Nope, but I know flicking an underhand spiral with a nerf football works wonders. Football spins right and the hand turns over AFTER IT'S GONE, otherwise you can't throw a spiral.
Hey how is everyone here? How you're all well! To be REALLY CLEAR. All of the posts that I've ever made here on I/R talk about the correct way to throw a ball underhand, and how to teach coaches to teach the underhand throw correctly. That's it. No one will ever convince me that ALL OR EVEN...
Ok so I just stopped by to see how the old crowd is gettin along and saw this tread from Bill about Nunthia. I’ve educated Nunthia more then once on here, and had lots of fun doing it. I stopped because I didn’t want to be responsible for his blood pressure.
Now I’m gonna have to check out...
NJSwampdragon: “Maybe it's just time to give up, as I don't get it.“
Boardmember: “Or, dig in hard and figure it out.”
Glad you took the latter road. Paid off in spades. She looks really good from her drill position. She’s getting much closer to playing catch underhand naturally and with...
Here are a couple different things to know/understand when learning to throw change up that might help you. Both involve creating dorsiflexion in the wrist early and holding it through the delivery.
1.). Shutting down any portion of the accelerator in the whipping action allows for the same...
Yes Sky the globetrotters were awesome as well. But here’s here’s my point. Old guy loves to tell us how Feigner taught him to pitch which makes him a great coach in his opinion.
Who do you think helped hone my pitching skills some 40 years ago when I was an 20yo lad. Hint: it wasn’t the...
Ok great old guy, let’s make a deal. I’ll never try to teach an 80+ year old man to pitch (something I’ve never done anyway), and you stop posting how awesome you are in this thread (something you seem to do a lot on this board).
Here’s some food for thought. Who do you think was a more...
Step 2 in my IR classroom is the 9:00 drill or (Unlock it). That's exactly what your 1st drill video mimics, so good for you guys for not giving up on the progression. I'm gonna say that the lock it in drill helped to teach her to "throw the ball underhand" with a semblance of IR, by...
Fan, even a smooth ball will theoretically move toward the direction that is spinning away from the resistance.
On a drop, the bottom of the ball is spinning backwards and helping the air move faster over the bottom surface.
The top of the ball is spinning forward into the wind and...
Both. Grip the ball so 4 seams are always working into the spin axis. You want as much air flow disruption (pressure) as possible to move the ball away from the disruption.
With drop, 4 seams moving forward on top and backwards underneath the ball drops because the bottom is the easier...
I wouldn’t stop working on down spin, ever. But I certainly wouldn’t be freaking out if an 11yo pitcher can’t work it yet. Especially if she’s using it with different mechanics. I assumed you changed to IR for a reason. Velocity maybe? When velocity increases the effect of gravity...
First of all, this girl Is 12U. And even at 16U Gimme a break.
8-16-32 teams in the tournament. Some pretty good, some NOT SO GOOD. Runners on 1st and 2nd. 3-0 count to the 7, 8 or 9 hitter. Which pitch should I continue miss the zone with? Drop? Rise? Change? Lets not pretend this...
First of all if I may say, this young lady has very good mechanics and posture for a 12U pitcher. That being said, she’ll never create good drop spin with this posture at release. This strong front side with push back and rearward lean encourages inside spin, which isn’t a bad thing in the...