Great in the cages, terrible at the plate

FiveFrameSwing said:

You stated clearly that your daughter "hasn't had enough live pitching situations".

You followed up with excuses ... e.g., no pitching machine, only a few at-bats during team practices, spending time pitching at the expense of hitting, work constraints, etc..

Life is about the choices and the scarifies you make or don't make. You stated clearly that your daughter doesn't face enough pitching situations. You were wise enough to recognize that your daughter's team practice, like most team practices, doesn't provide enough at-bats to become proficient. Seems like you walked yourself dangerously close to getting yourself involved and pitching to your daughter. Unfortunately you are too busy to put in the extra effort and set a good example for your daughter. In a nutshell, that is part of the message behind youth sports. She's not getting involved in youth sports to become a pro softball player. More it's about learning that she has control of her life ... that her focused extra efforts improve her chances of success in life ... that success in life doesn't come easy, and often it comes down to putting in extra effort to succeed, and not expecting success to come simply from attending practices. It comes from putting in extra effort ... show her the way ... or don't show her the way ... it's your choice as the parent.

In a subsequent post you wrote that you were "looking more for ideas of how to help her practice more than changing the swing for now." One way to do that is to pitch to her.

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