coach, I stated in my post that what they say they are doing may not be what they are actually doing once a video is broken down, I did say that they think about the wrist snap, and maybe that is enough, I don't know. As far as the back arm swing, just because we don't like it or think it is wrong doesn't matter Finch and Osterman both do it, call them up and tell them they are wrong, it works for them, maybe if they were pitching against world class men like Hillhouse does they may get rocked, but they aren't, look at it this way, Bustos batted against both types of pitchers, those with back arm swings and those that hide it, she rocked them all. Just because you and I think they shouldn't do it has no bearing on their success or the batters success or failure against them. As the they girls move up to face better hitting they also become better at pitching, so just because a batter knows that Finch is going to pitch her a rise ball because they see her hand doesn't mean they can hit it does it? Ask all the world class hitters she has faced and struck out, since she showed the pitch they must have known it was coming but still struck out. She became great regardless of a back swing or not. I look at it this way.. in MLB the pitchers show there hand the second it drops out of their glove, so that the hand is seen all the way into the backswing, doesn't seem to matter does it. Albert still strikes out even when he knows what is coming, I see no difference and think it is a non issue. The girls will either do it or won't and they will succeed based on many other things regardless of whether they have a backswing.Just because Finch and Osterman say they do something may not mean that they do it. We are still saddled with some of the old time thinking in fastpitch pitching that has every girl doing the same drills which were first taught 25 years ago and everyone accepts them. One thing in particular that happens is that most female pitchers do the back arm swing. Why? It does not give you extra speed and the hitter can see the ball longer and pitches can be picked easier. But 98% of them use it. Throwing from the glove leads to more consistency in my opinion, which is based on my experience. But can tens of thousands of girl pitchers be wrong?
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