Coach Teaching HE.... Frustrated Dad and DD

[Crystal Brown]

You cannot argue with stupidity…keep trying and all you end up with is a headache and high blood pressure.

 

[JohnnyO]

has anyone ever tried to talk to Finch about her style?

 

[Ken B]

Try these YouTube searches and see what you get:

"Softball Pitching"
"Softball Pitching Basics"
"Beginning Pitching Drills"

I'd bet that 90% of what you'll find is not accurate and helpful--however, it comprises the majority of the info out there. It's no wonder that so many teach this stuff. My hope is that the Rick and Mike Project will include YouTube cleansing software that will rid the internet world of misinformation!

 

[Ken B]

***Except for the Flamingo Drill...***

 

[DNeeld]

has anyone ever tried to talk to Finch about her style?

Finch doesn't care.

HE is nothing more than a marketing tool. The cynical side of me says Doug recognized early on he had a pitching prodigy and came up with a way to market her talent into a pitching style. Thus the birth of the "Hello Elbow Zone".

 

[grcsftbll]

Finch doesn't care.

HE is nothing more than a marketing tool. The cynical side of me says Doug recognized early on he had a pitching prodigy and came up with a way to market her talent into a pitching style. Thus the birth of the "Hello Elbow Zone".

From what I saw of him at her camp last year, I think you're onto something.

 

[Doug Romrell]

has anyone ever tried to talk to Finch about her style?

About how she actually pitches or how she instructs?

 

[JohnnyO]

about why she's not the same in each

 

[djcarter1966]

While we bash her I think she honestly believes that even if that is not how she pitches (by watching slow motion video there is no doubt) it is the cue she uses.

Just seems odd that in such a tech savvy world and with all the swing analysis video being done that the is not a bigger movement to analyze the pitching motion.

 

[JAD]

I had a conversation with a HE coach and he also said that HE was healthier and bragged about how he consulted with local ortho docs (very scary) about how HE was a natural movement. He went on to say that girls that bend their elbow while pitching are just slinging the ball and that they wear themselves out after 3 to 4 years. Its a rare occasion that I am lost for words....the only thing that I could do and say was "thats an interesting perspective" and walk away.

You should have given him a FACEPALM!