Pull down or pull in?

[mothgirl]

So my dd has a huge problem with muscling her pitches. She's not always done this, but recently it's gotten bad. I've tried to be very careful about what I tell her and other kids on our team when coaching the pitchers, trying to figure out what's right? I was telling her to pull the ball down, but that's not working and I'm not sure that's what I'm doing when I pitch? When I pitch, and I think about pulling down its not really what I feel I'm doing. I feel like I'm pulling into my side, not down. so I started to tell her instead of pulling down "pull triceps into side while keeping the rest of the arm loose" she's very literal. I also wonder if u should be saying to pull at all? I just don't know


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[Rick Pauly]

I really like the simplicity of "let the arm whip".

 

[Ken B]

The trick is finding a cue that works for each kid. Rick's cue is much easier to relate to than pulling, adducting, etc...

 

[riseball]

My DD says her arm is her "noodle". Keep it loose and whip it.

 

[coach james]

One of my favorite verbal ques is to remind them to keep the palms oriented up as the elbow leads the rotation.... this will allow for a very loose and natural whip to occur. Once this becomes muscle memory, then you can focus on more finger snap.