My only concern would be the overall quality of the organization. If the A team gets first pick of all the players who try out, I'm confused as to why that coaching staff wouldn't take the best pitcher available. Without knowing the setup you guys have, my assumption would be that the best...
My daughter is a very good 8u pitcher, but I told her it was foolish (yes, I used that word) of Daddy to spend $65-70/hour on her private lessons. Working out just on her own without a coach, she's made solid improvements with her accuracy. She's scheduled for 4 lessons sometime this winter, and...
We have the girls stand with elbows up, facing their partner, and have the non-throwing hand supporting the elbow to keep the upper arm parallel to the ground while doing a partial throw.
You're exactly right and this is also the exact reason we should focus on teaching how to take the hit instead of teaching avoidance from an early age. Obviously, you duck if a pitch is directed at your head or shift if you sense an elbow, knee, or ankle might be in danger, but for the most...
Although it happens quite often, there's a general sentiment around here that we don't want our 8u girls getting hit, if possible. I didn't witness any major parent meltdowns firsthand last year, but did see some situations that could've escalated to that if the coaches hadn't done such a good...
Thanks for that, Amy and Kevin.
I'm going to suggest that, at a minimum, we encourage group warm-ups, which would include throwing and catching. In a medium-small league like ours, it's common to wind up with teams of haves and have-nots, but my hope is that we can mitigate that a bit and get...
8u:
-field 3 balls each and make 3 throws to 1st
-attempt to catch 3 tosses
-3 swings at the plate (more, if she's struggling), run to 1st on 4th pitch, whether hit or not
10u:
-fly balls added
Pitchers evaluated separately.
We expect to have 60-70 8u and about 40 10u players. Each group...
Thanks for all the great tips. I think you've put some ideas out there that'll help our girls out on player evaluation day. It was a chilly morning last year and one of the things I noticed was how many girls went directly from the registration line into the skills check lineup with no warmup...