This is sad but unfortunately true. I know many teams who have coaches who are great car salesmen (recruiters) who put together good teams but don't do any real coaching. They are always looking for the next best thing. These coaches poach talented kids from the good coaches doing the real work...
I've got an update to your list:
1. Good coaching without "daddy ball" mentality (their kid always bats top 4 and plays their preferred position even though their are better options on the team).
2. No drama parents.
3. Generally a good group of girls (not playing level - just how they interact...
Sorry, it can be very confusing. The last few seconds of the video where you see her fully finish her pitching motion she finishes palm up. It's not thrown palm up, but her finish is. Hope that makes sense.
Thanks for your reply (and the above one also! Forgot to say that!). We don't go full often - mainly drills trying to enforce the new technique. When going slow, she performs it well with decent velocity. It's when going full things start to fall apart. Ah, the process...
I'll try to get some. Her coach teaches palm up after snap essentially - basically continuing her whip through the ball. I'm not a big stickler on this as long as she gets good snap instead of stiff wrist.
New to these parts, but have an issue that needs some solving:
My 14 year old daughter has been pitching since early 10U days. For the first 4 years, she was being taught H/E from 3 different pitching coaches (all played college softball - small school up to Division I). As a first time...
I've been lurking around these message boards for several months, but finally decided to become a member. Looking forward to interacting with everyone!