The quality of pitching will depend on the division her school is in also. My daughters team plays div 6. She saw some pretty hittable pitchers last season.
You could debate until the end of time but anybody who knows the game of baseball/softball knows pitching is the most important skill period.
Why do you think perfect games and no hitters are celebrated the way they are? Because they are real hard to pull off especially at the top levels.
If you have a hitter go 4 for 4 in a game it’s a good game but not history making right?
My point being it’s a given that it’s big news for pitchers to be perfect and nice but no where near the recognition/hype/glory when a hitter is perfect.
Why is that? It takes a whole different level to be a successful pitcher. The time, dedication, sacrifice, expense far exceeds any other position.
I concur with your advice to the poster. I took exception to your claim that hitting was the most important skill in the game. Any way you slice it pitching is top priority. Hitting is hard and comes in at #2. The truth is always relevant.
The quality of pitching will depend on the division her school is in also. My daughters team plays div 6. She saw some pretty hittable pitchers last season.
My initial post was advice for the OP. For the OP's DD - who is not a pitcher, based on the information given - hitting is the most difficult skill in the game. Mentioning the difficultly level of pitching is irrelevant to the discussion of how the OP's DD can get ready for HS ball.
I don't want to pollute an advice thread with a long debate, so I'll leave it to the words of Ted Willaims...“Hitting is the single most difficult thing to do in sport.”
My initial post was advice for the OP. For the OP's DD - who is not a pitcher, based on the information given - hitting is the most difficult skill in the game. Mentioning the difficultly level of pitching is irrelevant to the discussion of how the OP's DD can get ready for HS ball.
I don't want to pollute an advice thread with a long debate, so I'll leave it to the words of Ted Willaims...“Hitting is the single most difficult thing to do in sport.”
Great video Eric F, really sums up High School JV.
Difficult and most important are 2 different things. If a MLB pitcher had a career 50% success (defined here as keeping a hitter from reaching base) rate it would be horrible. If a hitter had that it would be the best in the history of MLB.Hitting is certainly not the most difficult skill to learn in softball. Pitching is the most difficult skill and most important. Hitting would be 2nd. If you don’t have good pitching you have nothing.
There’s a reason the old adage is good pitching beats good hitting not vice versa.