I used the carpet runner for one Winter in the garage. The runner has no padding, and it was hard on her knee and hip. I don't have a Track Supply near by, so I order the brown pitching mat on Amazon ($129). She loves pitching on it because it not as hard as the concrete. It's a good mat at a...
My DD pitching coach measures a success by the number of pitches it takes to get out of an inning. 12 pitches is the goal. Teams will hit a lot of ground balls off her, but the defense has her back. Her best inning has been five pitches. The 12 pitch goal will cut down walks, stop them from...
I feel really lucky when I see these types of postings. My DD has been seeing Rich Balswick for several months, and she has already seen a lot of improvement. Rich is great at breaking down the pitching motion, and explaining why he wants you to do it a certain way. He has some great videos...
Cheap pitching mat
Carpet runner from Home Depot (3' x 7'), yellow paint, nail down rubber, anchor bolts, old carpet scrap. Total cost under $50. This is the second carpet runner.
DD has been with the same pitching coach (first coach) for two years, with a few breaks in between. DD is 13 and works very hard to improve, but she is not a gifted player. Pitching coach is former DI all American pitcher, and I think is a good instructor. The problem is my DD has not shown...