- Aug 21, 2008
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I agree with you about making the ball move. As far a my DD is concerned the drop ball goes out of the strike zone...it is a chase pitch. Her fastball doesn't go straight either. It either curves or screws depending which side of the plate it is on but it does catch the corners of the plate. This really wasn't something that was taught to her...it just happened.
I am definitely not an expert like you are. I am just trying to decode the info I get from pitching coaches and what I read here. It just seems like many here would say that her fastball is broken and because it doesn't spin 12-6.
Right now she can blow her fastball by most 12U hitters at around 55 mph. I just don't want this to be a short run for her. She is faster than most pitchers her age (she is actually still 11) and I assume she will get faster, but if I had a nickel for everytime I heard whispers of "she is going to get blown up in 14U" I wouldn't have to go to work today. I am just trying my best to keep that from happening.
My grandmother used to tell me: When you're up to your rear in alligators, the first thing to do is drain the swamp. Translation: fix the rotation before worrying about anything else. Make it 6/12 and the rest will come easy. Don't over think things, don't let others get into your head, don't complicate this or let anyone else complicate it for you.