Should I be Worried?

[clayadams]

How do we correct this? In the video it still looks like he does the same thing. His father had a talk with him. Is there a drill he can do?

You're going to have to break down the motion into a couple of "pieces" and have him do it over and over again. Example, first he does his stride and stop at the "equal opposite" portion of the whole delivery. Glove should be pointing at the target with the ball pointing straight back towards second base or 3rd. He'll have to do it over and over again. Then move onto the next portion of the delivery, one step at a time. It's going to be hard changing this, because he's going to have to "think" about pitching again. Right now he just throws the way he always has, he doesn't think about any piece of his delivery. It's all muscle memory. The only way you'll really break this habit is to make something else muscle memory. He's going to pitch "bad" for a while, most likely. It'll take all season unless he's an advanced motor skills learner. This is just my opinion, but that's how I'd go about doing it.

[AL_DAD]

I believe if he fixes this, he can be a better pitcher. His velocity has gone down every year,and I believe "this" is the culprit.

[Chris O'Leary]

How do we correct this? In the video it still looks like he does the same thing. His father had a talk with him. Is there a drill he can do?

What was he taught? Thumb to thigh?

I teach pinkie to thigh for this reason.

He also needs to keep his thumb pointed up during his arm swing (supination), not down.

[AL_DAD]

What was he taught? Thumb to thigh?

I teach pinkie to thigh for this reason.

He also needs to keep his thumb pointed up during his arm swing (supination), not down.

Not exactly sure what he was taught, but I like your cue of pinkie to the thigh. I told him about keeping his thumb pointed up, but I guess it will take more than on practice for him to get it. I will let his dad know aout the pinkie cue.

[tradosaurus]

We have two kids that use a pitching coach. Last tournament I sent several photos to one of our dads that is very similar to this photo with the difference being our player was reaching the ball up to the sky and his arm was completely extended. How can a former D-1 pitcher who is currently a pitching coach not pick up on that immediately?

Just because you can play the game doesn't mean you can teach it and vice versa.

[tradosaurus]

How do we correct this? In the video it still looks like he does the same thing. His father had a talk with him. Is there a drill he can do?

Personally I don't see how mechanics can be corrected if a kid is having to move extra weight.

The father needs to put his son on a diet. There is no reason a kid should be obese at his age.

[AL_DAD]

[QUOTE=tradosaurus;2009867][QUOTE=AL_DAD;2009620]How do we correct this? In the video it still looks like he does the same thing. His father had a talk with him. Is there a drill he can do?

Personally I don't see how mechanics can be corrected if a kid is having to move extra weight.

The father needs to put his son on a diet. There is no reason a kid should be obese at his age.

I disagree because I have seen bigger kids move the weight and have good mechanics. Yes he is a big boy, but so was his brother (A starter Def Line for a D1 School), and he started to shed all the weight once he turned 15. I know for a fact that he doesn't eat sweets, or soda pop, or even Gatorade. He is a hard worker, the weight just doesn't come off! At his Middle School they must be able to Run 4 laps arounfd the school grounds to even get to tryout, and he has done it for the last 2 years and was one of the first to finish!

[tradosaurus]

[QUOTE=AL_DAD;2009875][QUOTE=tradosaurus;2009867]

How do we correct this? In the video it still looks like he does the same thing. His father had a talk with him. Is there a drill he can do?

I disagree because I have seen bigger kids move the weight and have good mechanics. Yes he is a big boy, but so was his brother (A starter Def Line for a D1 School), and he started to shed all the weight once he turned 15. I know for a fact that he doesn't eat sweets, or soda pop, or even Gatorade. He is a hard worker, the weight just doesn't come off! At his Middle School they must be able to Run 4 laps arounfd the school grounds to even get to tryout, and he has done it for the last 2 years and was one of the first to finish!

I'm not buying it.

He's eating too much of something. A kid doesn't get a gut doing nothing.

[AL_DAD]

[QUOTE=tradosaurus;2009916][QUOTE=AL_DAD;2009875]

I'm not buying it.

He's eating too much of something. A kid doesn't get a gut doing nothing.

Sorry I should of wrote this in my first response. He does eat too much of the good stuff! lol

[tradosaurus]

[QUOTE=AL_DAD;2009926][QUOTE=tradosaurus;2009916]

Sorry I should of wrote this in my first response. He does eat too much of the good stuff! lol

Now it all makes sense!

But the Dad is responsible for buying the food. If he truly wants his son to be successful in baseball he needs to take
control of the situation.