You're completely, totally wrong.
https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2022/07/15/the-science-behind-muscle-memory/
There are literally hundreds of articles validating muscle memory.
Maybe you want people to use"motor learning" instead of "muscle memory"? Practically, I fail to see a difference in...
The whole "give the ball time to move" is one of those things people say to sound like they know what they're talking about.
Adam Faulkner throws the ball 80MPH+ and has incredible ball movement.
Some, but not all, kids have to throw the ball slower in order to spin the ball enough to make it...
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You will thank me later if you have your kids play this game. This is a great game at the beginning of practice to let the kids run off some energy while learning very important softball rules.
Purpose: Teach kids to tag out runners.
Game 1:
Divide into 2 teams. Half players have a...
TO BE CLEAR: This is throwing BP, not competing.
It takes about a week to learn to throw windmill. You aren't trying to learn riseballs or throw 70 MPH. You're trying to put the ball over the plate from 35 feet.
A more athletic coach than me watched me throw windmill and picked it up in a...
Terrible for the pitchers.
If you want live batting practice, have a coach learn how to pitch. It isn't hard to learn how to throw the ball over the middle of the plate. Put a net in front of the coach, and have him pitch from 35 feet.
My DD was a very good pitcher. She was a good batter.
My DD became a pitcher only at 13YOA, mainly because she pitched almost every game in TB. Around 16YOA, she batted some.
She batted a few games in college. In her last at bat, she hit a double, rounded 2B, and the SS tripped her. The...
IR is the only softball pitching mechanics that works. You can look at men's fastpitch, NCAA, Olympic, Japan pro, whatever. Everyone throws IR. It's been that way for at least 40 years.
It's much simpler to teach kids to throw IR rather than have to retrain them later.
Exactly. For 99.9% of the pitchers, there is no "next level" after college. These college kids are part-time pitchers. Their pitching careers end at 23YOA.
Does a true riseball jump more than a bullet spin rise? Sure. But movement is only one part of the "effective pitcher" equation...
The NCAA Rule for 2024:
11.13 Hit Batter (by Pitch)
11.13.1 A batter is awarded first base when a pitch, neither swung at nor called a strike, is entirely within the batter’s box and it strikes the batter or their clothing. No attempt to avoid being hit by the pitch is required; however, the...