Pitcher

[NJSwampdragons]

Not sure if this worthy of a "shameless brag post" or not, but I thought it was pretty cool. 12 year old DD hit 57 and was consistently at 56 at pitching practice last night. The weird thing is, this jump in her velocity (from around 52 mph) was
brought on by a hover board crash that hurt her hip and forced her to change her pitching mechanics.

How did her mechanics change after the hoverboard crash? Great speed for 12-U.

 

[jdint]

How did her mechanics change after the hoverboard crash? Great speed for 12-U.

Thanks, the crash caused her to be in quite a bit of pain for a week or two, so in order to practice she simplified (best way i can describe it) her drive out. She is now much more of a "slow and go" pitcher. Before she was very hectic right from the beginning of her drive out and all this energy wasn't getting directed into the actual pitch.