FastpitchPros wrote:Sbmom2008! wrote:12u. Maybe the latter, The team coach knows about pitching but is not a “pitching coach” and does not have private lessons like her regular pitching coach who charges for them. I just think it’s a good set up if you are a pitcher on a team when the coach knows about it, and is willing to help outside of team practice. I’m sure all the pitchers on the team will improve as a result.
On her old team, they did live pitching to batters during team practice. Haven’t seen much if that in the new team.
I think it’s tough to get girls this age to practice pitching a lot on their own,
@Sbmom2008! - Thanks for sharing your post...
Make sure that your daughter follows the methodology of the mechanics of your actual pitching coach.
As a pitching instructor, I have had too many pitchers that return for their private lessons... and their mechanics start falling apart... because "her team's coach" told them to do it this way... ugh
In regards to helping your daughter to be motivated to practice on her own...
If you want... I can share my Secret Trick that works on my students... and gets them excited to practice at home!
Have a great day eh!
If an athlete has a private instructor then they are working on the process. If they've shown up to a tryout and already have talent and are offered a spot its because talent they brought with them. Nothing worse than a coach wanting to change what already is working, start confusing the athlete. Do coaches have respect for instructors? Especially when so many coaches have a few clients of their own on the side. Probably quite a few families have run into that conflict. Saying it again, should be about performance. Not one coaches preference.