Hello all,
My daughter is in her second season of pitching and is 7 years old. She has done a great job for our team this year and is our top pitcher. She took a break in December for about 3-4 weeks after fall ball and began practicing/conditioning her arm again in January. Our season started in early March and she had thrown an average of 4-5 innings per week. She has pitched really well until about the last two weeks. She is still pitching good, but seems to be laboring more and is having a harder time hitting her spots. Her pitching coach and I have decided to give my DD some time off, which my DD does not want. She wants to pitch, so I have told her we need to make sure she does not get injured or overwhelmed with exhaustion. How long do you think a pitcher needs off to regain that focus on the mound and feel fresh after going hard for four months? My daughter is likely to make the all star team as a pitcher and we will begin games is little over 3 weeks. I am thinking of giving her about week off. Is this long enough? Or too long?
My daughter is in her second season of pitching and is 7 years old. She has done a great job for our team this year and is our top pitcher. She took a break in December for about 3-4 weeks after fall ball and began practicing/conditioning her arm again in January. Our season started in early March and she had thrown an average of 4-5 innings per week. She has pitched really well until about the last two weeks. She is still pitching good, but seems to be laboring more and is having a harder time hitting her spots. Her pitching coach and I have decided to give my DD some time off, which my DD does not want. She wants to pitch, so I have told her we need to make sure she does not get injured or overwhelmed with exhaustion. How long do you think a pitcher needs off to regain that focus on the mound and feel fresh after going hard for four months? My daughter is likely to make the all star team as a pitcher and we will begin games is little over 3 weeks. I am thinking of giving her about week off. Is this long enough? Or too long?
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