DD is 2nd year 14u. We are starting the exposure tournament circuit.
One of the pitching coaches of one of our pitchers told her in an exposure tourney, she should only throw fastballs over the plate and not try to get fancy. He said college coaches want to see speed from the pitchers and lots of hits from the batters.
He went so far as to say the tournament directors will tell the umps to squeeze the strike zone to make sure pitchers have to throw over the plate.
DD pitches and she tells me it's really tough to throw right over the plate because she works so hard on not doing that most of the time.
Opinions? Is this what coaches want to see?
One of the pitching coaches of one of our pitchers told her in an exposure tourney, she should only throw fastballs over the plate and not try to get fancy. He said college coaches want to see speed from the pitchers and lots of hits from the batters.
He went so far as to say the tournament directors will tell the umps to squeeze the strike zone to make sure pitchers have to throw over the plate.
DD pitches and she tells me it's really tough to throw right over the plate because she works so hard on not doing that most of the time.
Opinions? Is this what coaches want to see?
