DD is a pitcher on her 12U TB team. She's worked really hard in the off season and has made it a tough decision for her head coach as to who is his #1. She still has a lot of work to do but has made great progress. The problem that she is running into now is first inning trouble. In pregame warm ups she has great command of her pitches but when she gets into the game she struggles a bit to pull it together with the first 2 batters. Her walks have gone down tremendously from last year but she seems to walk one in the first inning. We played a game against her best friends team this week. Her best friend was lead off. DD got ahead of her 0-2 then threw 4 balls
She settled in and gave up 1 run that inning and after the first inning she was fine.
I asked her what she thinks it could be. She said "I need to warm up more" We tried that... still not the same.
I am thinking about doing a simulated inning during warm ups to shake off the jitters a bit?
Anyone with similar experience? Any advice? She is missing a bit in the 1st inning but after that just cruises along.. Her mechanics do not change.
She settled in and gave up 1 run that inning and after the first inning she was fine.
I asked her what she thinks it could be. She said "I need to warm up more" We tried that... still not the same.
I am thinking about doing a simulated inning during warm ups to shake off the jitters a bit?
Anyone with similar experience? Any advice? She is missing a bit in the 1st inning but after that just cruises along.. Her mechanics do not change.