My DD is 8 yrs old. She is fairly new to playing. She's been doing great. But when I see her practice she looks slow which makes her look lazy. I know she likes playing. She gets upset when she cant practice but when I see her out there with her team its so slow. How can I help her "wake up" while on the field?
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Is she a perfectionist? I still go through this with DD occasionally, typically she's overthinking, which is why it doesn't seem slow to her when I ask about it.
You might try video to get her to see it, but be very careful how you phrase questions about it.
You might try video to get her to see it, but be very careful how you phrase questions about it.
I'm having a difficult time visualizing what you mean. Is she not hustling?
Some of this may have to do with her being a young girl doing something new.
Well, I'd suggest you work to reinforce that she already knows what to do, her first instinct is usually correct, and it's OK to be gloriously, flailingly wrong.
The most important thing to consider: is she having fun? It appears the answer is yes.
If she is agreeable, maybe you can work with her on her fielding sometimes. As long as you can make it a FUN thing for her. One local coach suggests ice cream after these sort of practices.
If she is agreeable, maybe you can work with her on her fielding sometimes. As long as you can make it a FUN thing for her. One local coach suggests ice cream after these sort of practices.
IDK if it applies to your DD but at that age my DD appeared slow too. She needed to pay attention to who she was throwing to, so she would catch the ball, pause, then throw it.
Maybe see if she can practice with an older age group or some older players and see if the Issue goes away. Or maybe get a net she can throw to. Hit the ball to her, put the net on 1st and have her launch the ball with no fear of hurting anyone.
Maybe see if she can practice with an older age group or some older players and see if the Issue goes away. Or maybe get a net she can throw to. Hit the ball to her, put the net on 1st and have her launch the ball with no fear of hurting anyone.
Respectfully disagree.... The video at whatever stage can always be helpful. When she's turned into a monster like my DD, she'll love lookin back and laughin @ herself... & realize what I had to go through...lol
This is DD when she was 8....she was the worst thower I had ever seen. Can't wait til she runs into one like herself to try to teach to throw...Even though it is bad, I'm hoping you can find encouragement from it...
[video=youtube_share;rNOybeHcHy8]http://youtu.be/rNOybeHcHy8[/video]
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It was the same for my daughter, she was fundamentally strong, but not really quick and too deliberate in her actions at 8U. What really seemed to flip the switch for her was going to see a D1 team play and sit up close. Think she got it right away watching them what "fast" really looked like in fastpitch (and to not sweat errors too much). She couldn't wait to get back on field and try to play like the college players. She went 180 to over-playing and had to work to rein her in a bit (much better problem though IMO). Had a catcher on that college team tell her "if you aren't making any errors you aren't playing hard enough" which helped too.
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