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    You are quite welcome. I wish I had a better mind behind the videography, but to be honest the...

    You are quite welcome. I wish I had a better mind behind the videography, but to be honest the girl had no interest, and the editing requests were never made. Sad! But other than the spooky looking audio and poor editing, even poor labels at times, it has the content. Good luck! The only limit...
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    WTS NEW! Vinci Pro 34" Catcher's Glove

    Yeah about a month ago to a guy in New Zealand. Sorry!
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    New IR drill

    This is a slow-motion video of 5 Ueno pitches while facing Australia or Netherlands (can't remember) at the World Championships, 2015, in the first game in Haarlem, Netherlands. Ueno started out at 72-75mph, but after an all too frequent injury, finished beating the US for the Gold Medal at...
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    Mevo Disaster!

    I should have known better, though not much difference. I got banned by YouTube and my account closed.
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    FAVORITE DRILLS~Got One?!

    I didn't watch it yet but I think I know where it is going; the step across to your target I call "CONTINUITY". I also use a 5-7 rung agility ladder to approach the ball with quick short adjusting steps, rolling the ball slightly right to enable stepping across. Secondarily I do the same with...
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    Mevo Disaster!

    Why should it surprise you, YouTube is owned by Facebook?
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    Matsuda Slow Motion

    I want to hear it!
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    Screwball Proof, or Not!

    Most pitchers who have reasonable mechanics have a riseball the same or within 1-2mph of their fastball. I don't know about men's as I just tried to hit the dang ball so my radar gun hand was on the bat handle. But in fact this goes to the argument as to whether terminal velocity is more...
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    Matsuda Slow Motion

    Even at 75 if you observe and choose a pitch to swing at before you get anything in motion, you will have feet in cement and flip your bat at the ball in the catcher's mitt. You have to time the pitch, trigger, and make a quick decision in the process. IMHO that is why you see as many bad swings...
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    Matsuda Slow Motion

    Roll over wrist motion modified to follow through to the left thigh instead of the right thigh. In the first photo the roll-over (drop-curve) would move down and in on that left-handed batter. Yippee! By the way, Meghan Uher is her actual name. She threw 57 at age 16, 58-61 at 18, 61-63 in...
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    Screwball Proof, or Not!

    It will do nothing if it doesn't have near a 10-4 spin, and a lot of "rise-balls" do not. I just don't believe the wrist can snap clockwise fast or hard enough on a screwball to create the desired spin which is almost always a bullet-spin. There is another way to throw it, but it is a little...
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    Screwball Proof, or Not!

    I saw angles, I saw no movement. I also saw a cadre of girls who know what is coming (stride), but don't know what to do with it.
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    Matsuda Slow Motion

    It is a rise-ball, and it should be palm to 3B. I might add that the single biggest issue I see with girls and rise-balls is rolling the back shoulder forward into release. That shoulder orientation must be parallel to home-2B, staying open if you are going to achieve an 11-5 or 12-6 spin...
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    Matsuda Slow Motion

    Power in the legs is not about a "Wright Brother's" flight to see how far down the beach you can go, but instead trying to see how fast you can get there. I am a little confused, but the constant for me is maximizing arm speed through speed in the legs. And the end result is legs that are still...
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    Matsuda Slow Motion

    There were many golden era men's pitchers who did not crow-hop, especially from New Zealand. But some other great pitchers besides Michael White who were draggers were Kevin Herlihy NZ, Owen Walford NZ, Steve Schultz NZ, Ty Stofflet, and many others from every country. Michael Piechnik, Jimmy...

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