I am a first year HC of a 12u rec team. I have been lurking here for some time and appreciate all of the information and need a suggestion for a huge pet peeve of mine. For lack of a better terrm, almost all of the girls throw with a shot put approach...elbow down, facing straight at the target. (Throwing like a girl, maybe?)
During our warm up throws, I go over and over that they need to be facing sideways with their glove pointing at the target and their throwing elbow up and the ball facing backwards with the arm extended and before they fire they need to pull the glove in and after they let go of the ball, follow through and not stop their motion. I teach the dreaded L just so they get their arm up when throwing otherwise, they all throw from the top of their shoulder.
We break it all down into slow motion and then gradually get up to full speed and they are Ok when I am walking up and down the line correcting, but as soon as we start fielding and throwing it all falls apart and they are back to shot putting rainbows to first base.
Do we just keep going over it every practice and hope that eventually it will sink it?
During our warm up throws, I go over and over that they need to be facing sideways with their glove pointing at the target and their throwing elbow up and the ball facing backwards with the arm extended and before they fire they need to pull the glove in and after they let go of the ball, follow through and not stop their motion. I teach the dreaded L just so they get their arm up when throwing otherwise, they all throw from the top of their shoulder.
We break it all down into slow motion and then gradually get up to full speed and they are Ok when I am walking up and down the line correcting, but as soon as we start fielding and throwing it all falls apart and they are back to shot putting rainbows to first base.
Do we just keep going over it every practice and hope that eventually it will sink it?