Quote Originally Posted by marriard View Post
Depends on what you have... if they are effective pitchers and have PC's, you leave it alone and work on strategy, pitch sequences, etc, etc. I'd forget skill teaching in that case and work on other things. If she can throw a drop ball even if it is not your way, who cares. Call a drop and be done with it and don't try to correct technique in practice or games. If she is struggling in the game, pull her if she can't get it back herself - she should be able to self-correct at that age.
If they suck... well you have all the reason you need (and no real bad consequences) to make changes. What do you have to lose? When your pitchers ERA is 8.0+ and she or her parents complain that you are changing their style you have some real good ammunition to fire back with.
My DD's head coach for travel is a local hitting instructor but only 4 of the team use him The rest go elsewhere. He tells the parent he doesn't care who they go to, he wont mess with their swing if they go somewhere else UNLESS they aren't performing in games. Our normal lead off and 3-5 spot all go to someone else. His students bat 2, 6,8 and every other game. That doesn't appear normal behavior for a coach but it should be,"
Based on this accurate and well put post, what is a good era. Not talking about an Abbot or Cat who are freaks of nature in terms of talent. I know area can sway avgs as some are loaded like So Cal and Mayberry being sparse of talent. I'm referring to IR trained pitchers who put in 3-5 day's work in off season and of mortal talent and in HS.
Depends on what you have... if they are effective pitchers and have PC's, you leave it alone and work on strategy, pitch sequences, etc, etc. I'd forget skill teaching in that case and work on other things. If she can throw a drop ball even if it is not your way, who cares. Call a drop and be done with it and don't try to correct technique in practice or games. If she is struggling in the game, pull her if she can't get it back herself - she should be able to self-correct at that age.
If they suck... well you have all the reason you need (and no real bad consequences) to make changes. What do you have to lose? When your pitchers ERA is 8.0+ and she or her parents complain that you are changing their style you have some real good ammunition to fire back with.
My DD's head coach for travel is a local hitting instructor but only 4 of the team use him The rest go elsewhere. He tells the parent he doesn't care who they go to, he wont mess with their swing if they go somewhere else UNLESS they aren't performing in games. Our normal lead off and 3-5 spot all go to someone else. His students bat 2, 6,8 and every other game. That doesn't appear normal behavior for a coach but it should be,"
Based on this accurate and well put post, what is a good era. Not talking about an Abbot or Cat who are freaks of nature in terms of talent. I know area can sway avgs as some are loaded like So Cal and Mayberry being sparse of talent. I'm referring to IR trained pitchers who put in 3-5 day's work in off season and of mortal talent and in HS.
