- Jun 12, 2015
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I wonder if mine will lose all interest in other positions when she starts pitching. She just loves to play, period, for now.
This was a question for us this year. Last year's team wasn't working out, so did tryouts. Landed DD on a team where she lands in the middle of a 3 pitcher rotation. The team is a step up as far as skill level of players and coaching, but what sold us (in addition to the great coaches) was the pitching strategy. All pitchers get their pool game, then depending on how they look on Saturday coach will choose who he will start in Sunday games. Coach doesn't have a pitching daughter, and we watched the team during the season, so know that he is telling the truth when he laid out his pitching plan.
I agree with others, play on the best team where you will actually get playing time. Being a 4th pitcher, or junk ball pitcher, will mean very limited mound time.
How about being a pitcher on a team that plays all comers but has no defense? That is how you teach a kid to pitch �� "you want an out? You got three choices, K, weak grounder or a popup- get to it Suzy and remember anything even reasonably well hit is at least a double"
Why were they willing to sit in the dugout so much of the time?
This is the craziest thing I've read in a while. I'm stunned.
a) Pitchers are *NOT* playing the same game as the rest of the team. Some pitchers probably don't even *LIKE* playing a position other than pitching. A kid wants to be a pitcher has to learn how to play the pitching game. Therefore, she has to find a team where her skills *AS A PITCHER* allow her to pitch a lot.
b) If a kid wants to pitch, it doesn't matter how well she drop steps or circles the ball, or how quickly she gets the ball out of her glove on grounder. It doesn't matter if she catches with two hands. It doesn't matter if she hits .750. None of the stuff will get the pitcher one more inning on the mound. Why? Because it doesn't help her do her job. And, if a kid wants to pitch, circle time is *EVERYTHING*.
c) Good pitchers want to pitch. That is what they live for. They don't want to play SS, CF or C...they want to be in the circle striking people out.
d) To learn how to pitch, they have to get circle time.