- Jan 21, 2022
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So I have been a pitcher all my life. I went to college to pitch. Won a state tournament pitching 43 games in a high school season. Won Gatorade Player of the Year for TN in 2013. I know A LOT about pitching and what it takes to be a pitcher. I have been doing lessons for a VERY long time, too. There are very few problems I cannot fix or do not know how to fix.
Anyways, I have been giving lessons to the same girl for about 5 years now. I have never had any mechanical problems out of her until she grew about 6 inches and now cannot stop bending her arm like excessively. She has always been one of the top pitchers of mine. Practices all the time, does anything you ask her to do, plays high level travel ball, and has the absolute best attitude you can ever want.
I have tried fixing her glove hand thinking that its pulling out and pulling her shoulder and hip out which could make her hand bend like that.
I tried putting her against a wall and pitching so she can feel her arm stay tight to her body.
I have tried arm circles up close. TONS of arm circle drills.
I bought a tool to put on her leg so when she pitches she must touch it to know she was close to her body.
I tried working on hand positioning.
Working on fixing her arm circle cause she started changing it and going around her head.
Keep in mind she NEVER used to do any of this. It literally happened over night.
She is an 8th grader, so still very young. Throws mid 50's, but not she is releasing the ball way outside her body and putting stress on her rotator cuff, shoulder, elbow especially, and basically just her whole arm.
She lost about 10 sometimes even 15 miles per hour on ALL her pitches.
She cant throw anything accurate at all.
She is pretty aggressive off the mound and has pretty good push. I know it has something to do with her WHIP or through her K part of her motion.
I have made her to every whip drill possible. We have worked with noodles.
I made her take a break during December because I thought it was mental.
I contacted my pitching coach and have done everything she said.
I am aware she is too far away from her hip coming back and forward through the beginning of her motion. We have worked on that over and over again.
Like I said. I have NOOOO clue if its because she is growing too fast and can't feel her body, but I need help.
But heres the kicker.
1. She can do her motion beautifully up close and slow. I have NO clue how but its pretty close to perfect.
and 2. She thinks she is keeping her arm long when its bent that much. Like she can't feel what she is doing. (and like I said, she has ALWAYS been able to feel what she's doing because she has been taught correctly.)
Every picture is of a fastball.
She keeps snapping it almost like a screw just way away from her hip. Sometimes its like a curve. I am at a loss. I can try to send pictures of her when she was like 10 or 11 to show you what it used to look like also to prove this bad habit started basically overnight.
Anyways, I have been giving lessons to the same girl for about 5 years now. I have never had any mechanical problems out of her until she grew about 6 inches and now cannot stop bending her arm like excessively. She has always been one of the top pitchers of mine. Practices all the time, does anything you ask her to do, plays high level travel ball, and has the absolute best attitude you can ever want.
I have tried fixing her glove hand thinking that its pulling out and pulling her shoulder and hip out which could make her hand bend like that.
I tried putting her against a wall and pitching so she can feel her arm stay tight to her body.
I have tried arm circles up close. TONS of arm circle drills.
I bought a tool to put on her leg so when she pitches she must touch it to know she was close to her body.
I tried working on hand positioning.
Working on fixing her arm circle cause she started changing it and going around her head.
Keep in mind she NEVER used to do any of this. It literally happened over night.
She is an 8th grader, so still very young. Throws mid 50's, but not she is releasing the ball way outside her body and putting stress on her rotator cuff, shoulder, elbow especially, and basically just her whole arm.
She lost about 10 sometimes even 15 miles per hour on ALL her pitches.
She cant throw anything accurate at all.
She is pretty aggressive off the mound and has pretty good push. I know it has something to do with her WHIP or through her K part of her motion.
I have made her to every whip drill possible. We have worked with noodles.
I made her take a break during December because I thought it was mental.
I contacted my pitching coach and have done everything she said.
I am aware she is too far away from her hip coming back and forward through the beginning of her motion. We have worked on that over and over again.
Like I said. I have NOOOO clue if its because she is growing too fast and can't feel her body, but I need help.
But heres the kicker.
1. She can do her motion beautifully up close and slow. I have NO clue how but its pretty close to perfect.
and 2. She thinks she is keeping her arm long when its bent that much. Like she can't feel what she is doing. (and like I said, she has ALWAYS been able to feel what she's doing because she has been taught correctly.)
Every picture is of a fastball.
She keeps snapping it almost like a screw just way away from her hip. Sometimes its like a curve. I am at a loss. I can try to send pictures of her when she was like 10 or 11 to show you what it used to look like also to prove this bad habit started basically overnight.
