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Sep 10, 2013
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DD has moved up to HS ball and has been hit hard a few times. but that's how she learns. i've also told her that she tends to pitch more 'carefully' and slower in live games than in practice. she doesn't admit it or notices it, but she does. But as she gets hit harder in HS ball, the more she wants to improve on her pitching.
 
Nov 3, 2013
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Stoddard, WI
Thanks

So we talked about it and it is the pressure to be accurate. So in last nights games I said start every batter with a pitch as hard as you can . If it is a ball you have the rest of the at bat to make up for it. It worked. I could tell the difference. We will keep with tha and work into if the first is a strike do it again on the second pitch etc.

Thanks to everyone.
 

JAD

Feb 20, 2012
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Georgia
Most pitchers will have a "top speed" and a "cruising speed". Top speed is typically achieved during practice with no batter in the box and when she is not concerned about throwing strikes. Cruising speed is what she throws in games to batters and is typically 2-3 MPH slower than her top speed. Anything slower than that and she is "guiding" her pitches and it needs to be corrected!
 
Mar 12, 2009
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Mine seems to do the same but I haven't verified it with a gun. The fields we play on most of the time are fairly soft with a lot of field dry mixed in so it seems like she drags her foot in it a lot more which probably has a lot to do with it plus I think she muscles the ball more in games.
 

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