It was great meeting up with you and your family "Jake", I mean Mike. LOL!
Ashley was a little sore yesterday from the hit she took on Saturday but she wasn't going to let that stop her. I was able to watch Angela in the circle for a couple innings on Saturday. She looked strong and confident...
Try using Jugs lite flight balls. It allows them to see the ball all the way to the glove and not worry about taking a bad bounce to the face. You can also use a face mask and catcher's chest protector for the ones who are very afraid of the ball. Once they learn to keep their eye on the ball...
I have pretty much accepted that the screwball is mostly a movement pitch due to the angle thrown than a true breaking pitch. Especially after failing miserably at trying to impart anything close to 3 to 9 spin without throwing sidearm.
Then I saw a pitch from Ueno that looked like it had...