As I may of said before, i was not much of a pitching coach. I was the old school, if they threw strikes you leave them alone. If they didn't throw strikes I couldn't help them because I knew very little. I am coaching a 9u team that is coach pitch for the first half of the season and goes to kids pitch the second half.
This is what I am doing to find and teach my pitchers, if you have any input, I would appreciate any help I can get. I took the girls that can throw well overhand and ask them if they wanted to learn how to pitch. From this group I told them their first session that if they weren't serious and didn't want to work at it to leave now, I lost 2 from the group. I showed them a basic sling shot pitch and had them pitch that way, I can show them windmill later because we need pitcher in less than 2 months. Lost another girl who couldn't even get close to the plate, my own DGD. I plan on having them practice this from various distances and working in drills to correct any problems I find. Am I on the right track?
This is what I am doing to find and teach my pitchers, if you have any input, I would appreciate any help I can get. I took the girls that can throw well overhand and ask them if they wanted to learn how to pitch. From this group I told them their first session that if they weren't serious and didn't want to work at it to leave now, I lost 2 from the group. I showed them a basic sling shot pitch and had them pitch that way, I can show them windmill later because we need pitcher in less than 2 months. Lost another girl who couldn't even get close to the plate, my own DGD. I plan on having them practice this from various distances and working in drills to correct any problems I find. Am I on the right track?