I've got a 10-year-old daughter who started pitching about 1 1/2 years ago. In that time she's had two different pitching coaches. I was hoping you'd give me your thoughts on their two different strategies.
In a nutshell, one of them says, "velocity, velocity, velocity." Everything else will fall into place later. We've got three pitchers on my daughter's travel team who all prescribe to this doctrine.
The other pitching coach says, "mechanics, mechanics, mechanics." After you create proper mechanics, muscle memory will allow you to become more accurate. The velocity will come naturally.
Both coaches have had good results and their girls have consistently gone on to play at the collegiate level.
I will add that my daughter is probably the most accurate pitcher out of girls on her team. She throws as fast as one of them, but the other two probably throw a bit harder. I think her accuracy comes from her constant drills she works on that the other girls aren't doing. I also see her picking up speed without "trying" to throw hard. It does seem to just naturally start coming faster.
Any thoughts you have on the matter would be much appreciated.
In a nutshell, one of them says, "velocity, velocity, velocity." Everything else will fall into place later. We've got three pitchers on my daughter's travel team who all prescribe to this doctrine.
The other pitching coach says, "mechanics, mechanics, mechanics." After you create proper mechanics, muscle memory will allow you to become more accurate. The velocity will come naturally.
Both coaches have had good results and their girls have consistently gone on to play at the collegiate level.
I will add that my daughter is probably the most accurate pitcher out of girls on her team. She throws as fast as one of them, but the other two probably throw a bit harder. I think her accuracy comes from her constant drills she works on that the other girls aren't doing. I also see her picking up speed without "trying" to throw hard. It does seem to just naturally start coming faster.
Any thoughts you have on the matter would be much appreciated.