JJsqueeze
Dad, Husband....legend
It might help to take her out to a pond and have her skip stones. There is no way to skip stones without a whip...
Beat me to it. This is fun and she doesn't even have to know its practice.
It might help to take her out to a pond and have her skip stones. There is no way to skip stones without a whip...
My daughter just cant seem to get the feeling of I/R she basically keeps your arm straight and more or less pushes the ball at release. I have read all the I/R classromm threads and many others.
Allowing the elbow to release from the side SLIGHTLY as we E/R the forearm and wrist to 9:00,
Sorry to continue the hijack, but I was just thinking that when skipping rocks, the forearm starts supinated and really doesn't rotate much relative to the upper arm all the way through release. I've got a recent photo on a card of older DD skipping a rock in MT. Her arm appears to be either dislocated at every joint, or made of rubber!
"Reading" the I/R in the classroom thread won't help you.........DOING THE DRILLS will.........
It is ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE to do the the "lock it in drill" with a straight arm..........
IF you do what is explained in the "unlock it" drill.......The arm cannot be straight.......
These drills are DESIGNED to train "bent elbow" bio-mechanics to throw the ball..........
The liberty drill has the upper arm level to the ground and the forearm almost vertical to the sky......Elbow bent to approx. 120 degrees.
So I believe you when you said you've "read" the threads.........I'd suggest you stop reading and start doing.......
These 3 progressive drills are the fastest way I know of to allow a student to LEARN AND FEEL I/R WHIP........Do them often......And do them CORRECTLY every time..........
Don't do anything else with the motion until she can throw at 75-100% effort from the liberty drill position WITHOUT the bio-mechanics breaking down.........
Now get out there and teach your kid to WHIP the ball.........
I agree that skipping stones require's some killer whip, but I dare you to try it starting palm up!