![]() ![]() Often times you are going to see the side arm fling that you have no idea where it is going to end up! It’s a good way to practice your reflexes! I would also show them a one handed roll of a ball and see if they can do that. Start with showing the child an underhand throw and see how they do. And, we’d love to hear about techniques that have worked for you guys! I am going to share some of the techniques that have worked for us. ![]() So, I don’t have a tried and true way for teaching underhand throwing. Read the other two posts to get some more details! As they begin to master, decrease some aspect of the cueing and continue to progress until they barely need cueing at all and are fairly consistent! Also, doing the task slower is easier and faster is harder, closer is easier and further is harder. Just remember, break it into easier steps and give more support to begin with, and lots of repetitions. How you cue and how you change the cueing will also depend on the child you are working with. A lot of the same principles that we talked about in the above two posts work in terms of cueing and how to progress or breakdown the teaching so I won’t necessarily go over all those. Now we are going to talk about underhand throwing. Here is a start with a checklist that I have adapted from the “Steps to Success” series.We recently talked about how to work on and practice overhand throwing with kids, and how to work on catching. The throw used will depend again on the place that the thrower is throwing from, the distance of the throw and the importance of the throw or time that the ball must get to its destination. There is also the underhand toss, the sidearm throw, and the throw that uses the crow hop for distance, the catchers throw on a steal attempt, and the quick toss of second base player to second on on a double play ball. This is also only one of a few possible throws that are made during a game. Ideally they will have mastered the mechanics so that the automatic is correct. ![]() If they have learned these mechanics and their body has memorized the basic concepts, they will not need to think about mechanics before throwing. They need to get the ball to its destination as quickly and accurately as possible. This checklist is a general format to use in teaching throwing and solidifying basic throwing mechanics.ĭuring a game, the players will not stop and go through all the checklist points before they throw. For example, if the second base player fields the ball close to first base, she will likely use an underhand toss to get the ball to first base. The form used will depend entirely on the situation, how far from the target the thrower is and how the ball is fielded. The truth is that no every situation allows players to use this checklist or these specific mechanics for throwing. How many times have you seen someone throw into the stands at the College World Series Championships? Mechanics are critical, and will automatically take over when the thrower is stressed. Throwing under pressure and in a rush has the potential to cause errors even with well trained athletes. Teaching Overhand Throwing for Beginners Some Things That Effect Throwing Overhand throwing for beginners can be stressful and learning the basic mechanics is critical at the early stages of any players career. Overthrows and inaccurate throws are where the most runs are scored, especially at the inexperienced levels. Throwing errors are one of the most common errors in softball.
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