7 Techniques to Improve Your Softball Hitting & Bat Speed
And it’s how you grip the bat, how tightly you grip the bat, and in what position you grip the bat, that are important. Once pitchers start to develop movement pitches, a good pitching tool to acquire is the Rev Fire. I recently came across an article called The Three Little Pigs and Softball Pitching and it got me thinking about how fastpitch softball pitching mechanics have advanced over the past couple of decades.
It’s definitely costing her speed.Maybe I am reading this wrong but her palm/ball should not be facing third base until closer to release (think pinky leading to release).
Loot explains! Softball message board with discussions on softball hitting, softball pitching, coaching youth softball and where you can get softball drills and softball tips.JavaScript is disabled. "WHIP" represents walks and hits per innings pitched. You must log in or register to reply here. Basic rule of thumb: anything at or below 1 is cy young level. If you follow some simple rules, you will definitely see your bat speed improve! Opponents Batting Average (OBA), also known as “Batting Average Against (BAA) is a baseball metric used to give an average of all hitter’s batting average against a pitcher.It is considered useful as it gives a pitcher-oriented number that is directly comparable to the popular Batting Average (BA), making it easy for fans to understand. I was wondering if any of the more experienced pitchers or pitching coaches out there have any “go to” drills or cues or tricks or incantations or magic potions to increase and hold the bend in the pitching arm as it goes around the circle. The pitcher should just focus on throwing into a wall/fence/net as hard as possible. In softball hitting, the grip is one of the most critical parts of a quick bat swing. Easton Synergy slowpitch bat is USSSA certified … 1.30-1.50+ about average to bad.
The chief difference is softball games last seven innings while baseball goes nine.
There has already been a thread about batting average so I thought I would have one about slugging percentage. It all depends on the build, arm whip, and wrist snap of the pitcher. The weight of the bat is well optimized for players to swing comfortably, while the end loaded barrel provides more power and hitting area. At the 9 o clock position she should be palm/ball to the sky. In baseball statistics, walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) is a sabermetric measurement of the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed per inning pitched.WHIP is calculated by adding the number of walks and hits allowed and dividing this sum by the number of innings pitched.. She is showing the ball to the catcher at 12 o’clock and there is some bend, but not enough.
But what is a good WHIP? It’s okay to be different and it’s okay that some movement pitches will work for you while others won’t.
A pitcher's statistical categories are virtually identical to those in baseball.In most cases, each basic category in a softball pitcher's statistic is abbreviated by a letter or series of letters relating to the category's name. Hopefully someone took notes?
- The walks plus hits divided by innings pitch stat is a huge variable when handicapping baseball games. Wins and losses, for example, are identified as "W" and "L," respectively. 1.00-1.30 is very good to about average. By 9 o’clock her arm is pretty straight. By analyzing a player's statistics, you get an instant glimpse of how she performs during games. For slow pitch I would consider a .550+ batting average to be great (the other 45% of the time you got out you still could have hit the ball hard though), .450+ to be decent/OK, .350+ to be mediocre, and anything lower to be bad. Other statistics include "HBP" for hit by pitch, or the number of batters a pitcher has hit, and "WP," which indicates a wild pitch. What is Baseball WHIP? Softball, as is the case with baseball, is a statistic-driven sport. By 11 o’clock her hand is oriented toward third base. WHIP isn’t a great all-encompassing pitcher stat, but it is often included in a pitcher’s overall season stats because it’s a very quick way to see how successful a pitcher is against batters. "BK," for balk, is a relatively rare stat.
"SFA" and "SHA" mean sacrifice flies against and sacrifice hits against, respectively.Toronto-based journalist William McCoy has been writing since 1997, specializing in topics such as sports, nutrition and health. Anything below 1.00 is outstanding and demonstrates the domination of a pitcher.
.8 - 1.00 is outstanding.
What's a bad WHIP?
A softball pitcher's statistics range from basic to advanced.
"WHIP" represents walks and hits per innings pitched. This is a really good drill for feeling the whip too: Once the feeling of the whip is introduced, speed up the G-flop drill and introduce a full (but isolated) arm circle without a catcher.