How do you build confidence?
My DD is 11YOA (5'2") and completing her 12U summer travel season (playing up, still 10U eligible). She has been pitching for 15 months. Yesterday her fastball was gunned at a steady 45, with a few 46-47. In the early going, she struggled with control, but has...
This evening in my DD's 12U Town Travel game a girl on the opposing team bunted. When she dropped the bat it struck the ball a second time as the bat was falling to the ground. The umpire called the ball foul, due to the bat touching the ball a second time, but then awarded the batter first...
I am an AC on my DD's 12u summer town travel team. We are a B team and played in a town travel tournament over the weekend. On Sunday we were the 8th seed and played the 9th seed. Our team is mostly 1st year 12u players and a handful of girls who are still 10u eligible, but playing up. The...
My DD's 12U town travel team is about to start playing games. I am an AC and DD is a pitcher. She throws a fastball and change-up. As far as pitch location goes, she has two: strike and non-strike. :) What is the best way to call the change-up? Should I give signal to catcher, who then...
My DD plays on a 10u club team. She is 11yrs old and is tall for her age (5'2"). At the start of the season she was swinging a 30" RT. At the request of her hitting coach we upgraded to the 31" RT. Both bats are older models (2006). She loves the RT because of the pop when she hits the...
My 11 YO DD has been pitching for a little over a year. For the last 8 months she has worked with a PC once a week and has made very nice progress. She throws hard, but as a result struggles with consistency from outing to outing. She is presently playing on a 10U Club Team that is playing in...