- Apr 27, 2017
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Wondering if anyone else has this issue. My daughter is 12 and plays on a travel team here in East Texas. A couple of years ago, she tried out for a team that was maybe a little above her level but we wanted to see where she stood. At the time, she was a catcher. She's a lefty, so it was rare but she held her own for being thrown back there during a game. She loved it so we started working with her and bought gear. Anyway this coach didn't choose her so we reached out to just get feedback and he wondered why a tall lefty wasn't pitching. At the time, she has no interest. He had her play catch with his daughters and to his surprise, her arm was incredible and he said if she had thrown like that at tryouts her name would have been on the roster. He offered to teach her for free and she agreed to try. She end up loving it.
Her form was awful though. And it was mostly because his method was not that great. It was then suggested to us a very popular coach nearby who instructed some of our towns best pitchers. So we called him. We took her also to Jennie Finch camp where she absorbed quite a bit. All her choice by the way. We don't push her to do anything other than her best at what she chose to do.
We've been seeing this coach for well over a year and I can't figure him out. Yes he did start her over from scratch which is fine and it took forever to release her to pitch in games but now she's pitching at least 50mph and has great form but he's not teaching her any additional pitches. She's barely been shown a change up and at her age, she should have a nasty one. This guy walks around the whole hour and has about 5 other kids in the session and we pay a lot for him only to share the attention with 5 other girls. And he misses some of her best throws most nights. I'm getting really upset that he's not showing her more by now and I wonder if it's normal to go this slow. I'd understand if she sucked and just wasn't picking it up but she's a natural. She has this natural "break" at the end of her pitch that batters swing at and miss. She sends more batters back to the bench because of this curve. And the spin on her ball is like nothing her team coach has ever seen. He loves her. So what's the hold up? Should we be hinting for another pitching coach?
Her form was awful though. And it was mostly because his method was not that great. It was then suggested to us a very popular coach nearby who instructed some of our towns best pitchers. So we called him. We took her also to Jennie Finch camp where she absorbed quite a bit. All her choice by the way. We don't push her to do anything other than her best at what she chose to do.
We've been seeing this coach for well over a year and I can't figure him out. Yes he did start her over from scratch which is fine and it took forever to release her to pitch in games but now she's pitching at least 50mph and has great form but he's not teaching her any additional pitches. She's barely been shown a change up and at her age, she should have a nasty one. This guy walks around the whole hour and has about 5 other kids in the session and we pay a lot for him only to share the attention with 5 other girls. And he misses some of her best throws most nights. I'm getting really upset that he's not showing her more by now and I wonder if it's normal to go this slow. I'd understand if she sucked and just wasn't picking it up but she's a natural. She has this natural "break" at the end of her pitch that batters swing at and miss. She sends more batters back to the bench because of this curve. And the spin on her ball is like nothing her team coach has ever seen. He loves her. So what's the hold up? Should we be hinting for another pitching coach?