- Dec 7, 2011
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Curious to hear maybe more from coaches and maybe other pitcher parents out there in DFP-land on this topic.
I used to be just gung-ho on DD throwing for K's (freshman and sophomore years),....but then the rest of the defense sits there bored and falling asleep.
This year our hs pitch calling is driving much more "contact" inducing pitch calling. DD is throwing allot of in/out fb's and getting the off-center slow grounder. And now this year, although the infield is young (freshies and sophies) they are also talented and have just cleaned up every infield ball so far this year.
I am torn because I know DD could be getting so many more K's per game but I think I like this "team" winning strategy better (for now while no errors are occurring in the infield). On top of that DD gets out of games only having thrown maybe 60 pitches!
I guess it just simply boils down to the skill of your infield.
Thoughts?
I used to be just gung-ho on DD throwing for K's (freshman and sophomore years),....but then the rest of the defense sits there bored and falling asleep.
This year our hs pitch calling is driving much more "contact" inducing pitch calling. DD is throwing allot of in/out fb's and getting the off-center slow grounder. And now this year, although the infield is young (freshies and sophies) they are also talented and have just cleaned up every infield ball so far this year.
I am torn because I know DD could be getting so many more K's per game but I think I like this "team" winning strategy better (for now while no errors are occurring in the infield). On top of that DD gets out of games only having thrown maybe 60 pitches!
I guess it just simply boils down to the skill of your infield.
Thoughts?