Pitching+Form

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To the bottom is a video of me pitching in a game. The pitch that you will see is a change up like the back door change up described on the Pitches page. This video helps illustrate the form that I use when throwing the ball. It also shows how effective the change is in making a batter swing and miss. =====

On top is a video of Cat Osterman pitching a no-hitter. When you look at the two videos you will notice similar styles of pitching form.
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== I put these videos up next to each other to show you what pitching looks like at different age groups and how similar most motions are, if they are using the same style of pitching. (Beside the pre-motions) ==

**3.** Push Off, This is when the pitcher pushes with her front foot and brings her back foot and arms in front of her for momentum to start the actual throw.
====**4.** K position, This is the image you might see when you think off a softball pitcher. Her glove arm is out straight in front, Her throwing arm is almost straight back behind her, and all her weight is on her back leg so she can push the other leg out in front. This is called K position because her body looks like a K if you look at it from the side.====

**5.** Release point, This is when the pitcher is facing the batter again and she is bringing her hand to her hip and dragging her push off foot up to meet her planted foot at the same time.
====**6.** Follow through, This is when the ball has already been thrown and the pitcher is ending her motion. All pitchers are different but usually girls will finish dragging their push off foot into the knee and will let their arm go up through the hips and then pull it back.====

=== Note: NOT ALL PITCHERS HAVE THE SAME MOTIONS EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE. Most pitchers have something very similar to this because this is the windmill pitch motion but it may vary from pitcher to pitcher. ===

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