- Jul 17, 2012
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I've found all kinds of posts on pitch counts, but every one I found was related to "Game" counts, primarily focused on tournament play with a pitcher throwing multiple games per day/weekend. I'm curious on everyone's thoughts for pitching workouts. How many and how often? DD just turned 10 and is 6 weeks into taking this serious. She's thrown 5-6 days a week for the last 6 weeks. At least one day per week of those workouts is JUST playing underhand catch.
Second question. During last night's session, after she got loose, without me prompting her to do so, she started throwing with more velocity than she ever has and she was in or around the strikezone with most. She probably threw about 15-20 pitches like that, then she got really wild and slowed down. I could tell she got tired, but I asked her anyway "What happened to the fireballs?" She said, it's tiring throwing that hard... I can't control it. Do I:
A Let her throw hard for as long as she can, then let her drop off, or
B Encourage her to continue to throw hard, but cut the sessions off at maybe 40 pitches instead of the 75-100 we have been throwing or
C Fill in the blank.
Keep in mind, during those 75-100 pitch workouts, all are fastballs, and not thrown very hard. More working on mechanics than velocity.
Thoughts?
Second question. During last night's session, after she got loose, without me prompting her to do so, she started throwing with more velocity than she ever has and she was in or around the strikezone with most. She probably threw about 15-20 pitches like that, then she got really wild and slowed down. I could tell she got tired, but I asked her anyway "What happened to the fireballs?" She said, it's tiring throwing that hard... I can't control it. Do I:
A Let her throw hard for as long as she can, then let her drop off, or
B Encourage her to continue to throw hard, but cut the sessions off at maybe 40 pitches instead of the 75-100 we have been throwing or
C Fill in the blank.
Keep in mind, during those 75-100 pitch workouts, all are fastballs, and not thrown very hard. More working on mechanics than velocity.
Thoughts?