My daughter is a senior this year and will be playing for a mid major next year. This past year, her pitching has become not so good! She has been getting pounded and I mean pounded. I didn't know balls could be hit so far.
A little background: My daughter, from about 12U, has been a very good pitcher. Lots of power, lots of spin, tons of movement. We play top level A ball and see the best hitters in the country. She's been under the same Tincher Coach for 6 years. Over the past year, she started hitting 64 mph on the radar. Once she started pitching 62 regularly (about second year 16u), her pitches have tons of spin, but it is bullet spin and her balls don't seem to move any more. Without the movement, she is getting hammered. In turn, this has caused her to lose her confidence and the coaches confidence in her. It's been a domino effect because now she doesn't get the mound time in games and is brought in very little. She's dropped from the #1 pitcher to the #4.
Does anyone know if this happens naturally in IR pitching and is there anything I can work on to bring in a different axis rotation? Any help would be appreciated!!
A little background: My daughter, from about 12U, has been a very good pitcher. Lots of power, lots of spin, tons of movement. We play top level A ball and see the best hitters in the country. She's been under the same Tincher Coach for 6 years. Over the past year, she started hitting 64 mph on the radar. Once she started pitching 62 regularly (about second year 16u), her pitches have tons of spin, but it is bullet spin and her balls don't seem to move any more. Without the movement, she is getting hammered. In turn, this has caused her to lose her confidence and the coaches confidence in her. It's been a domino effect because now she doesn't get the mound time in games and is brought in very little. She's dropped from the #1 pitcher to the #4.
Does anyone know if this happens naturally in IR pitching and is there anything I can work on to bring in a different axis rotation? Any help would be appreciated!!