- Jan 17, 2010
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thank you for the feedback. She had been working on the drop for about 6 months and the rise of about 3 months. With the season quickly approaching we wanted to concentrate on only one other pitch. Her TB coach is not a huge fan of the drop ball so we decided to really work on the rise. Her pitching coach feels it shows alot of promise and has decent movement. She also believes that the riseball, even if not perfect, will fool alot of 14U batters as they have rarely seen it. I have seen alot of debate about the rise ball which I will admit is beyond me. The one thing I do see is that when she pitches the rise, her catchers often need to quickly adjust their gloves up to catch it, and the batter's swing is often under the pitch.