Push! Thanks Courtney by revealing and solving the problems of pitching. Your videos made and still make my ladies so much better in a short amount of time. Keep up the good work Thumbs up!!🧡
Is there any benefit to stepping out or to jump out when you pushing out. My daughter is right handed so her left leg is jumping out. She definitely jumping straight with good form and good mechanics. Really enjoy watching your videos.
I’m glad your pitcher is moving straight with good form! I’m not sure I understand what you mean by stepping/jumping out. I’d be happy to help though! Send me an email at courtney@plusultrapitching.com so we can discuss in more detail! 💪🏼
my daughter has been pitching for about 3years and this is her biggest challenge. I think it is because every pitching coach puts them in a 90 degree, some 45, for warm up pitches across their body trying to mimmick the power k. it creates horrible mechanics. the girls are expected to go from being twisted to facing straight on with the full pitch. The huge downside for my daughter is she is small so in order to generate speed she needs to generate as much power as possible from her legs. When she turns her drive foot she loses 3-5mph. Thanks for making this video!! This issue is prevalent with most young girls.
I completely understand! I used to warm up the same way when I was a young pitcher. If I have pitchers who WANT to perform a drill facing sideways, focus on taking a step and pointing the front foot forward towards the catcher so they can rotate their hips more easily and get the desired finish position!
I have a question and I hope that you get this question today. Do you ever teach a pitcher to start off on their non-dominant foot? Because there is a coach that is trying to say that the girls need to start off on their left foot or their non-dominant foot which makes no sense to me and I have done Coach them the way that you coach.
Hi Amber, thanks for the question. I have never taught that way. I have my right-handed pitchers push off of their right foot (slightly ahead of lift in beginning of pitch) and opposite for lefties. I hope this helps!🥎
