- Jun 13, 2012
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My dd just turned 14. She has always been very small and at 10U she was our only pitcher on our travel team. All thru 12U I had a strong lefty that I had confidence in and was reluctant to give equal innings to my dd. This lack of innings REALLY put her behind but as I said, she was much smaller and thru maybe 40 until last year of 12U. During last fall till this past spring she hit a major growth spurt going from 4-10 to 5-7 and still growing.
Since she was much smaller we concentrated on location, spinning the ball and a change up. She is currently on her HS team as a freshman on the #1 ranked 7A team in the state with a strong pitching staff and should see "some" innings in JV this year. She works out at a minimum of 3 times a week while going to a very good pitching coach weekly. Her current speed is mid 50's with a couple pretty good moving pitches. This fall we skipped from 14u to 18U A class and she has been getting hit pretty hard. My question is this, do I continue to put her up against the much stronger hitting hoping that she gets better or do we play 14U to give her some confidence against weaker hitting? I have been chalking this fall up to it being a learning experience and that she will get more effective at the better hitting as she gets circle time and experience but at times I wonder if she really "has what it takes". She loves pitching and is a very hard worker and I treasure this experience and I guess the worse that we come away from this journey with is a heck of a bunch of GREAT memories. JUST LOVE TO SEE HER START TO GET SOME SERIOUS SUCCESS!
Since she was much smaller we concentrated on location, spinning the ball and a change up. She is currently on her HS team as a freshman on the #1 ranked 7A team in the state with a strong pitching staff and should see "some" innings in JV this year. She works out at a minimum of 3 times a week while going to a very good pitching coach weekly. Her current speed is mid 50's with a couple pretty good moving pitches. This fall we skipped from 14u to 18U A class and she has been getting hit pretty hard. My question is this, do I continue to put her up against the much stronger hitting hoping that she gets better or do we play 14U to give her some confidence against weaker hitting? I have been chalking this fall up to it being a learning experience and that she will get more effective at the better hitting as she gets circle time and experience but at times I wonder if she really "has what it takes". She loves pitching and is a very hard worker and I treasure this experience and I guess the worse that we come away from this journey with is a heck of a bunch of GREAT memories. JUST LOVE TO SEE HER START TO GET SOME SERIOUS SUCCESS!