![]() I had her try it again, she still couldn't do it. All the scenarios that call for it in a game. I then went on to explain the importance of being able to throw underhand. She would bend over, raise her back leg in the air, snap the ball with her elbow and drive her arm into her chest.-The ball went way outside of her mothers reach who was just 5' away. It was just her 2nd lesson so I thought we'd really work on tossing for a bit.Įven after I gave her a simple demonstration of just a low release toss off my fingers following trough toward the target. Wanted to share what happened in a lesson I night with a young 10yr old. When they can do this then they're ready to start learning the art of pitching. You'll catch them trying to pitch when doing this, tell them to stop, we're not pitching, we're throwing. Nice, relaxed and smooth overhand delivery is exactly the same as the underhand delivery-nice, relaxed and smooth. On the backside the ball will point up, release somewhere around mid thigh, and a finish with the palm down. A proper underhand throw is using body rhythm to assist in an arm whip that uses the elbow joint as a pivot point. But I will give it a shot and demo with a video. What is a proper underhand throw? Boardmember has explained too many times to count on this forum, he is the master and made me aware of its importance. Yet, time and time again we see fathers and mothers posting videos of their daughters starting the pitching journey asking what's wrong with their pitching technique when in reality they can't even throw underhand properly yet. ![]() Never in a million years would a PC try to teach a boy to pitch without first ensuring they could throw overhand properly. ![]() In fact, the amount of time it takes to teach a boy or girl to throw overhand properly is comparable to the time it take to learn how to throw underhand. Before learning to pitch a girl should first learn how to throw a ball underhand. I offer this video to help those learning to teach their DD how to pitch.
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