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Only Slightly OCD..
DD is 13 and throws every kind of movement pitch there is pretty effectively. Tons of movement. So much so that when a girl is catching her who has never caught her before, she gets hit on the 1st 2-3 pitches guaranteed before she makes the adjustments.. She has played travel ball and has been nothing but effective for every team she has been on.
Problem is, when it comes to a tryout situation, every coach I run into loves the fastball.. They don't give a lick about how dead straight it is and how far into the bleachers it will get hit. DD can throw it hard, but experience has proven to her that it just doesn't work.. She is way more effective throwing 50 with crazy spin that 57 dead straight.
Why don't coaches even stand in a position either behind the pitcher or behind the catcher to see movement at a tryout? Almost invariably the coach stands to the side where the only thing they can see is speed. In a tryout situation if there are 3 girls going for 2 spots, DD gets cut every time to the girls who just throw gas. Even the ones who can't hit the strike zone consistently with it. They never look to see that her ball is moving like crazy through the strike zone.
I guess I am just frustrated and need to vent, but if anyone has any suggestions/ideas on how to extract craniums from rectums, I'd appreciate it..
Problem is, when it comes to a tryout situation, every coach I run into loves the fastball.. They don't give a lick about how dead straight it is and how far into the bleachers it will get hit. DD can throw it hard, but experience has proven to her that it just doesn't work.. She is way more effective throwing 50 with crazy spin that 57 dead straight.
Why don't coaches even stand in a position either behind the pitcher or behind the catcher to see movement at a tryout? Almost invariably the coach stands to the side where the only thing they can see is speed. In a tryout situation if there are 3 girls going for 2 spots, DD gets cut every time to the girls who just throw gas. Even the ones who can't hit the strike zone consistently with it. They never look to see that her ball is moving like crazy through the strike zone.
I guess I am just frustrated and need to vent, but if anyone has any suggestions/ideas on how to extract craniums from rectums, I'd appreciate it..