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The Power of Rhythm: Helping Ashtyn Stay Connected Through Her Pitching Motion beginner pitching performance training pitching fundamentals pitching mechanics Apr 14, 2025

Ā My last pitch wasn’t thrown on a field. It was thrown in a bullpen, with my dad quietly watching, both of us knowing… this was it.

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I haven’t watched these videos since the spring of 2019.

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This was the last bullpen I ever threw. I didn’t know it would be at the time—or maybe I did. Deep down...

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How to Drive Your Center of Gravity Forward in the Softball Pitch athlete development beginner pitching pitching drills pitching fundamentals Mar 12, 2023

Break your motion up! Focus on your drive, pause & make sure your stacked, then firešŸ”„

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Mastering your center of gravity is just one piece of becoming a more efficient pitcher. The Next Level Pitching Academy provides step-by-step instruction, dri...

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Are You Smooth or Are You Controlled? The Secret to Better Softball Pitching Mechanics athlete development beginner pitching pitching drills pitching fundamentals Mar 11, 2023

Rhythm = AccuracyĀ 

In order to have rhythm, you need to work on smooth and controlled movement drills.Ā 

Ash is a doing a great example of FEELING the rhythm in her body šŸ„Ž

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Master the 7 Steps of Efficient Pitching

Learning to move smoothly and under control starts with understanding the entir...

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Fastpitch Softball Warm-Up Drills and Spin Routine for Pitchers beginner pitching performance training pitching drills pitching fundamentals Mar 09, 2023

Warmup Drills & Spin Routine

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Turn Your Warm-Up Into Better Pitching Mechanics

A quality warm-up and spin routine are just the beginning. Inside the Next Level Pitching Academy, you'll learn the mechanics, drills, and progressions that help pitchers improve spin, consistency, velocity, and ov...

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Simplifying the Softball Windup for Beginner Pitchers athlete development beginner pitching pitching drills pitching fundamentals Mar 07, 2023

Simplifying windups for beginners but tricking them into thinking this is a DRILL so they don’t stress about the change šŸ„Ž

All of them liked the simple movements too at the end of the clinic šŸ’Æ

Subscribe to dr3fastpitch.com for insider information & follow me on all social media platforms @dr3fastpi...

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2 Common Softball Pitching Mistakes That Hurt Your Mechanics athlete development beginner pitching pitching drills pitching fundamentals Mar 05, 2023
Pitching, hitting, throwing, running…. So many similarities throughout movement patterns. Most girls have been running longer than playing softball. Most girls have been hitting longer than pitching.Ā 
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Make the connections!!! Combine the movements. Make the brain see / feel the similarities.Ā 
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Step Back vs. Start Back in Fastpitch Softball: Which Is Better? athlete development beginner pitching pitching drills pitching fundamentals Mar 02, 2023

Fastpitch Prep Podcast

This weeks lineup:

Warmup Segment
Listener Question: His daughter has a choice to be a full time player on the JV team or a roll player on the varsity team. What do you think? (@19:14)
Paige's Power Play (@29:19)
DR3Fastpitch Pitching Corner - What do you feel about the start ...

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Teaching Separation to Beginner Softball Pitchers athlete development beginner pitching pitching drills pitching fundamentals Feb 27, 2023

Teaching Miss Kinley & Miss JoJo separation & making it fun for them to stay engaged working together šŸ„Ž

Love working with my littles 🄰 #8U

Are you a beginner coach or parent looking for guidance with your pitcher(s)? I have the course just for you!

For 1/4 the price of a private 60 minute lesson,...

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What Does It Mean to Get "Stacked" in Fastpitch Softball Pitching? athlete development beginner pitching pitching drills pitching fundamentals Feb 23, 2023

Stacked: Back Hip, Back Knee, Back Shoulder in line at release šŸ„Ž

Working a firm front side & keeping our head, neck, and spine in alignment doing rapid fire (with control) arm circles using different weights and sizes of plyo balls šŸ„Ž

Use code ā€œDR3-5ā€ for @highlevelthrowinghlt balls or head to dr3f...

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Transitioning from Hello Elbow to Internal Rotation in Fastpitch Softball athlete development beginner pitching pitching drills pitching fundamentals Feb 21, 2023

Are you transitioning from ā€œHello Elbowā€ to internal rotation?

Focus on drawing a circle with your ELBOW unraveling instead of a locked out long circle šŸ„Ž #whipit

Introduction to Rotational Pitching CourseĀ on DR3FastpitchU to learn more about this transition with 2 weeks of drill work provided to h...

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