Video of Harvard softball pitcher Rachel Brown

Ace softball pitcher Rachel Brown demonstrates how she grips and delivers her best pitches.

The ace of the Harvard Crimson's softball pitching staff, Rachel Brown ’12, shows how she grips and throws her best pitches: the rise ball, chamge-up, and curve. Coach Jenny Allard analyzes Brown's pitching and her strengths on the mound. There is also footage of Brown pitching against the Columbia Lions in a game played on Friday, April 6, 2009, at Harvard. 

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