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My DD#1 pitched D1 Juco ball, and went to the D1 Juco world series twice. Her former juco coach became a D1 coach. After juco, DD#1 became an NCAA D1 all-conference pitcher. Her max speed was 67MPH. She had a nasty drop ball, which was as good as any drop ball I've seen. (As I've said many times before, her biggest drawback was that she didn't have a good changeup.)
Sluggers, kind of staying on topic, but I'm focusing on your change-up comment. One thing I consistently see at the high school level is the coaches and/or catcher rarely call the changeup. Her travel ball coaches don't call it enough either. She throws hard and has a good rise, but eventually good hitters start timing her. The change up normally works when they do call it, but its like they forget to throw it. My DD change up is decent, not great, but we work on it. I've been watching a lot of college softball lately, and they throw it a lot. You got to throw the timing off on good hitters.
Im learning as it this goes, and the changeup can be one of the toughest pitches to throw. My DD biggest problem is she slows the arm down. I believe that's the most typical problem with the change. So in hind sight, would you have done something different with your DD develop her change up more? Im just trying to keep her improving on this, pitch. Also, she pitched for a good Juco and D1 team, did the college pitching coaches try to change the way she through the change up? This is coming from crazy parent of high school pitcher.