Gotta love youtube comments. These are drills designed to emphasize on certain areas of the pitching motion. Obviously, this pitcher isn't going to pitch like that in a game. These work on balance, arm circle speed, efficiency, and a ton of leg drive which is something a lot of pitchers are lacking right now. Again, these are DRILLS.
Question... What is your take on pitchers, like the one in the video who slap their leg with their glove. I have always had the thought that it doesn't really gain the pitcher anything but does allow the hitter to get the timing better on the pitcher. Thoughts?
Okay,anybody who wants to be a pitcher in softball,never,and I mean NEVER face straight when you pitch.Also,don’t let your hand touch your shoulder,if you snap it right and stay loose,you’re hand will rollover and fall back down
Addison Davis She never got her hips fully out of the way. Which loses speed as well as what you said. That was pretty said if she's taking lessons from a person that teaches that.
she can face straight as long as she turns throughout her pitch. she should pivot her hips outward, with her knee high and momentum forward, and the arm should follow suit, never letting the non dominant arm//glove hand out of the drive line. she should then follow through, with a foot drag or a legal plant, and finish her hand upwards as she did. she was turning throughout her pitch, she just finished forward.
@@jelenagardner3704 the original commenter was right, her hand should follow through facing the ground, not fling upwards towards her shoulder. She's doing hello elbow, which isn't as effective as forearm fite
i’ve been through professional training and many of these drills are not useful. your arm speed has very little to do with how fast you pitch. it is mainly based on momentum, a far stride and an arm like a “whip”, (how my coach described it). these drills will overwork your arm and possibly promote injury. over doing your “windmill” will simply hurt your shoulder, and you’ll get less practice that’s actually useful out of it, because you’ll get sore quicker and quicker. i spent years working on pretty much just gaining momentum from my legs and i got my pitches up to high fifties at age 12.
I am a pitcher like if you are i am pretty good i am only 10 and can pitch from 45 feet thats pretty good i think i have pitching lessons every other Wednesday
Yeah you can pitch faster but what does it do to pitch faster when you’re not consistent! Pitch faster all you want that’s all these drills help you with. But being consistent is the key and from the looks of it THESE DRILLS MAKE YOU THROW BALLS ALL OVER THE PLACE A
Alyssa Oleszak all these drills are terrible habits such as stepping off your power line, creating the habit of double stepping when pushing off the mound, messing up the muscle memory! Not even to mention the Excelerator you are NOT supposed to swing it around that fast you could hurt your arm idc how strong you are. You can have speed all you want but what does it do if you can’t hit your spots OR throw a strike ? That’s what I’m trying to say
The upper pull of the arm on follow thru is a waste of energy.. I don't see the usefulness in skipping and hopping in the drills. To produce a stable and powerful throwing platform use a good muscle specific training program.
America Briseno Not necessarily. These are drills to help you get warmed up or to increase speed and better mechanics. You should always do drills before doing your full motion.
I'm sorry but you are wasting time and energy by doing these leg drills. I have never seen any pitching coach teach a child to hop, skip, run or run backwards to help them pop off the mound. Dumbest thing I've ever seen! I hope she doesn't get injure eventually from them mindless training.
It helps with your legs bc you want them to be exploding off the bag... me and a few friends got to take a course with Amanda Scarborough and we did a few of those leg drills.
Agreed. My kid struggles with that. We have a drill where she pitches off of a 6ft long 2x6. Like a balance beam laying on the ground. Helps with her consistency. Works for her.
Thanks for the update...... in the era I pitched in (world class level) there was no such thing as a foot drag...not even for woman....but then that was many many moons ago
You must be very young to call someone a liar.....when I pitched we had to keep both feet in contact with the pitching rubber until we started our motion... the pivot foot, or the back foot, had to stay in contact with the rubber until the ball was released... if the back foot lost contact with the pitching rubber before the ball was released it was an illegal pitch...and yes I played and umpired in both the ISC and ASA open travel division...you might want to look up some videos by Bill Hillhouse ..one of the best pitchers and teachers in the world before you make a bigger fool put of your young self
