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Last week DD was told she has to be careful learning movement pitches, because it will end up slowing down her fastball.
Does this make sense?
Just another ill-informed individual trying to "help" your DD.
Last week DD was told she has to be careful learning movement pitches, because it will end up slowing down her fastball.
Does this make sense?
If your DD is just starting out, then she should work first on learning how to throw the ball. Working on different pitches for a beginner is a waste of time.
If your DD has good command of the fastball, then it would be time to work on movement pitches.
To be quite frank, most parents have the attention span of a gnat. Most start pushing movement pitches before the kid is ready.
Just another ill-informed individual trying to "help" your DD.
DD and I were talking today after watching PC of the daughter of the "helpful" dad. I wonder if the player and her dad were sold a bill of goods.
Could be. Maybe point them to here and tell them to read the sticky notes in the pitching section.
That would be the wise thing to do, unfortunately the dad is not open to suggestions. The many conversations he has had with me, not on my initiating, tells me he does not want to hear my opinion.
Talk to the one that will listen, teach the ones that want to learn, and let the others find their own way.
I’d ask her to clarify before finding a new coach. What I saw with DD learning new pitches is initially she’d struggle alternating between the new and old. Throwing nothing but the new movement pitch or nothing but fastballs and she was fine. Start alternating and things would get interesting until she got accustomed to it.
Softball scholar:
No, it isn't.
No, you don't. And, no it doesn't.
A *real* drop is 3 to 4 MPH slower than the fastball. Energy is used to get high RPS rather than speed.
I'm not sure what this means. All pitches have some arc to them. I guess the "flattest" pitch is the riseball.
It seems that few college pitchers have any movement. Most of them throw hard and have excellent control. As far as movement...not so much.
Yep...but add "control".