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pumpkinbear said:

My youngest dd was in a similar place at age 10. She had been taught you can't drive too hard. She had good speed, but REALLY wild.

During a Denny Tincher lesson, he observed that dd couldn't control her body posture with her explosive drive. The approach he recommended was similar to the javasource two-step https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufRaP2LkbGs without the max effort on the drive. More of a step.

Her control dramatically improved immediately. By immediately, I mean the next pitch. She went from #7 in our pitching rotation to #1 in about 2 weeks.

Denny said as dd gets more confident, her step would become more aggressive without coaching. This proved true.

Based on my sample size of one, if this would help your dd, you would know immediately.

Good luck.

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strawman said:

I have had her doing this drill for the last couple weeks. Last night I had her try it using the "finish balanced on stride leg" method for the first 10 pitches and then normal. She was much more consistent.

Overall, last night was a huge improvement and she was extremely encouraged. Her posture was so much better and she threw probably 75% of her pitches for strikes with about 20% being balls that were at least around the plate.

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