Wait, what?
Teaching how to properly hold a softball...
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Wait, what?
- Jun 8, 2016
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What, you don’t like throwing changeups to first base?
Waiting to comment until I find out if a joke went over my head or something.
- Jun 20, 2015
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I did exact same. WTH?
Yeah, I was being silly.
- May 13, 2023
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I got the silliness in that right away! For me I read that as an IMPORTANT CLUE of why it's so important to teach how to hold the ball correctly!
- Jun 8, 2016
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Huh? The fact that some of us didn't assume Drew knew wth he was talking about is a clue? Please explain.
Is 10 y/o too early for Wasserman's water bottle drill? I think not. I see 16u players that do not hold the ball correctly and have poor throwing mechanics. Fixing poor throwing mechanics is very difficult. Teach them correctly as early as possible.
- Jun 18, 2023
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*googles*
oh, I like that. Might see if it helps my 9yo tonight. Though I do find some of the 10u kids struggle with the abstraction a bit. not holding an actual softball, but the water feedback might help with that.
I've liked that drill/example. By the time I saw it, it was more "hand the half bottle to my kid and show her how to hold and pretend throw it and then pray it's right".
Fortunately it was just confirmation that she's good and I could get back to finishing my Coke Zero.
