Just got dd back from h/s ball, she is a freshman. She was a decent pitcher, getting legitimate attention from what we consider to be great schools before the h/s season started. However, there is an upperclassman ahead of her who is a good pitcher too that got most of the school games (dd got 10 games, went 8-2, the 2 losses were to the #1 ranked team in the state, had 2 perfects as well) . Was told by h/s pitching coach that she had so much illegal about her delivery that he had to fix these things - were told these things were fixed several months ago, right after her second perfect game. By the way, she has never had a ip called on her in some 700 games pitched since she was an 8 year old.
We had our second workout since the end of the season - I had been told that she had been working out all season - found out that what this really meant was she was throwing wall ball all season, no glove work really. At a very large recruiting camp right before high school started, she was clocked at 61, threw screw balls, rise balls, and a great changeup. Half an hour ago, it just took 7 pitches to throw a legitimate inside pitch, not a curve, screw, just hit the spot. Didnt even try the riser, just locations, inside and outside, we pitched until she hit me and we had to stop, location was all over the place. Her speed was bouncing around 52-57 a few hit in the 60's, probably an average of 55, before h/s season started, her average was 59-61.
So now we have to start over - my question, to Hal and other pitching instructors, how would you do it.
We had our second workout since the end of the season - I had been told that she had been working out all season - found out that what this really meant was she was throwing wall ball all season, no glove work really. At a very large recruiting camp right before high school started, she was clocked at 61, threw screw balls, rise balls, and a great changeup. Half an hour ago, it just took 7 pitches to throw a legitimate inside pitch, not a curve, screw, just hit the spot. Didnt even try the riser, just locations, inside and outside, we pitched until she hit me and we had to stop, location was all over the place. Her speed was bouncing around 52-57 a few hit in the 60's, probably an average of 55, before h/s season started, her average was 59-61.
So now we have to start over - my question, to Hal and other pitching instructors, how would you do it.