Crow Hop?

[FUBLUE]

Originally posted by For the kids

Interesting about the lessons. I never thought about that and you could be correct as once she gets to High School I don't envision PIAA allowing it. That might be what they are doing. Thanks for that insight and your answers. You have all been very helpful in letting me know. I am glad that I am not losing my mind and there are still some that use that thing called a rulebook.

There's a coach in this area who teaches a progression of illegal stuff...he's a men's pitcher, so that's part of it.

He teaches a step...looks like "dragging the foot across the pitching plate" or "sliding the pivot foot forward on the pitching plate" but it's a step. Says it helps the girls learn to push with both legs, not just the back leg.

He then takes the step out once the motion is consistent.

THen he adds a crow-hop...true crow hop, hands together, replant, then throw.

Swears this helps them with delivery and getting hips clear before release.

Then takes it out, putting in the drag.

I saw him recently and asked about advantages/disadvantages. He doesn't see much, except the distance being shorter. But he added that a good "push and dragger" will be the same distance away from batter as his "crow-hopper" once the ball is released.

Ever see a girl walk into her warm up pitches? Same concept. Helps get the hips open and the whole body involved.

Makes sense, and since I do know he is a good pitcher and a good coach, I'll believe him.

Says it takes him about 3-5 months to work through the progression with a "rookie" pitcher.

Just FYI



[Edited by FUBLUE on Jun 30th, 2004 at 01:14 PM]