Glove Arm When Pitching

[DougO 0]

Would like to get some thoughts and opinions on the glove arm. I have been telling my daughter to bring her Glove arm straight down and close to her body rather than throwing or letting herr arm go out to the side away from the line of force. Am I off base on this, and does it have a negative affect on how hard she can throw if she keeps her arm tight?

[Charlie 2]

DougO,

I am no expert by any means, but in my opinion it is correct to point the glove at the target and pull it down and straight back towards the pitcher.

Charlie

[synwave7 0]

DougO,

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Syn

[star_blaster 0]

Hi Doug

I have my daughter raise her glove and pitching hand above her head (and separating them) when she steps with her left foot.

She then sites down her upper arm using her elbow as her sight (as oppsed to extending the left hand and sighting with the glove).

As she releases the ball and drags the pivot foot she sharply pulls her glove in to her left side with the wrist up.

This is similar to a Karate punch where the punching arm is extended with the wrist down and simultaneously the non-punching arm is brought back againt the hip or rib area with the wrist oriented up toward the sky.

This counter-balances the physical force generated by the throwing arm while allowing the pitcher to achieve a defensive stance, ready to field a ball hit in her direction.

[hollad6636 0]

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[Charlie 2]

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Charlie

[pertulie 0]

The major reason the glove arm is extended toward the plate is to get the shoulders aligned with the hips. This point is done very quickly.

My prefrence is to is to pull the glove back to my left collar bone as the pitch is thrown thus keeping the shoulder alignment. This is for the right handed pitcher.

It has been my pleasure to teach several good pitchers that chose a lower follow through.