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That’s great glad to hear she is pain free.... I will have to check the Marshall mechanics out.... Never heard of it before.
You made me go down memory lane and go back and watch some old videos. She played 14u rec baseball when she was 11 and 12. She mowed kids down with the junk she could throw. Anyhow, Marshall mechanics is a somewhat hot button topic in the baseball world, at least it was. In short, Mike Marshall, 1974 Cy young winner, pioneered a new throwing motion designed for safety. No one has doubted the safety aspect of it, just the ability to throw as fast or faster than traditional mechanics. However, some of his work has made its way into almost every mainstream mechanic approach out there. All the big names in baseball pitching training have taken some of his theories and applied them to their program. I'd say the largest is pronation. Pronate every pitch you throw. Suppination is the devil. Now, my DD isn't a model example of his teaching. Her very high "over the top" arm slot and visible pronation are a direct result of his teachings though. The only time in her life she's ever had pain was purely muscle soreness and she pitched A LOT.