and 10U coaches, ehTHE biggest problem is usually not the pitchers. Often, it's the mom or dad who is catching for them or watching. The parents need to understand and I tell this to all my parents as I point to pitcher's plate. I will tell them when things at this end is working correctly, pointing to the plate, that end will take care of itself. Often you have to educate the parents on just how hard it is to chain everything together and release a ball perfectly at a high velocity within a few millisecond window. I will tell a young pitcher that I don't care where the ball goes when we're working on something. Then I'll ask them if anyone has ever said that to them. I've yet to have answer with a "Yes."