Pitching injury help needed

[Ken B]

I know it seems counterintuitive, but releasing closer gets the elbow behind the hipbone:

 

[Ken B]

It’s pretty much as simple as this. Do you want her to suffer from having bruises on her arm and insist on brush contact or do you want her to enjoy pitching? And I’m not talking about the left arm at all here. Strictly the throwing arm. And also, I’m still new here and thought I was replying to the original poster. I didn’t even notice someone new said something haha. Oops. I’m just saying that sometimes girls take being told “make sure you brush your shirt“ too literally. We don’t need to be killing ourselves. If they’re getting bruised then something is wrong. Also, we don’t want to “roll around the thigh”. We let the arm come through the throwing zone before the hip does. I’d be happy to go into more detail about this topic with you in messages if you’re interested!

Hi Megan,
Welcome to DFP! It's a really great place to chat, collaborate, learn and help others. There are some amazing folks here and some really great info stored in the stickies.

When you get a chance, I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts about the mechanics used by Abbott, Osterman, Ueno, Garcia, Kleist, Finch or Pauly? All of these pitcher’s hips lead the arm. All of these pitcher’s tuck the elbow in behind the hipbone and allow the forearm to roll around the thigh. Off the top of my head, Barnhill is an example of an elite pitch who had little, if any forearm brush. Waldrop is another.

Thanks ahead,
Ken

 

[BigSkyHi]

2 prior posts that may be useful

Forearm Hitting Hip

This is a new one for me. I have a 14U pitcher with good mechanics, she throws 51-54 with her fastball. She has started to hit her hip with her upper forearm to the point where I am becoming concerned. Right now it's barely tolerable, her arm gets very red and she says there is a little...

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Any miracles? Hitting hip: good pitcher to poor pitcher in 2 weeks

My 12 y/o DD has been hitting her hip consistently the past two weeks rendering her almost un-pitchable. Her coach that we've worked with was unable to see anything wrong with her arm path in videos. Yesterday, I was able to get video of her actually hitting her hip with her forearm. She's...

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[Ken B]

@Meganhereforyou,
Apologies for coming across like a jerk. I really failed miserably for my first interaction and supposed welcome.

I truly would like to understand our different ways of teaching and will try to do better than a rushed and thoughtless response in the future.

Thanks and apologies,
Ken

 

[DrRiello]

@Meganhereforyou,
Apologies for coming across like a jerk. I really failed miserably for my first interaction and supposed welcome.

I truly would like to understand our different ways of teaching and will try to do better than a rushed and thoughtless response in the future.

Thanks and apologies,
Ken

Well we know you are jerky but not a jerk. Lol.
Hope you’re well Ken.


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[Ken B]

Well we know you are jerky but not a jerk. Lol.
Hope you’re well Ken.


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Thanks! Feeling MUCH better! The hardest part is waiting for feeling to return to my lip and teeth! Really annoying!

 

[DrRiello]

Thanks! Feeling MUCH better! The hardest part is waiting for feeling to return to my lip and teeth! Really annoying!

Ah from getting hit. Yeah that must have hurt


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[radness]

Thanks! Feeling MUCH better! The hardest part is waiting for feeling to return to my lip and teeth! Really annoying!

Yikes. Recover quickly!!