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FWIW, I'm sure RAD has some good ideas too.
Regardless of who you pick, do your homework. If your kid has been pitching with H/E mechanics, and we (or anyone) sends you to someone teaching differently, it's not going to be a good day for your daughter. At least not initially. And if college is around the corner, you may want to make sure what the coach teaches is going to actually help your kid.
I had a family fly out to me 2 weeks ago in a similar situation. After 30 min, I told the family that I am sorry I don't think I'm going to be able to help her. I mean, I did my best!! But, what good is it to fly to Omaha for a coach to tell your kid they need to change a lot of things, especially if they're going to go back to the same old pitching coach who's going to say what a moron I am and don't listen to that guy!!??? When the dad said they were here for enhancement not to reinvent the wheel, I said ok. I did a small demo, riseball is usually the best example for that. Dad was a baseball guy and had caught his DD since she was 9, now she's 17. When I throw some riseballs to him catching, at about 50% or less in velocity, he didn't put a glove on it. If I had thrown it straight down the middle, he'd have had a broken nose or eye socket. Both he and DD were kinda stunned. And I asked if they thought that was cool, to which they both said YES that's what she wants to be able to do. Then I had the bad news, "Sorry but pitching like she is, she won't be able to do what I just did". And it's not that I have a magic secret, it's not that I invented the pitch or have a patent on it. 100% opposite, I didn't create anything. But I can tell you that using H/E mechanics means she won't get backspin on her ball. If you have a problem with that, take it up with God not me. He's the one who designed our bodies and how they work, not me. They left Omaha with some serious things to think about. I guess we'll see which way they wanna take it.
Good luck with it. DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
Regardless of who you pick, do your homework. If your kid has been pitching with H/E mechanics, and we (or anyone) sends you to someone teaching differently, it's not going to be a good day for your daughter. At least not initially. And if college is around the corner, you may want to make sure what the coach teaches is going to actually help your kid.
I had a family fly out to me 2 weeks ago in a similar situation. After 30 min, I told the family that I am sorry I don't think I'm going to be able to help her. I mean, I did my best!! But, what good is it to fly to Omaha for a coach to tell your kid they need to change a lot of things, especially if they're going to go back to the same old pitching coach who's going to say what a moron I am and don't listen to that guy!!??? When the dad said they were here for enhancement not to reinvent the wheel, I said ok. I did a small demo, riseball is usually the best example for that. Dad was a baseball guy and had caught his DD since she was 9, now she's 17. When I throw some riseballs to him catching, at about 50% or less in velocity, he didn't put a glove on it. If I had thrown it straight down the middle, he'd have had a broken nose or eye socket. Both he and DD were kinda stunned. And I asked if they thought that was cool, to which they both said YES that's what she wants to be able to do. Then I had the bad news, "Sorry but pitching like she is, she won't be able to do what I just did". And it's not that I have a magic secret, it's not that I invented the pitch or have a patent on it. 100% opposite, I didn't create anything. But I can tell you that using H/E mechanics means she won't get backspin on her ball. If you have a problem with that, take it up with God not me. He's the one who designed our bodies and how they work, not me. They left Omaha with some serious things to think about. I guess we'll see which way they wanna take it.
Good luck with it. DO YOUR HOMEWORK.