I want their body to be the center of their arm action. Like this... and not throwing across their bodies.
Tanner 12, first year at 12u
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That’s fair. But understand what you want them to be and what works best for them could be two different things. Like mentioned before....try everything. Keep what works. Throw away what doesn’t.
Their mother was taught to open up and pivot the body open with turning the back foot by John Gay. She became a good pitcher regardless of how I tried to correct her. She did the monkey butt or clearing the pelvis for her arm action.
BTW. These are my nieces kids. I’m simple known as uncle Shawn.
Their mother was taught to open up and pivot the body open with turning the back foot by John Gay. She became a good pitcher regardless of how I tried to correct her. She did the monkey butt or clearing the pelvis for her arm action.
BTW. These are my nieces kids. I’m simple known as uncle Shawn.
DD’s PC approaches the position with K.I.S.S. There are some non-negotiable mechanics and then there is individual style. Much like hitting. And it’s crazy how the two things (pitching and hitting) share similarities.
For DD....it was a process of unlearning old teachings and relearning a foundation that let her grow correctly. Mr. Hillhouse and I have had some brief discussions on his style versus what DD’s PC teaches. For DD....we’ve ended up incorporating a mixture of both. It works for her.
The thing I love about pitching is that once the foundation is built it’s very stylistic.
Pitching can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it. My suggestion for your nieces...keep it simple now and build the house. Then tweak from there.
Hunter
I have been letting them improve naturally.
I have been letting them improve naturally.
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They look good so far! I’d say some easy(ish) adjustments and they’ll be rolling.
Improvements and needs work on arm whip. Pushing the ball in the down swing. Next practice, I will only focus on arm whip and the swim of the glove arm.
Wow, what an improvement already. Keep pushing her. Maybe you have, but always set goals for the girls. Then once those are met set new ones.
This is me nit-picking but I'd try to get her to position her drag foot more on the tips of her toes rather than the inside of the big toe. That will help with the hip and decrease whatever anchor feeling may be left. But, again, huge improvement here from the last video you posted.
I'd also push her to get a little deeper on her drive leg. There's more power there that she isn't tapping into yet. I always tell DD....let the bottom half help your top half. Don't use only half of the body to do the whole job.
Any reason for not utilizing a step-back or start-back position?
This is me nit-picking but I'd try to get her to position her drag foot more on the tips of her toes rather than the inside of the big toe. That will help with the hip and decrease whatever anchor feeling may be left. But, again, huge improvement here from the last video you posted.
I'd also push her to get a little deeper on her drive leg. There's more power there that she isn't tapping into yet. I always tell DD....let the bottom half help your top half. Don't use only half of the body to do the whole job.
Any reason for not utilizing a step-back or start-back position?
Yes, It’s nice to video and coach them with a catcher. I coach them because their mother is to hard on them and doesn’t have the patience I have. It’s the old parent kid thing. The girls love me, I always encourage them and praise them.
