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    Shoulders Hips and Whip!!! She just CANT GET IT!

    There is a significant amount of mechanical/IR variation in her pitches. When she does most of the drills there is a lot of IR, when she goes full she tends to swim the glove out more which restricts her IR because the swim causes her to close early or not get open as much as she could. In the...
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    How to stop walk-athon in 10u?

    I know that the quality of softball varies by location but in my area where it's weak I think the simple answer is all 10U rec should be coach pitch. This is my opinion as an instructor. Given the choice of a 10-12U pitcher with a couple of seasons of rec pitching and a girl with little to no...
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    Increase speed

    At about 3 and half minutes they start with long toss. I use a modified version when I have a pitcher indoors.
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    Increase speed

    That can be part of it, but rapid fire is also for conditioning. In addition I like to have them do something similar to long toss, even though they are inside.
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    Increase speed

    Part of her pitching practice should include a velocity section where she goes all out. I will usually start by telling the pitcher 10% faster, then go up from there. Walk-ins, heavy and light balls can be included.
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    How to stop walk-athon in 10u?

    Many other sports use small sided games and smaller equipment for younger players. Maybe an 11 inch ball and a 35 foot pitching distance doesn't go far enough. If what we're doing right now isn't working then make some changes, or at least experiment.
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    How to stop walk-athon in 10u?

    Many other sports are now using small sided games for young players, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, football That is the potential downside, but 45 mph from 35 feet does the same thing now.
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    How to stop walk-athon in 10u?

    Does it make sense to move the pitching rubber up another 5 feet? Most of the 10U pitchers that I see have no velocity. I understand that those who can throw with some speed are going to get an advantage but if it results in more actual softball being played it might be worth it.
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    WCWS radar gun

    From what I remember 70 mph was not common. The UCLA lefty was typically 66-7, maybe 68 once in a while.
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    Daughter getting sick almost every tournament weekend.

    I would say it's probably nerves. Golfer Bobby Jones and center Bill Russell were known to throw up before high stakes competitions. Addressing the issue is complicated, talking to her about how it's 'just softball' might help. Putting in some ear buds and listening to her favorite music on the...
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    Bulletspin finally recognized

    I noticed the black circle on the back of number of bullet spin pitches. Since the horseshoes on a ball are not symmetrically opposed if you look at a bullet spin pitch and don't see the dot on the back that doesn't mean that it is showing to the hitter. It could be presenting to the hitter...
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    What the WCWS Can Teach Us about the Changeup

    I have been noticing this for awhile. My theory is that the early trajectory is interpreted as a pitch too high to be in the strike zone, so hitter goes into 'take' mode. If they see it enough their response will change and they will be ready for it.
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    Bulletspin finally recognized

    You have to take a deeper look to understand these things. Bullet spin by definition is always oriented in the direction the bullet is traveling, and will keep it on track as long as this remains true. Rather than a bullet use a football. The ball will travel straight as long as the nose remains...
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    Bulletspin finally recognized

    I think bullet spin is a much better term. When I saw gyro in an article on seam shifted wakes I was like, what are they talking about?
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    Bulletspin finally recognized

    For anyone who hasn't run across it 'gyro' is the term used in baseball for what we call bullet spin.
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    Welcome to Bulletspin Season!

    Here is a look at Darvish's Statcast page. It shows the spins on his pitches from the catcher's point of view. I have a hunch that he doesn't have all these pitches ready to go every game, but will try some of the lesser used ones and if they are working put them into the rotation. Some of his...
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    Welcome to Bulletspin Season!

    Another question is which spin is more common, I'm seeing a lot more bullet spin in the replays but that might not reflect overall usage.
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    Pitching Technique Question HE -> IR

    When converting an HE pitcher to IR the toughest part for me is rooting out the palm up finish. Often they get the flexed elbow and have the hand on the side of the ball coming down the back side but then they get behind the ball a little early and push into the release, then flip the hand over...
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    Lisa Fernandez's Pitching Motion

    That was back when pitchers exaggerated their body action when throwing a pitch, out on the front foot for a drop, tilt back for a rise, hard left for a curve. Here is a better look at Fernandez. At about 3 minutes you get side views.
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    IR and Spin

    The first thing is to know what kind of spin she throws naturally. For that purpose I like to put large black circles in each of the 'horseshoes' on the ball, this allows the spin to be seen better. I find that beginner spin can be anywhere from pure bullet to pure top spin, the most common spin...

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