My daughter (13yo) has a pitching coach that she (and I) like. Her teachings seem very consistent with IR. (We started working on IR a few months ago after I found this thread, and we started lessons with this PC about that same time). However, the PC believes that my DD's glove-arm swimming is a major problem, and doesn't want to move on to other skills until it is "fixed." Needless to say, it is not as easy a fix as PC thinks it should be, and now my DD is finding herself focusing entirely on keeping her glove arm "under wraps" while pitching. (It seems to be a habit so engrained that the only way she can not do it at this point is to really focus on not doing it.) When she focuses on glove hand, her speed/accuracy drop (I think understandably?), but also her confidence. She is not a particularly confident girl, and this glove arm thing is not helping. In getting in reps yesterday, I found her working exclusively on her glove arm because she has a lesson today and is concerned about showing her PC that she has made progress on the swim.
Any way this can be presented to the PC without tension or coming across as someone who thinks they know more than her (which of course I don't, but I do have informed opinions)? I really feel like the time is better spent on her release, leg drive, drag foot, and other things that need work. From a layman's perspective, I do not see that the swimming is causing any leaning or balance issues (at least to my untrained eye). But the PC has already made is clear that she believes it is a very important fix and has a no nonsense approach (told my daughter that if she doesn't fix it in a month, she isn't serious enough), which I appreciate, but perhaps not on this particular issue?
Any ideas on how to approach this with the PC? Really like her and want this to work out, but want DD to stop focusing so much on glove arm. Or maybe just go with it until it's fixed?
Thanks everyone!
Any way this can be presented to the PC without tension or coming across as someone who thinks they know more than her (which of course I don't, but I do have informed opinions)? I really feel like the time is better spent on her release, leg drive, drag foot, and other things that need work. From a layman's perspective, I do not see that the swimming is causing any leaning or balance issues (at least to my untrained eye). But the PC has already made is clear that she believes it is a very important fix and has a no nonsense approach (told my daughter that if she doesn't fix it in a month, she isn't serious enough), which I appreciate, but perhaps not on this particular issue?
Any ideas on how to approach this with the PC? Really like her and want this to work out, but want DD to stop focusing so much on glove arm. Or maybe just go with it until it's fixed?
Thanks everyone!