The HE finish I see in the video is forced and not a "true" HE where the pitcher swings the arm free from the body through the power line, leading with the thumb and forcing the ball down with a "snap" finish and HE. An IR pitcher on DD's team does the same thing as the pitcher in this video; actually uses IR/BI but has an HE finish to placate the idiots who tell her she "Has to have a follow through!!!!!!" In the video this pitcher's finish IMO is not hurting anything. If she's throwing 61 with several pitches then hey what more do you want?
Tiny thing; just looking at the plant foot angle pretty much 90 degrees and wondering about the impact on knee over time. You see a lot more like 45 out of many pitchers, and Ueno (and other Japanese hurlers as I understand it) point almost directly toward the plate.
Chicken wing? No way - if you watch lots of great pitchers the elbow comes out like that after contact with the body. It is where it is supposed to be when it is supposed to be there, IMO. The elbow comes out after release, not during so no chicken wing as far as I'm concerned.
Great looking pitcher! Wish my 13 year old had those mechanics but we are working on it and hopefully will get there.
Tiny thing; just looking at the plant foot angle pretty much 90 degrees and wondering about the impact on knee over time. You see a lot more like 45 out of many pitchers, and Ueno (and other Japanese hurlers as I understand it) point almost directly toward the plate.
Chicken wing? No way - if you watch lots of great pitchers the elbow comes out like that after contact with the body. It is where it is supposed to be when it is supposed to be there, IMO. The elbow comes out after release, not during so no chicken wing as far as I'm concerned.
Great looking pitcher! Wish my 13 year old had those mechanics but we are working on it and hopefully will get there.
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