To corkscrew spin or not?

[redhotcoach]

I was just watching nancy evan's dvd again. In her defense (if a u of arizona coach needs it) she say's "pitcher's that learn the corkscrew bullet spin as their first pitch, learn the rise ball in half the time of those that learn the peel drop." I really don't think she teaches as a pitch to be using in high school etc. just a precursure to learning movement pitches.

 

[Mark H]

Yes, that's the way Timmons teaches it as well and the more flexible of his kids have very good rise spin. Good drop spin too but it's a hard roll drop and yes I understand the roll happens after release. Seems to work fine but I think if you tried to teach a peel drop after learning bullet spin as your base pitch, you might have trouble separating the two motor patterns. It's not the way I would teach it but Timmon's kids end up with great drops and, as I said, the more flexible kids end up with good rise spin. So they throw drop, rise, change and maybe curve, screw, drop curve and the like. Bullet spin ends up being seen early in warm ups and never in games for the advanced pitchers in this protocol. Again, I'm not arguing for this. I'm offering a point of information.