The Rise is the Key

[WillyT812]

To throw a good rise you really have to focus on slicing through release with the pinky in an attempt to get under the ball with your fingers. The early initiation or slow developing rotation of the forearm through release will doom a rise ball. So, learning the rise teaches a girl to delay the initiation of rotation. It's this delay keeps the load on the forearm for a longer period of time and causes a much more "violent" turning action causing better spin and speed eventually. My hypothesis is that this is where MANY (not all) girls learn to refine their whip.

 

[mothgirl]

To throw a good rise you really have to focus on slicing through release with the pinky in an attempt to get under the ball with your fingers. The early initiation or slow developing rotation of the forearm through release will doom a rise ball. So, learning the rise teaches a girl to delay the initiation of rotation. It's this delay keeps the load on the forearm for a longer period of time and causes a much more "violent" turning action causing better spin and speed eventually. My hypothesis is that this is where MANY (not all) girls learn to refine their whip.

I Practice Rise because I learned early on it helped me get a better whip. The reasons you stated are the same reasons I started practicing it. I figured it would help me stay loaded and help with a quicker snap. I started getting my dd to do it for the same reasons to get her to stop muscling, stay loaded, better snap.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

For some, throwing a riseball helps with having the orientation of the hand inside the ball at roughly 7-O'Clock ... and hence the realization of whip.