JJsqueeze
Dad, Husband....legend
We just got back from our first eval/lesson with DDs first pitching coach. I am not sure what to expect from a PC and working with one so I want to get my expectations in line. The session went like this.
1) DD and I did some stretches and overhand throws.
2) DD did some K drills. about 5.
3) PC asked DD to do some wrist flips instead. about 10.
4) DD did more K drills
5) During K drills, PC showed DD that the elbow should point to the catcher at follow through (dads eyebrows raise)
6) DD does Ks with elbow pointing to catcher at follow
7) DD pitches for the first time with complete motion using new wrist flip and elbow pointing at catcher.
8) lesson continues for an hour with PC giving DD instruction between every pitch on shoulder position, follow through leg drive, hand position etc.
I guess the thing I want to get at is that I was totally expecting the PC to observe DDs warmup and full motion for a while to get a sense of where she was, what is working, what was ingrained vs what was changing pitch to pitch, and then focus in on one or two things to work on at first. I kept my mouth shut but was pretty surprised that any correction would be suggested before getting a sense of how everything was working, she actually made two change suggestions before DD had actually thrown full windup. DD is a pretty obedient kid so she immediately starting trying to flip her wrist and get her elbow pointed at the catcher and you can guess how that worked out. I know very little about pitching but I am a pretty good troubleshooter and I can't think of a troubleshooting situation where you don't try to observe the problem first to get a sense of what is going on before you start replacing parts. I was also shocked by the amount of things she said to DD and how often. I expected her to give DD one thing to focus on and then work it for a while till it sunk in a little and then move on, but PC literally had feedback between every pitch. It's like she had a notion of what every pitcher with 6 months experience should be working on and was just reading from her pitching recipe, while I was expecting a tailored effort for my DD and her strengths and weaknesses.
DD is shy but really liked her so I am going to work with her on the drills she gave us and go back one more time at least to see how it goes. Also, I have purposely avoided wrist flips based on something I saw in a Hillhouse video that made a lot of sense. He was basically saying to keep the kinetic chain to fewer linkages for young pitchers and that the wrist flip could be added later if desired once the upper and lower arm timing was set.
Is this pretty standard for an eval or should I be concerned?
1) DD and I did some stretches and overhand throws.
2) DD did some K drills. about 5.
3) PC asked DD to do some wrist flips instead. about 10.
4) DD did more K drills
5) During K drills, PC showed DD that the elbow should point to the catcher at follow through (dads eyebrows raise)
6) DD does Ks with elbow pointing to catcher at follow
7) DD pitches for the first time with complete motion using new wrist flip and elbow pointing at catcher.
8) lesson continues for an hour with PC giving DD instruction between every pitch on shoulder position, follow through leg drive, hand position etc.
I guess the thing I want to get at is that I was totally expecting the PC to observe DDs warmup and full motion for a while to get a sense of where she was, what is working, what was ingrained vs what was changing pitch to pitch, and then focus in on one or two things to work on at first. I kept my mouth shut but was pretty surprised that any correction would be suggested before getting a sense of how everything was working, she actually made two change suggestions before DD had actually thrown full windup. DD is a pretty obedient kid so she immediately starting trying to flip her wrist and get her elbow pointed at the catcher and you can guess how that worked out. I know very little about pitching but I am a pretty good troubleshooter and I can't think of a troubleshooting situation where you don't try to observe the problem first to get a sense of what is going on before you start replacing parts. I was also shocked by the amount of things she said to DD and how often. I expected her to give DD one thing to focus on and then work it for a while till it sunk in a little and then move on, but PC literally had feedback between every pitch. It's like she had a notion of what every pitcher with 6 months experience should be working on and was just reading from her pitching recipe, while I was expecting a tailored effort for my DD and her strengths and weaknesses.
DD is shy but really liked her so I am going to work with her on the drills she gave us and go back one more time at least to see how it goes. Also, I have purposely avoided wrist flips based on something I saw in a Hillhouse video that made a lot of sense. He was basically saying to keep the kinetic chain to fewer linkages for young pitchers and that the wrist flip could be added later if desired once the upper and lower arm timing was set.
Is this pretty standard for an eval or should I be concerned?