- Jan 9, 2015
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I know that this topic is discussed on here numerous of times. My dd has a huge bruise on her hip and inner elbow on her throwing side. She told me last night that its too painful to pitch so we stopped immediately. In May of this year we totally broke down her mechanics and slowly have rebuilt her. Working on ir and reverse posture and basically tackling one issue at a time. In August, I noticed a jump in speed and decrease in control (missing to the right---hitting batters alot) but we stayed the course and continued to work hard and now the control is getting there. Two weeks ago she says to me "every time I make contact with my hip I get better whip and I can put the ball where I want it" . I nodded and smiled as I thought she had found BI on her own. However now its like she is trying to force a lot of things in the last part of her motion and I think that is why she is banging her arm but I am not really sure. One problem we have tried to get rid of is over rotating her shoulders at release instead of keeping her shoulders still and allowing the arm to whip. Do you think this "spinning like a top action" could cause her arm to be banging against the hip??? We are working on staying open and now for the most part she gets it..... I just think if she trying to force arm to make contact with her hip that could unintentionally facilitate the urge to throw with her shoulders. We go for a pitching lesson on Sunday. But was hoping for some insight from you guys. Thanks so much!