She is never going to pitch with a walk an inning.
Going slightly OT, but what is a good WHIP at 14U then?
Disclaimer: I know there are better pitcher stats, but to me WHIP strikes a nice balance between full on Saber and ease of understanding.
She is never going to pitch with a walk an inning.
Going slightly OT, but what is a good WHIP at 14U then?
Disclaimer: I know there are better pitcher stats, but to me WHIP strikes a nice balance between full on Saber and ease of understanding.
She is never going to pitch with a walk an inning.
If she can't find the strike zone at her age, then she has some mechanical issues or some practice issue.
JAD--you're just padding your "thanks" stats.
Going slightly OT, but what is a good WHIP at 14U then?
Disclaimer: I know there are better pitcher stats, but to me WHIP strikes a nice balance between full on Saber and ease of understanding.
FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) is what you are looking for. If you use Game Changer it calculates it automagically.
Hey my 10 year old can HIT 62.Had a 10U parent tell me just last week their 10 yr. old just hit 62.
Sigh.
Sluggers, I agree that her lack of control is killing her and is very frustrating to her and me. In practice she pitches much better and hits her spots consistently. I work a lot of target drills in practice where I move it up and down, criss cross and have her hit spots out of the zone. Its when she gets in the real game, she tightens up. Her mechananics are pretty solid and have had many people corrobrorate that, but I admit they do break down in live competition. We practice 3 time a week and she pitches in games on the weekend albeit not much because of her control issues. When she can get settled in the game and get past the first inning or even the second one, she does really well.
We just got another pitching coach, and he's giving us some concrete mental approaches to work on. Were focusing on consisent breathing, clearing her head after each pitch, staying relaxed and in the moment and finding a rhythm and nailing down consistency in mechanics. We're seeing improvement as the wild pitches are really coming down and last game the ump had a tight zone and was just missing. Im coming to realization she might not have the mental makeup to be a pitcher, but we always see signs of hope and her control was alright when she was 12. Her speed is improving also and when she throws harder is when she has better control.