My daughter has experimented with eliminating her backswing. She has been pretty successful but occasionaly it seems her backswing gets wrapped around her back causing arm circle problems. We used a radar gun and did not see any difference in velocity. The only pitch she is having trouble with...
Daughter has been struggling making contact playing 16/18u tourneys. She usually looks good in practice and in high school and 14u games. It is a mental thing a lot. It isnt just against overpowering pitchers.
I've heard good and bad about doing drills from 1 knee. My daughter has done alot of drills from 1 knee to isolate the arm circle and to build arm strength. I have talked with some parents who say they went to an instuctor who says stay away from them. They do some drill from 2 knees...
My daughter is a pitcher. She is 13yoa. She works on pitching 4-5 times a week. She has been pretty succesful. We think she has a pretty good chance to play after high school if she keeps progressing. She had always played softball, volleyball and basketball until last year. She gave up...
My daughter has recently had trouble with her arm circle. As she starts her motion, the arm is flexed (bent), instead of a long loose circle. It seems she is trying to throw harder but is getting tighter and "muscling" the ball. It has caused a loss in velocity and wrecks the pitch. We have...
Daughter is struggling with confidence. She has been a very succesful pitcher. She is worried about pleasing parents and coaches. Also a lot of high expectations. We have expected her to dominate every game and when she hasn't we have been too hard on her. Any advice? Any books? We have...