- Sep 16, 2009
- 46
- 0
My daughter is a pitcher and I'm the head coach. I coach a first year 14U team. We have 3 girls ahead of her pitching better right now. My daughter contributes greatly on the team outside of pitching as our starting 1b and #3 hitter. She's a great hitter and a solid 1b.
She has a fantastic pitching coach in my opinion that pretty much develops the best kids in our area. She goes to him for 1 hr per week and we practice pitching outside of that 2 other sessions per week. Her velocity and mechanics have really improved over the last year and she has good enough mechanics and velocity to compete in 14U.
Here's the situation.
In the safety of the indoor facility with Daddy catching and pitching coach instructing, she has good control, can hit spots and good velocity. She has confidence, is smiling and successful.
Once out on the field ( like last night pitching to her teammates in practice ), she really struggles with control. Honestly, being #4 on the team, she's not receiving a lot of innings in games right now. What is unique is when she plays middle school ball she dominates and displays great control...no problems at all. It's lesser competition, of course, but the control is there.
I think she's feeling a lot of pressure and as the head coach of the team, I'm having a hard time justifying giving her more innings. I need to be fair to all the girls on the team. Without giving her innings, though, it is difficult for her to get over the hump and get confidence.
Anyone been in this situation? Any ideas for me? Thanks.
She has a fantastic pitching coach in my opinion that pretty much develops the best kids in our area. She goes to him for 1 hr per week and we practice pitching outside of that 2 other sessions per week. Her velocity and mechanics have really improved over the last year and she has good enough mechanics and velocity to compete in 14U.
Here's the situation.
In the safety of the indoor facility with Daddy catching and pitching coach instructing, she has good control, can hit spots and good velocity. She has confidence, is smiling and successful.
Once out on the field ( like last night pitching to her teammates in practice ), she really struggles with control. Honestly, being #4 on the team, she's not receiving a lot of innings in games right now. What is unique is when she plays middle school ball she dominates and displays great control...no problems at all. It's lesser competition, of course, but the control is there.
I think she's feeling a lot of pressure and as the head coach of the team, I'm having a hard time justifying giving her more innings. I need to be fair to all the girls on the team. Without giving her innings, though, it is difficult for her to get over the hump and get confidence.
Anyone been in this situation? Any ideas for me? Thanks.