So today I’m gonna go on a little bit of a rant and the thing I'm going to rant about is mechanics. I want every pitcher‘s parents to know your daughter will continue to progress as a pitcher so long as her mechanics are good....
Mechanics are going to be the thing that allows your daughter to continue to get better as she gets older. It’s going to help her learn new pitches and master the pitches she already has. Mechanics allow us to throw with proper spin on the ball and will allow a pitcher to tighten her spin on the ball as she progresses and gets stronger. This in turn will allow her to achieve movement and velocity effortlessly. Without proper mechanics she will start to force the pitches with her body and begin to muscle the ball often times resulting in a lack of progression or worse yet, injury.
I will be honest when I give lessons I’m not the most technical person. However, the fact that I know how to throw the pitches that I teach with proper spin and movement. It gives me the advantage of being able to describe to the kids how that pitch should feel as it comes out of your hand and what position your body needs to be in in order to achieve that. I'm not for everybody and that's OK by me there are a ton of instructors that know what they are doing out there. So if proper mechanics is not #1 on your instructors list and its all about velocity move on..
If you want to see woman with proper throwing mechanics look up Cat Osterman, Monica Abbot, Rachel Garcia, Yukiko Ueno. I'm sure there are many others but there is a ton of videos on them in slow-mo and broken down analysis. Then find a coach that is going to teach similar to what these women are doing. Then and here is the big part, TRUST THE PROCESS and enforce it with lots of practice!!!