- Jan 29, 2024
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My daughter, who just turned 9, wants to be a pitcher. For the last 4 months, we have been taking pitching lessons from the local high school coach, who was also an All-American pitcher at a local D3 school. The coach and my daughter get along well, and she has been making progress. I have a couple of concerns about some of the things she is being taught and wanted to ask the collective of this forum for advice.
1. One concern I have is that she is being taught to pull her hip through and release as the hip and hand meet at the bottom of the arm circle. From what I've gathered from lurking here and on YouTube, many coaches advocate for the hand to pass in front of the hip rather than on the side as they turn.
2. She is being taught to throw with a finger snap and apply bullet spin on the ball. Given that my daughter is only 9, she's finding it challenging to do this consistently. While she's improving, I worry that developing a habit of using bullet spin might be difficult to break if it becomes ingrained in her pitching technique.
My daughter has made remarkable progress, transitioning from struggling to get the ball into the strike zone to holding her own against the 10u players in scrimmages for her travel ball organization. However, as a new softball dad, I'm unsure if my concerns are valid or if I'm overreacting. Should I address these concerns with her pitching coach?
1. One concern I have is that she is being taught to pull her hip through and release as the hip and hand meet at the bottom of the arm circle. From what I've gathered from lurking here and on YouTube, many coaches advocate for the hand to pass in front of the hip rather than on the side as they turn.
2. She is being taught to throw with a finger snap and apply bullet spin on the ball. Given that my daughter is only 9, she's finding it challenging to do this consistently. While she's improving, I worry that developing a habit of using bullet spin might be difficult to break if it becomes ingrained in her pitching technique.
My daughter has made remarkable progress, transitioning from struggling to get the ball into the strike zone to holding her own against the 10u players in scrimmages for her travel ball organization. However, as a new softball dad, I'm unsure if my concerns are valid or if I'm overreacting. Should I address these concerns with her pitching coach?