Overhand Throwing Speed

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I'm telling you what they told her... but, ok. No biggie...

 

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60+ is pretty good.

I saw one girl who had put 69...I had to laugh....maybe with a 80MPH tail wind.

 

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There has been a huge awakening about swing mechanics in the last few years. Thankfully, some prominent instructors stepped up and got beyond "see the ball, hit the ball", and actually started TEACHING HOW to properly "see the ball, hit the ball". Because of the in-depth study of swing mechanics, we soon came to realize that throwing and hitting mechanics are very closely related.

The question is: Why do most boys generally know how to throw a rock, and girls, for lack of a better phrase, "throw like girls"? When I was a kid, I don't ever remember anyone teaching how to do a basic overhand throw. Yet, nearly every boy just picked it up on their own. There were exceptions - I grew up in the neighborhood with the late Muskingum softball coach Donna Newberry (and her cousins). Donna could throw a football better than most of the boys. I wish I would have asked her how she learned that when I had the chance.

Extremist, you are right on track, and exactly right! Just as with anything in the teaching/learning process, some will learn, some won't. Some students work hard and SMART at it, some do not. For instructors, the most frustrating thing is students who refuse to practice on their own. It would be great if every student was an eager beaver, but that's not realistic. You just have to do your best with the ones that are there to soak it all up.

I remember when my daughter was learning pitching, there were phases where she regressed - off balance, timing problems - you name it. Fortunately, she had instructors who had the mindset of "going back to square one". Two steps forward, one step back. You cannot move forward until you get the foundation correct. Boring for kids? Not if you're creative.

Top athletes "go back to square one" before every game. Warm-ups should include precisely executed throwing progressions. If not done correctly, it only reinforces bad habits.

The elephant in the room is why are boys "easier to teach" throwing and hitting than a lot of girls? Thankfully, there is progress being made on that topic. It centers around the fact that "girls are not boys" (duh) - their bodies are built differently (double duh!), and therefore work differently in some aspects. A solid knowledge of those differences goes a long way in knowing HOW to teach girls how to throw - AND hit. So, the challenge is getting coaches on board understanding those differences, and adjust their teaching methods to better suit girls.

I do not think you meant it but a swing is a swing. My daughters swing is pretty much identical to a baseball swing. I do not see much difference but maybe her swing coach can point out the difference.

I do know that my younger 2 girls have been "naturals" than the first one. And I do believe it has to do with watching so much softball. The youngest has more pop in her bat and her throw has more velocity earlier. She just has great weight transfer. And we try to not mess with her too much. Let the natural body mechanics develop and just tweak her if she gets too far out from good solid basic mechanics.

 

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we have 2 that throw right at 60 and they love doing it from about 20' away from coaches in the indoor sessions. Argh! But LOL when it happens to the other coaches.

 

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we have 2 that throw right at 60 and they love doing it from about 20' away from coaches in the indoor sessions. Argh! But LOL when it happens to the other coaches.

What is the deal with this issue.

My daughter seems to think playing catch with me is time to see how freaked out I can become.........and my eyes are not nearly as good as they used to be. So I am a bit twitchy when she starts this horse pucky. She is at the mid 50s right now and that seems very fast from 20-30 feet. She may be faster. The last time we timed her was 9 months ago and she is 14 so she is maturing all the time.

I never expected to be so nervous playing catch with my daughter. Not to mention the hand bruising.

 

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I won't toss with my dd without a catchers mitt.

 

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You guys are killing me. DD makes me twitchy, I need a catchers mit. What the heck? I do not have a problem at all watching mine throw to each other or somebody else. lmao

 

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You guys are killing me. DD makes me twitchy, I need a catchers mit. What the heck? I do not have a problem at all watching mine throw to each other or somebody else. lmao

I am fragile. I break easy!!!

 

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You guys are killing me. DD makes me twitchy, I need a catchers mit. What the heck? I do not have a problem at all watching mine throw to each other or somebody else. lmao

Now you are just showing off your wisdom.

 

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thanks spartansd. really not that hard to do going against stephen and les though, lol.

 

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I no longer even bring a fielder's mitt to practice. These 16U/18U players throw way to hard and way to close. Those bone bruises are just to dang painful.