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    Injuries and fatigue

    My 'research' was just basic web browsing and reading articles from various sites that seemed to have some knowledge of the topic. I was not going into this as if i was writing a thesis. I agree that i have seen some horrible mechanics. My DDs PC likes a compact and efficient motion without a...
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    Injuries and fatigue

    Thanks for all the feedback. I appreciate it! Sent from my LG-D851 using Tapatalk
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    Injuries and fatigue

    I read some articles that made it sound like the wear and tear is comparable to baseball and that limits should be in place. The different articles varied in pitch counts but around 700 per week seemed to be the normal. Sent from my LG-D851 using Tapatalk
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    Injuries and fatigue

    Perhaps my research skills are lacking, but everything i find online says that pitchers should be limited in the number of pitches thrown. I have always been told by my DD's PC that she is safe to throw multiple games. Her coaches want to have a 3 pitcher rotation. They are baseball guys who...
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    political help needed

    Thank yocoach. I just wasn't sure how to handle the situation should it come to a point where I think she's being put into difficult situations whereas the other AC's coaches kids are being dealt a better hand. In the end, the kid can pitch (not just daddy talk) and it's probably all going to...
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    political help needed

    The specific comment came after a game in which we were the visiting team and were down by 1 run with 9 minutes left on the clock. The coach pulled her for a different pitcher. I actually thought he'd pulled her just because she'd faced each hitter twice and had just walked the first hitter of...
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    political help needed

    Head coach hasn't said anything to me. This came from his assistant who said that they'd talked about it.
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    political help needed

    Let me start with a little background. My DD plays 12B. Two of our coaches are parents of the 2 other pitchers. My DD and one of our catchers always work together during her pitching lessons. They have great chemistry, but both move at a slow pace. One of coaches told me that they are...
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    Confidence

    I hear what your saying Sluggers, but it isn't just me that thinks this. Her HC has said the same thing. Even after this last outing he made a comment to me that she threw really well before the game, but her pitches looked slower in the game. After reading everyone's comments and talking to her...
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    Confidence

    Thank you to everyone for the feedback.
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    Confidence

    How do you fix a loss in confidence in a 10yr old pitcher? My DD has been put in some tough spots this year and has lost her confidence. Her coach puts more pressure on her than he does the other pitcher and she is always worried that he's going to pull her out of the game if she walks a hitter...
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    To mask or not to mask...

    Definitely start as soon as you can. I didn't make my DD wear one during 8U coach/kid pitch until the day she took a line drive off the forehead. Luckily, it was a Tuff Lite ball and it didn't seriously injure her. She's worn a mask every game since then. 2" lower and she has a broken nose. On...
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    Growth Spurt

    Thanks everyone. Her control is still solid, it's just her speed that doesn't seem to be quite what it was before. I don't really want to have her working out at 9, but she does play outside a lot and is on a swim team (part time), so she's in good shape in my opinion.
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    Growth Spurt

    My DD is 9/yr old and has been going through a growth spurt for a few months now. I've noticed her pitch speed isn't any faster than it was a year ago. I went back and found a video of her from about a year ago and the difference in body speed and control is like night & day. She was much...
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    9 yr old pitching too much?

    You are right and I'm going to talk to her coach. I just didn't know what to do in the moment. Like I said, this is her first year playing TB and I haven't been around the game too much. She'd been splitting time with another pitcher, but she was really locked in this weekend and he stayed with...
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