Next lesson I will have to ask the coach about it.
I would love to hear what he says about it.
Next lesson I will have to ask the coach about it.
My daughter is 12U. You are referring to "long toss". I've seen it done. I actually watched a profession pitcher long toss. My daughter does not do it. We follow what her pitching coach tells us to do, and long toss is not part of that. I could be b/c her age, not sure. Next lesson I will have to ask the coach about it. He has some (as in multiple) of the best kids in the country so I figure he knows what he is doing.
Give her all the support that you can.
If she wants to pitch spend the time with her and let her decide how much she wants to work. As stated above pitching takes a ton of work.. hundreds of hours of dedication. Blood, sweat, tears and sleepless nights. If your DD wants to go for that then hats off to her. Do it.
If you kid has other skills ie" SS or can play CF and can hit my advice would be to steer her in that direction. 12 is a little late to the game but in no way too late. Just need to know the work involved to make it.
One bit of advice.. have hear lean a good change up. That will help her more than any other pitch.
All in all she looks great for someone just starting out.
Go to the IR in the classroom sticky thread in the pitching forum and take a week or so to digest that