(The regulars hate my stories but, "too bad, too bad"...)
My DD learned to pitch many years ago and she was taught the HE style. When she was around 15YOA, I noticed that she had better control and threw harder if rolled her wrist over rather than brought up the elbow. Everyone (and I mean everyone) said this was wrong. In one of my more lucid moments, I stopped trying to correct her, and she "on her own" adopted the IR style. She did great, and did very well pitching in college.
And, yes, the HE style was holding my DD back.
SO: Yes, your DD can change her style. It isn't that hard...your DD is a pretty good athlete, so she can do it. It will be work, but anything worth doing involves some amount of work.
If you can't get in this time, sign up for it in December. In the meantime, check out the thread "IR In the Classroom". There are some drills she can do now.
My DD learned to pitch many years ago and she was taught the HE style. When she was around 15YOA, I noticed that she had better control and threw harder if rolled her wrist over rather than brought up the elbow. Everyone (and I mean everyone) said this was wrong. In one of my more lucid moments, I stopped trying to correct her, and she "on her own" adopted the IR style. She did great, and did very well pitching in college.
And, yes, the HE style was holding my DD back.
SO: Yes, your DD can change her style. It isn't that hard...your DD is a pretty good athlete, so she can do it. It will be work, but anything worth doing involves some amount of work.
If you can't get in this time, sign up for it in December. In the meantime, check out the thread "IR In the Classroom". There are some drills she can do now.
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