My son is 9, and pretty new to pitching. When he pitches, he always leans or falls to the left side (he's right handed). When he does this, his eyes are not close to level when he's releasing the ball, and the throws tend to have have an extreme downward plane and wind up in the dirt a lot, or too high.
I've drawn a line in the dirt and we've worked on stepping straight towards the plate. He steps straight most of the time, but he always has that "falling" even when he's stepping straight.
I don't know a lot about pitching, and I've read that a downward plane is good, and I've even seen a lot of big leaguers lean over, but this is kind of extreme. He does the kind of same thing when he makes a long throw.
Anyone been through this? What did you do?
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