by dittoz » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:31 am
I would talk with the coach in no uncertain terms that the next time my daughter went into a game cold would be the last time she would go into a game period.
Any coach that puts a full-cold pitcher into a game and expects A) performance and B) no injuries is nuts in my opinion.
In my opinion and on our team, I warm up ALL of my pitchers prior to the game and they generally get in 20-30 mins of warmup, from the very basic stretching to the full-on / throw-hard / ready to go status. Then, I keep a jacket on those who are not, and they keep stretching some and maybe throwing a bit when not on the field. I can generally predict where we'll be ahead of time as to pulling a pitcher and I usually make a substituion ahead of time if my next pitcher is on the field to get her in and able to throw a few more-rewarmup pitches.
Now that being said, it sounds like your daughter wasn't "COLD" since she was catchng, but was not able to get in very many warm-up pitches prior. In my own world, as I say, I'd have them all get some warm-up in, but if she's catching, I can see where that'd be an issue too.
No way a girl goes in to pitch completely cold though - NO WAY!
Being from NorCal, what do I know anyway???