Uneo appears to me to also do this so I couldn't say for sure that it isn't the way to go.
Windmill
I would suggest Ueno and Cat as excellent efficient bio-mechanical models for windmill pitching.
Uneo appears to me to also do this so I couldn't say for sure that it isn't the way to go.
Most would say these guidelines are low but I prefer to think of them as free of message board hype. I think 50+ MPH is fast for a 12yo.
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Sorry!
I don't understand how you can have good mechanics and not have some speed. All other factors like size and strength being the same. I understand what mechanical flaws you can have and not have control (although I think the whole pitching motion is pretty simple and don't know how you could have more than maybe two flaws). Also, if you do have good mechanics, what "flaws" could you fix to gain speed?
Sorry, this sounds kind of snotty when I read it, it is not suppose to be, I am just trying to learn.
Sorry!
I don't understand how you can have good mechanics and not have some speed. All other factors like size and strength being the same. I understand what mechanical flaws you can have and not have control (although I think the whole pitching motion is pretty simple and don't know how you could have more than maybe two flaws). Also, if you do have good mechanics, what "flaws" could you fix to gain speed?
Sorry, this sounds kind of snotty when I read it, it is not suppose to be, I am just trying to learn.
Everything I have ever read states that at this age (12U-14U), it is easier to throw fast with incorrect mechanics, than it is to throw fast with correct mechanics.
But eventually you will hit a wall that you cannot overcome, and will have to re-learn the correct mechanics all over again. Not an easy task if they've been doing id fo 4-6 years, from the beginning