There's a pitch count for high school baseball, at least NFHS and legion play,
Why not softball? There's a percentage of coaches that over-pitch players, and high school coaches and travel coaches tend not to communicate about total annual pitching volume.
Absence of injury, in any sport, seems like a weak metric to use for gauging the efficacy of training volume and its progression.
Good point Ken. There have been some pretty good info put out in the past couple of year about how much pitching is too much, and yes most pitchers at a young age are Pitching WAY to much for whatever reason. But her well being isn’t being taken in to account. Coaches have to win win win!!! And it is the pitcher who pays the price.Let's keep the focus on pitch counts and pitching progressions, please.
It’s up to you to
It’s up to you to see that your DD doesn’t get used and abused. Of course anyone that is competitive is going to say I’m fine I want to pitch.
You have to protect athletes from themselves. No different than boxing. If your guy is getting pummeled and seemingly has nothing left throw in the towel. No need to take unnecessary punishment.
As a measure my DD throws 1 complete game or two partials on Sat/Sun TB tournaments.
For HS I believe she will win #1 starter spot. We have a 5’10” Jr who was injured early last season and didn’t play much. My DD is a 5’ 2” Freshman and throws harder than Jr with more pitches so we will see.
In HS the most I will let her throw is 3 games in a week but no back to backs. Ideally two games a week is what I would like to see with at least a day off in between.
Coaches need to be better prepared and know who they are playing. If your playing lesser teams don’t be afraid to use your #2, 3 starter.
Obviously scheduling has a lot to do with who you play and when. So don’t schedule too many tough teams the same week.
How many pitches does she have?
She has her main pitches that get called the most in games. Four seam FB, two seam FB, curve, & change-up.