She said that she was not throwing all that well as she was supposed to the hitting the knot with the inside edge of the ball causing it to move toward the plate not just hit the knot.
That is mind boggling.
She said that she was not throwing all that well as she was supposed to the hitting the knot with the inside edge of the ball causing it to move toward the plate not just hit the knot.
FWIW - My DD just finished a pretty good college career in the SEC. Got the job done with 3 pitches, Fastball, Rise, Change Up. Sometimes less is more.
even more impressive,
was that her Change became a good pitch for her pretty late in her SEC career.
Is that a fair assesment?
That is when changing speeds and locations really started being important.
I realize that the skill level varies tremendously across the country, but 12u to 14u was a pretty significant jump in our area. There were pitchers at the 12u level that could get away with an above average fastball and little else. But when they arrived at 14u, that above average 12u fastball was nothing more than batting practice to 14u hitters. That is when changing speeds and locations really started being important.
By above average fastball in 14U are we talking low 60's with significant movement?
To the OP question, 3 pitches and it doesn't matter which ones just that they look the same to the batter pre-release and do different things as they approach the batter.