- May 28, 2012
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My 11year old DD is a pitcher that has been at it for 9mths now. Only been serious for the last 6. She has worked very hard at it. She has done well enough to get plenty of circle time with her travel team. Even in champ games. She ended her travel season in July. Since then she has moved to middle school ball. That brought on a lot of changes. She went from a step style pitcher to a leap and drag, gone from an 11 inch ball to a 12, went from 35' to 43'.( has to play on varsity field and school is to cheap to have a portable rubber at 40') She has handled all the changes like no big deal even if its only been almost 2 months. She pitches I catch every 2 days for an hour, not including warming up. Her choice. So she has put in the work. Monday night we threw and she was hitting every spot I could call. I was thinking WOW. She has figured it all out. Wednesday we threw wasnt as pretty as earlier in the week. Last night she was supposed to start, she didn't. Got a call in the last inning. She warmed up like she is suppossed to and it was time. She couldnt hit nothing. Was missing bad high and in the dirt. I could tell it was shaking her up bad. Stopped leaping and went to stepping. Started leaning forward and guiding the ball. Still all over the place. Looking at me for help in the stands, nothing I could do from there. Finally made it threw the inning. They won the game but she was really upset and embarressed. It was awful. Later that night she said daddy I want to pitch everyday until that never happens again. Sorry for the long vent but if being a pitchers dad is going to come with all these ups and then extreme lows Im going to have a heart attack. I need to take up golf.