Well said, and an excellent tip. I find my self repeating things to my dd I really don't know what they mean but hears them at lessons and think I know. Which is why I am here to get educated.
Why would she demonstrate a different way than she actually throws. Is it that she disagrees with the way it is taught or because she is still learning this and reverted back to her old ways in a hurry?
Why would she demonstrate a different way than she actually throws. Is it that she disagrees with the way it is taught or because she is still learning this and reverted back to her old ways in a hurry?
OK, so for a catcher what is the correct mechanics? DD has struggled with this for a year because every coach tells her something different. Don't point to 2nd or 3rd? I have a picture of a catcher on our team--not my DD. Aside from her grip, does this look about right when preparing to throw?
Gred, there isn't a separate thread on this forum. The softball pitching side is huge... in baseball, the pitching and throwing mechanics correlate and it seems like throwing is greatly overlooked. I know Howard teaching throwing with hitting... hitting mechanics contain a great deal of throwing mechanics (and vice versa) but to be honest there isn't much good info on either.
Something very, very simple in the baseball world that I was blown away by last night (and inspired this thread) was I had two girl in for throwing. On gripped the ball in a way that is considered a 2-seam grip. I stopped her and said, "Why are you throwing with a 2-seam grip and not a 4-seam grip?" She looked at me like I was clinically insane. That is literally the first thing I show a kid when throwing. I wonder of the short throw or the quickness of the game makes people ignore it..... The softball being bigger would increase the wind resistance over a baseball and make the seams catch even more...
The next thing I was baffled by was both girls did throwing demos for me where their hand hit their front hip. From a posture standpoint, this shouldn't be possible. From and arm angle/arm slot standpoint, this shouldn't happen. I've never in my life seen a baseball player hit their front hip with their hand when throwing or doing a demo.
And the last one for now... a simple question: "Does your arm hurt when you throw?" Why did the two girls look at me, kind of shrug and say something to the effect of, "Well, yeah." Arm/shoulder pain was expected and acceptable. ?????????????? Their arms hurt but nobody even asked and never even had an opportunity to explain why. I have video of both players... but it isn't even hard to see why and where their arm hurts when you watch them throw. I can typically watch one throw and pinpoint where the pain in, where they are consistently inaccurate to and what process is needed to fix it.... What pieces of the sequence are missing.