I was wondering if any of the more experienced pitchers or pitching coaches out there have any “go to” drills or cues or tricks or incantations or magic potions to increase and hold the bend in the pitching arm as it goes around the circle. My 14U DD has pretty good IR mechanics, but probably her number one issue is her arm mostly straightening out as she come over the top and down the backside of the circle. She is showing the ball to the catcher at 12 o’clock and there is some bend, but not enough. By 11 o’clock her hand is oriented toward third base. By 9 o’clock her arm is pretty straight. She gets brush, but there is just not much whip left in that arm. It’s definitely costing her speed.
We do arm whip progressions into a tarp where we focus on exaggerating the bend and holding it. With a standard ball. Without a ball. With a wiffle ball, etc. This all seems to go well...until we are actually pitching. We’ll keep doing these in the hopes that it will at some point click in. But is there something else that has worked for you that you think might help us?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
We do arm whip progressions into a tarp where we focus on exaggerating the bend and holding it. With a standard ball. Without a ball. With a wiffle ball, etc. This all seems to go well...until we are actually pitching. We’ll keep doing these in the hopes that it will at some point click in. But is there something else that has worked for you that you think might help us?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.