DD is 13 and has been pitching 4 years. Her original PC was an oldschool guy whose DD pitched in the SEC several years ago. Needless to say he knew nothing about IR, but my DD thrived under him for a couple of years. However she reached a point where it seemed he had taken her as far as he could so we decided a change was in order and found a reputable coach who taught IR. Obviously it's a big change going to IR and takes some time, but DD significantly regressed over that next year and had a hard time understanding the coaches' instruction...seems it just wasn't a good fit.
At the beginning of '22 we decided it was time for a change and found another PC who DD connected with right away. She made great strides within a month, but then suffered a stress fracture in her arm which was possibly the result of repetitive banging against the hip on her "brush". She's 1.5 months removed from being cleared and has understandably had struggles getting back to pre-injury form. Recently her PC has been trying to correct her circle as she seems to be short-arming her delivery and forcing the rollover at release creating a 10-4 spin. The PC now has her facing the ball at the top towards 2B as opposed to home. This runs contrary to what I've read on IR, but PC says it is necessary to help extend the arm circle and have the hand pointing towards home at release to create something closer to 12-6 spin.
We really like and trust the PC, but wanted to get others' thoughts on this change as it seemed to possibly be the first step in returning to the HE method...and I know how most on here feel about that versus IR.
At the beginning of '22 we decided it was time for a change and found another PC who DD connected with right away. She made great strides within a month, but then suffered a stress fracture in her arm which was possibly the result of repetitive banging against the hip on her "brush". She's 1.5 months removed from being cleared and has understandably had struggles getting back to pre-injury form. Recently her PC has been trying to correct her circle as she seems to be short-arming her delivery and forcing the rollover at release creating a 10-4 spin. The PC now has her facing the ball at the top towards 2B as opposed to home. This runs contrary to what I've read on IR, but PC says it is necessary to help extend the arm circle and have the hand pointing towards home at release to create something closer to 12-6 spin.
We really like and trust the PC, but wanted to get others' thoughts on this change as it seemed to possibly be the first step in returning to the HE method...and I know how most on here feel about that versus IR.