Not a professional coach here, but the leg drive drill, as demonstrated here, doesn’t seem mechanically sound. Dragging the foot like that acts as an anchor, slowing momentum toward the plate and negating much of her power from her leg drive. It may be a good adjustment for change ups and screwballs, not fastballs. It also keeps the hips from rotating through the pitch, further decreasing power and momentum, and forces the girl to throw across her body. This also prevents her from being able to get into a good fielding position. However, this flaw seems common in many youth pitchers, I suspect it could be an issue of core strength or bad follow through.
@@AJ-kr1ng it is. However, I didn’t suggest she crow hop. The pitcher just needs one foot in contact with the ground. How the pitcher does that can create more or less resistance/drag to their forward momentum and cause strain on their endurance and health down the line. The pitcher in this video drags the entire inside part of her foot toward 1B and never rotates through. That’s wasted energy and diminished speed toward home plate. It may also create hip and back problems as she gets older. It’s more mechanically sound to reduce the friction with the back foot as much as possible and create more balance during her stride. As far as drills go, it is a perfectly good drill to have them practice crow hopping to emphasize the drive, stride, and drag.
She does need to drive out as far as possible because it's helps with speed, but she just needs to keep the foot dragging.
Does the slap of the glove against the thigh help with timing?
Helps the hitters timing. Not good.
If you're back leg finishes behind you an crossed how can you be ready to field a hit.
Not a professional coach here, but the leg drive drill, as demonstrated here, doesn’t seem mechanically sound. Dragging the foot like that acts as an anchor, slowing momentum toward the plate and negating much of her power from her leg drive. It may be a good adjustment for change ups and screwballs, not fastballs. It also keeps the hips from rotating through the pitch, further decreasing power and momentum, and forces the girl to throw across her body. This also prevents her from being able to get into a good fielding position. However, this flaw seems common in many youth pitchers, I suspect it could be an issue of core strength or bad follow through.
It's an illegal pitch if the foot stops dragging from the ground, it's called crow hopping.
@@AJ-kr1ng it is. However, I didn’t suggest she crow hop. The pitcher just needs one foot in contact with the ground. How the pitcher does that can create more or less resistance/drag to their forward momentum and cause strain on their endurance and health down the line. The pitcher in this video drags the entire inside part of her foot toward 1B and never rotates through. That’s wasted energy and diminished speed toward home plate. It may also create hip and back problems as she gets older. It’s more mechanically sound to reduce the friction with the back foot as much as possible and create more balance during her stride. As far as drills go, it is a perfectly good drill to have them practice crow hopping to emphasize the drive, stride, and drag.