When to start teaching breaking pitches

[quincy]

leave me for another instructor because I wouldn't teach her ALL the pitches.

Don’t have a lot of interaction with PCs but I know a couple I like that quit teaching because of this reason.

 

[SOFTBALLCRAZY]

DD PC start teaching screwball and rise at about 12yrs old not really expecting her to get it right away but hopefully be ready by the time she reaches high school ball. TB coach thought this was crazy?

 

[Coach Lia]

It is always important to get the very basics of the fastball established. When she has good solid mechanics with it then you can go on teaching slowly the mechanics of the other pitches.

One good book to read on softball Pitching would be this: Sneaky Softball Pitching: Sneaky Pitching Tactics to Destroy a Hitter's Timing

 

[redhotcoach]

Was at clinic last weekend. Two d1 coach's both said "you can learn a new pitch when you have absolutely mastered that last one." New Mexico coach (Beach pitched for ASU) has a drill that the girls must hit the spot (colored home plate) with 5 out of 6 throws, or it laps, push ups, etc. They all agreed that it's good when a girls comes to college with lots of pitches, but it is absolutely neccessary that they have at least 3 mastered! Beach said she gets girls coming in and she asks "what pitches do you have, and they throw out drop, rise, screw, curve, drop curve, slider, back door, and etc." Then she asks "what is your GO TO pitch?" and too many times the answer is something like "well they are all my go to." She said that tells her the girls has a handful of average pitches and that doesn't cut it in D1, you must have a couple of great go to pitches that you have mastered.