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Look up I/R Recoil on here somewhere.........You'll get it........
Look up I/R Recoil on here somewhere.........You'll get it........
The simple fact that someone's elbow moves forward from the rib cage toward the target after release, which is natural and CORRECT, being combined with some flexion at the elbow joint AFTER release, DOES NOT, in and of itself, have anything to do with creating a delivery method that is dependent on BENDING THE ELBOW TOWARD THE BICEP TO PROPEL THE BALL........
I think the reason we are throwing around words like "afterthought" and "superfluous" is that my (very) rudimentary understanding tells me that no matter which ear the hand winds up next to, the will be "pointing at the target," so to speak (e.g., Hillhouse finishes at his non-throwing side ear, with elbow bent and "pointing at the target"). So, it looks like a conscious effort by Finch and Scarborough to end at the throwing-side ear instead.
In looking at video to see who finished at which ear, I also wondered how Osterman never hurt herself stopping her arm the way she did. Baseball PCs generally teach not to try to put on the brakes like that.