Things I Learned on This Site

[Eric F]

And have totally mastered at least 4 pitches.

Only 4?? I have met at least a dozen 10U pitchers whose dads tell me they have 6 or more pitches. Funny, though. They all look the same to me, but I'm not a pitcher's dad, so I probably don't know what I'm really seeing.

 

[OK04dad]

And have totally mastered at least 4 pitches.

True story: was an AC on my DD's 12u team, we picked up another pitcher for a tourney. She shows up and we ask her what pitches she throws and she goes: "I have ELEVEN pitches." Uhhh, yeah - you got a pitch calling sheet for that?

 

[Eric F]

True story: was an AC on my DD's 12u team, we picked up another pitcher for a tourney. She shows up and we ask her what pitches she throws and she goes: "I have ELEVEN pitches." Uhhh, yeah - you got a pitch calling sheet for that?

I can't even think of 11 different pitch names...

 

[corlay]

"I have ELEVEN pitches."

1. Bullet
2. Rifle
3. Corkscrew
4. Remington
5. Spiral
6. Helix
7. Clockwise
8. Little Dot
9. Twister
10. Winder
11. Swirler

or, if you prefer:
1. Bullet
2. Slow Bullet
3. Fast Bullet
4. High Bullet
5. Low Bullet
6. Inside Bullet
7. Outside Bullet
8. Waste Bullet
9. Dirt Bullet
10. Step Left Bullet
11. Exaggerated Shoulder Motion After Ball has Been Released Bullet

 

[OK04dad]

1. Bullet
2. Rifle
3. Corkscrew
4. Remington
5. Spiral
6. Helix
7. Clockwise
8. Little Dot
9. Twister
10. Winder
11. Swirler

or, if you prefer:
1. Bullet
2. Slow Bullet
3. Fast Bullet
4. High Bullet
5. Low Bullet
6. Inside Bullet
7. Outside Bullet
8. Waste Bullet
9. Dirt Bullet
10. Step Left Bullet
11. Exaggerated Shoulder Motion After Ball has Been Released Bullet

How did you know?

 

[Eric F]

"I have ELEVEN pitches....

...On my 12th pitch, everything becomes a disaster, and I can't hit water falling out of a boat".

 

[justanotherguy]

I was going to say something like that. We had a girl show up to a tryout and her father said that. Then proceeded with, "Fast ball down the middle, inside fb, outside fb, fb in the dirt, can't hit the broadside of a barn fb" etc. Was good for a laugh.

 

[IRONMAN]

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