The girls will be playing their first tournament Memorial Day weekend. One day tournament with 4 teams, maximum amount of games played would be 4 games in one day. There is also a 90 minute hard stop time limit, basically after 90 minutes the game is stopped and you go back to the score of the previous inning that is completely finished. I don't expect any of the games to go more than 5 innings at the 8U level. We have 2 good pitchers who both get pitching lessons and their mechanics are pretty good IMO, 1 decent pitcher and 2 inconsistent pitchers. So five girls that could potentially pitch during the day. 2 of those 5 pitchers are still 7 years old, actually the best pitchers is a 7 year old also. 30 foot mound, walks are allowed, no bunting. Those are the details.
My question is regarding advice in the amount of innings/pitches one girls should be pitching in one day at the 8U level. From my understanding underhand pitching causes less stress on the arm than overhand basesball pitching, I have always heard that the underhand motion is a more natural motion but I grew up playing baseball and I am still in the learning process of coaching fastpitch softball. The last thing I want is any of these girls to hurt their arms at the 8U level by over pitching them.
My question is regarding advice in the amount of innings/pitches one girls should be pitching in one day at the 8U level. From my understanding underhand pitching causes less stress on the arm than overhand basesball pitching, I have always heard that the underhand motion is a more natural motion but I grew up playing baseball and I am still in the learning process of coaching fastpitch softball. The last thing I want is any of these girls to hurt their arms at the 8U level by over pitching them.