halskinner
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- May 7, 2008
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When I was teaching pitchers I had some different methods than the other instructors. I think every instructor has some method/s that might be unique to them. I apparently had several as they called my ball bag “Coach Hal’s bag of tricks”.
I will list what I kept in mine and what I used it for with students. I am curious to see what other things (props??) other instructors used.
1. An extra glove, in case somebody forgot theirs.
2. A box of chalk, to draw things on the pitching mat.
3. A tape measure, to measure a pitcher’s height and stride length.
4. Some 16 penny nails and a roofing hammer, to aide me when a pitcher would raise or shift their pivot foot.
5. A roll of bright colored construction twine, used along with the nails and hammer when working outside on the diamond to extend the power line. Also used to teach a pitcher to not lean forward at release
6. A lead weight, to do the exercise that increases speed and builds confidence.
7. A blindfold in a sealed plastic bag, to build confidence.
8. A half-sized football, to teach them to bring the fingers to the inside of the ball and to start them on the bent fingered riseball.
9. An 11 and 12 inch ball with fat black stripes around them, no brainer there.
10 A Frisbee, to aid in teaching the curveball, the fingers down / palm down version.
Items too big for my bag but kept at the academy
1. A Hoola-Hoop, to help demonstrate a straight up and down arm circle.
2. A house broom, to assist in demonstrating the Fall Forward drill’ and the forward lean at push off.
3. A full length mirror, along with some bright colored rolled up socks, to show them how to check their own arm circle at home (With blue painters masking tape).
The other instructors would get a chuckle sometimes watching me work with these things but they started doing the same things when they saw how fast my students progressed compared to their own.
Anyway, I am very curious to see what other interesting, unique, whacko methods others used.
I will list what I kept in mine and what I used it for with students. I am curious to see what other things (props??) other instructors used.
1. An extra glove, in case somebody forgot theirs.
2. A box of chalk, to draw things on the pitching mat.
3. A tape measure, to measure a pitcher’s height and stride length.
4. Some 16 penny nails and a roofing hammer, to aide me when a pitcher would raise or shift their pivot foot.
5. A roll of bright colored construction twine, used along with the nails and hammer when working outside on the diamond to extend the power line. Also used to teach a pitcher to not lean forward at release
6. A lead weight, to do the exercise that increases speed and builds confidence.
7. A blindfold in a sealed plastic bag, to build confidence.
8. A half-sized football, to teach them to bring the fingers to the inside of the ball and to start them on the bent fingered riseball.
9. An 11 and 12 inch ball with fat black stripes around them, no brainer there.
10 A Frisbee, to aid in teaching the curveball, the fingers down / palm down version.
Items too big for my bag but kept at the academy
1. A Hoola-Hoop, to help demonstrate a straight up and down arm circle.
2. A house broom, to assist in demonstrating the Fall Forward drill’ and the forward lean at push off.
3. A full length mirror, along with some bright colored rolled up socks, to show them how to check their own arm circle at home (With blue painters masking tape).
The other instructors would get a chuckle sometimes watching me work with these things but they started doing the same things when they saw how fast my students progressed compared to their own.
Anyway, I am very curious to see what other interesting, unique, whacko methods others used.
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