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Any thoughts on these mechanics? Does she have no overlap at all? And if so does she have a lot of untapped velocity in her? I believe she is in the mid 60's now. She is a naturally big kid, 6'2"......
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Overlap, if by that you mean a backswing, does not create velocity. It is for a feel of momentum the pitcher likes and for a certain timing they like. How does delaying or making your arm go up against the arm circle create velocity?
Uh, I grew up in FP. No men use a backswing, or overlap, and they have fine timing and velocity. We are simply not going to make the kid use a backswing for the drill if they don't have one (about 40 percent don't), or use long-winded explanations with them or buzz words or code words, as new ones come in every decade.
Simply, as you can see under pressure, the more moving parts a motion has, the more likely it goes awry, whether it is walks, poor spin, or inconsistent velocity. At lower levels, the pressure the WCWS ladies feel is coming in every week in HS or TB. They have to learn to pitch in a short amount of time, and they need to be able to respond to it. They HAVE to learn while playing games. They don't often have the support they need, so the pitchers today need to use their own minds, their own natural motions/ideas, and it has to make sense to them, NOT ME.
The proof is in how the pitch ends up (velocity, spin the curve to the backdoor, etc. whatever the goal is). Then they can work from that.
Uh, I grew up in FP. No men use a backswing, or overlap, and they have fine timing and velocity. We are simply not going to make the kid use a backswing for the drill if they don't have one (about 40 percent don't), or use long-winded explanations with them or buzz words or code words, as new ones come in every decade.
To me it seems like her chest goes before her shoulders so there is stretch there. In my book that is overlap, maybe not the easiest or most effective way to generate it. But I think she is getting some in her upper body.