- Apr 11, 2016
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DD is still not 5 ft yet, and that's growing 3 inches recently. The team just moved up to 14U, and her top speed is only 47mph. Wow, from the comments here, maybe she shouldn't pitch at all.
Her pitching coach (he works with many great pitchers) says he is not concerned with her speed. He wants her to continue to work on her mechanics and posture. Once she hits puberty, the speed will come. She can move the ball easily, and that's all he wants to see now. He wouldn't even clock her speed (I bought a radar gun recently to clock it) b/c he doesn't want her to injure herself trying to throw fast when her body isn't ready yet. She just pitched a no hitter at the state tournament semi-final game against a very good team. She moves the ball so much the batters couldn't figure out how to hit it. Her teammate, who pitches mid-50s, pitched the championship game, but after the 2nd inning, the batters was able to time off her and kept getting runs.
DD may never go beyond 5'3", so her mechanics is very important if she wants to continue to pitch in HS.
Her pitching coach (he works with many great pitchers) says he is not concerned with her speed. He wants her to continue to work on her mechanics and posture. Once she hits puberty, the speed will come. She can move the ball easily, and that's all he wants to see now. He wouldn't even clock her speed (I bought a radar gun recently to clock it) b/c he doesn't want her to injure herself trying to throw fast when her body isn't ready yet. She just pitched a no hitter at the state tournament semi-final game against a very good team. She moves the ball so much the batters couldn't figure out how to hit it. Her teammate, who pitches mid-50s, pitched the championship game, but after the 2nd inning, the batters was able to time off her and kept getting runs.
DD may never go beyond 5'3", so her mechanics is very important if she wants to continue to pitch in HS.