13U self-taught pitcher - please critique
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Our focus is to do all things within the guidlines of creating adduction and maintaining adduction to shoot the ball across the hips. Thank-you BoardMember.
Boardmember also has a post where he talks about how a tetherball wraps around a post.
We spent time in one lesson on that concept.
I had her think about setting that pole with her back leg at front foot landing ( stacked at landing - back shoulder over back hip which is over back knee ). Exagerated - I wanted no "knee to knee" drag, just set the pole in the ground as if in concrete and allow the tetherball to wrap the pole ( brush release ).
She already had a bent elbow on the way down. I told her to keep and throw with that bent elbow in order to create angular velocity and simulate the rope and ball wrapping the pole.
Further , I had her think of her leg as having 4 quadrants and that I wanted the initial contact of her upper arm and elbow to brush the back pocket of the leg. This way the initial brush contact is closer to the back pocket area and closer to the elbow and allows the forearm to wrap the leg. My intent was to ensure that this process was an "Adder".
I only did this for one lesson as I wanted to see how this would bleed into her overall athletic movement.
I did not want to overdo this concept and cause a loss of athleticism or create a mental rigidness.
I can't say for sure, but I wonder if this 1 day process influenced her FSR.
Is her FSR better, yes, perfect , no.
Did this correct her trailing straight back leg, not completely but it sure is better.
Boardmember also has a post where he talks about how a tetherball wraps around a post.
We spent time in one lesson on that concept.
I had her think about setting that pole with her back leg at front foot landing ( stacked at landing - back shoulder over back hip which is over back knee ). Exagerated - I wanted no "knee to knee" drag, just set the pole in the ground as if in concrete and allow the tetherball to wrap the pole ( brush release ).
She already had a bent elbow on the way down. I told her to keep and throw with that bent elbow in order to create angular velocity and simulate the rope and ball wrapping the pole.
Further , I had her think of her leg as having 4 quadrants and that I wanted the initial contact of her upper arm and elbow to brush the back pocket of the leg. This way the initial brush contact is closer to the back pocket area and closer to the elbow and allows the forearm to wrap the leg. My intent was to ensure that this process was an "Adder".
I only did this for one lesson as I wanted to see how this would bleed into her overall athletic movement.
I did not want to overdo this concept and cause a loss of athleticism or create a mental rigidness.
I can't say for sure, but I wonder if this 1 day process influenced her FSR.
Is her FSR better, yes, perfect , no.
Did this correct her trailing straight back leg, not completely but it sure is better.
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Good for her!!
Having not read all the posts.
( maybe somebody already made this comment)
Want to add this about assessing players.
While there are generally always things that we can look at to try and improve. What I see in this video is a person's pitching mechanics. Has quality to it at that...
But thats only part of the bigger picture to assess.
What I like to take a look at in players is,
Mechanics yes, but also what does there productivity look like with what they are *already doing.
Simply, Certainty not all pitchers have exactly the same mechanical breakdown, and are successful as individual athletes.
*Assessing mechanics should also include assessing performance/productivity.
Not just looking at one without the other!
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I think that she's going up too much on push off and not out enough. Because of this she lands heavy with a lot of down force on her front leg. Look at Blaire Luna's head and use the padded fence rail in background for reference.
That’s what it’s all about. 1% better every day. I noticed the difference between a first time pitcher from the 1st to second lesson. Young. Had a great lesson with the 2 older freshman preparing for HS season. Fun time.
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She 'slings' it very well. She has improved significantly from the first video you posted.
The pitcher in this thread is a 2028 grad so her 14U team will more than likely not be able to play in the spring due to the temporary loss of players that are Freshmen in High school on her 14u team. I don't know what the plans are as of yet for the spring. Someone mentioned merging with another team for the spring but talk is talk. What should she do if she wants to play this spring prior to the end of the upcoming high school season?
Lessons and practice will get old quickly without the fun of playing. She is a Northwest Indiana player.
Lessons and practice will get old quickly without the fun of playing. She is a Northwest Indiana player.
