Stepper style is when the back leg does not push off in the upswing...
Your information is outdated. The stepper motion is not a style. It is called "pitching incorrectly".
Stepper style is when the back leg does not push off in the upswing...
https://youtu.be/XEhA3hXo-eU
We have tried explode but I will try sprint. She is so worried about leaping or hopping. I wasn’t sure if this comes after pitching a while for kids or we need to work on it:
Your information is outdated. The stepper motion is not a style. It is called "pitching incorrectly".
Your DD looks to be an athlete. But, she has a number of serious flaws in her motion that will slow her development as a pitcher.
Is she going to a PC? Or is she self-taught? Where is she trying to go with pitching?
If she really wants to be a good pitcher, she needs to really go to work.
IMHO:
She isn't getting proper instruction. He is teaching her the "step/hello elbow" pitching. That method of pitching is simply wrong. She'll never achieve her full potential.
My suggestion is to either:
a) Get a better PC *OR*
b) Try to do it yourself using the resources here.
"Doing it yourself" can be done...especially if she can occasionally go see a "real" pitching coach, like Bill Hillhouse, Java, or Coach James.
This kid "did it herself". So, yours can as well.
Stepper style is when the back leg does not push off in the upswing, or the drive/push forward doesn't happen in the upswing. She doesn't drive off the rubber in the upswing. She flexes the back leg where Lisa for example pushing off. So it's a flex the back knee where Lisa drives off the rubber and opens up the hips. It's not all about driving off the rubber in the stepper style. There is a flex, keep the weight back and somewhat of a push off in the downswing.
This is a stepper, there is some drive, just not in the same manner as the Lisa clip I posted.