6 Best Softball Pitching Drills | Softball Junkies

The key to beginning pitching? You can find the key in slow and purposeful movement. The conundrum here is that young children rarely have the patience, focus or attention span to commit to slow and purposeful movement. At Seven Strong we make it a game and a challenge like “floor is lava” in order to get the girls to hit their checkpoint mechanics as they begin to learn. This is our beginner level version of power skip to pitch and requires core control, elevating the stride knee to hip height,

MECHANICS CHECK ✅ Every so often I like to share a solid example of the stages of the pitch The stages of the pitch are checkpoints throughout the pitching motion that you SHOULD be hitting in order to achieve optimal speed and command And it is rare that I get a pitcher which such solid mechanics as 2030 @bryir.palmer.2030 has!! Let’s break down the stages of the pitch: LOAD - weight forward - body square to the target REACH - hips extend forward - tall & stacked - everything works TOGETHER - h