DD (10U) is on her own when it comes to pitch location and pitch calls. Recently she faced a batter who was really crowding the plate. She went up and in on her and wound up hitting her in the upper arm. I asked her what happened to see if the ball got away from her and she told me that she wanted to jam her and move the batter off the plate.
This got me to thinking...there's lots of stickys and good information on this forum about the physical aspects of pitching but not too much about pitching strategy. For example, as DD moves up to 12U next year and she starts to see slappers, how does this impact what pitch she should throw and where? I think it's important to be a smart pitcher and want to start her thinking about batter line up, where batters stand in the box, etc.
DFP pitching coaches and bucket dads/moms, what do you tell your pitcher about strategy?
This got me to thinking...there's lots of stickys and good information on this forum about the physical aspects of pitching but not too much about pitching strategy. For example, as DD moves up to 12U next year and she starts to see slappers, how does this impact what pitch she should throw and where? I think it's important to be a smart pitcher and want to start her thinking about batter line up, where batters stand in the box, etc.
DFP pitching coaches and bucket dads/moms, what do you tell your pitcher about strategy?