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    Arm out early

    There is a bottom line question to ask, does it affect her velocity? Or her control?
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    I need a "bracket" pitcher? What exactly does that mean?

    I lost the nail on my big toe when an 11 year old got a fastball under my glove. I managed to hide it from her, she would have felt bad if she knew.
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    Arm out early

    I would try the STFG drill from Javasource's Drive Mechanics. https://www.discussfastpitch.com/threads/drive-mechanics.18135/page-33#post499475
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    I need a "bracket" pitcher? What exactly does that mean?

    I like the mobility of being in a crouch, which is different from a squat. And for me it's part of my fitness plan, a couple of hours of catching a pitcher every week adds up, sitting on a bucket just wouldn't do it.
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    Arm out early

    I think it's too early in the motion to draw a conclusion, you need to see where her arm is located upon front foot plant. She might be a little early in the picture but a little slow over the top.
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    Hitting hip and throwing inside

    I looked at about a dozen men's pitchers in the games posted on YouTube. Several things stand out. Glove swim is not an issue because they all throw from a very, very open position. Because of the crow hop there is additional time that needs to be accounted for, basically this slows the arm...
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    Hitting hip and throwing inside

    Pickens does lean to the right and tilt a iittle, although the men do it to a much greater degree.
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    Hitting hip and throwing inside

    I'm with you on this, as much time as I have spent looking at video of the best college pitchers I have never really examined what the men do, until the 'Shoulder" thread, now I'm wondering if I've missed something. What they do is radically different from I have always considered good...
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    Hitting hip and throwing inside

    Or, if you want to try something radical have her lean over to the side and tilt like the men do, she's set up to be able to experiment with this, especially with her glove arm action and shoulder openness. If you have been following the other thread on 'shoulder position at release' you'll...
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    Shoulder position at release?

    The right handed pitcher in this game shows similar moves, both pitchers show how a typical men's pitcher throws the ball. One particular move interests me, the body lean and more importantly the shoulder tilt at release. Tilting the shoulder like this allows the deltoid muscles to be more...
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    Shoulder position at release?

    If you ever give this talk in the NE let me know and I'll attend. I don't recall seeing video of your motion so I can't comment on your comparisons. I looked around for slo-mo video of men's fastpitch pitchers and I found this on Rick Pauly's site, it's Adam Folkard. He may be on the extreme end...
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    Shoulder position at release?

    It's hard to extrapolate anything from the men's game because the mechanics are so different. The open shoulders, with open hips, the body lean to throwing arm side, the push off leg trailing way behind and to the glove arm side.
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    Shoulder position at release?

    It is based on the principles of Differential Learning (vs repetition based on an ideal movement pattern). Warning; this is a deep rabbit hole, these articles will give you the general idea...
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    Hitting hip and throwing inside

    Yes, keep the hips open or close the shoulders more, at release. Those are basic mechanical observations, the solution, finding the way to make those adjustments is always the hard part. Sometimes just knowing what the issue is will allow a pitcher to 'self organize' and make the necessary...
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    Shoulder position at release?

    Inline with home and second is extreme, I don't know if I've ever seen a pitcher on video with that position, or even close to it. There is room for variation in the pitching motion, looking for absolutes can limit a pitcher's natural mechanics. The shoulder alignment sometimes changes with the...
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    Hitting hip and throwing inside

    Excellent videos by the way. I'm looking at a little mismatch between her shoulders and her hips. She is very open with her shoulders at release, at the same time her hips are a little closed. Individually neither is necessarily a problem but together they are creating the conditions for the...
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    Hitting hip and throwing inside

    I have a problem with the idea that brush is necessary for control. Baseball pitchers don't brush. If there is brush where is the contact sensed, in the arm or the body? Some pitchers (Cat O.) where a neoprene sleeve on the elbow, in theory this would reduce the sensitivity to contact and leave...
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    Hitting hip and throwing inside

    I want to add that very few of my beginners throw backspin on their overhand throws, it's mostly bullet.
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    Hitting hip and throwing inside

    I think HE is more like cricket bowling.
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    Hitting hip and throwing inside

    When I work with a young or beginning pitcher I don't address the spin issue until they have established the basic mechanics, thus whatever spin they throw is 'natural spin'. Typically they are inconsistent and throw a variety of spins, a high percentage is top spin, bullet spin is also common...
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