mind you, it took a good eight months before it all came together.

Yes, I don’t like the drag foot. I think along with the drag the hips/lowerbody opens and gets stuck a little. Like you said there is a timing issue with the lowerbody.

It’s partly camera angle, The back knee isn’t stacked. There’s an issue for sure.

 

[Shawn]

Overall her action is pretty good and I have seen plenty of pitchers make this work. I don't think it's necessarily FSR that needs to improve, it's more her posture at landing and release, she's very upright, even forward a bit and I'll bet a rear view would show a hint of monkey butt. I would do some long toss with a cue of staying tall at landing. When doing long toss a pitcher will focus on throwing the ball higher (part of throwing it further), it's important that she do this by leaning back and not just holding on to the ball longer.

She had monkey butt one time. No the posture isn’t 100% correct. Your correct. To much opening rotation and for a brief second the posture isn’t correct.

 

[Shawn]

IMO, late pushing, should be away from the rubber at3 o’clock and her drag leg ankle goes down and in. This causes her to not drag her tie. Fix this and then check other lower body issues. May not have any. I would try to get a little more bend in the arm and work down at 11 o’clock not back.

Gotcha

 

[Tango]

Gotcha

Sometimes we try to fix things and the cause is more important. If your balance is off, you tend to have less bend in your arms to balance. Hard to get all together

 

[Shawn]

The mother and I were taught to get open and pitch open. Their mother was taught that when she first started. I was never able to fix her lowerbody because she was taught to pivot the back foot to help get sideways.

 

[Sweet Lou]

I'm not a PC so take this with a grain of salt, but it seems she's not getting the best front side resistance and kind of "leaks" through the front side. That will cost her some velocity.

 

[Shawn]

I'm not a PC so take this with a grain of salt, but it seems she's not getting the best front side resistance and kind of "leaks" through the front side. That will cost her some velocity.

Yes, FSR is and issue. She is walking through the pitch to much. I’ve seen worse from her.