who wants to watch my DD pitch?

[Judd]

Probably nobody. You certainly wont be seeing ASA fChampionship pitching, LOL. But hey its my DD and she can pitch better than 90% of the 11 y/o's out there (I mean all the 11 y/o, nut just the pitchers)

This was taken the other day after someone asked if I had a video. Its not the greatest angle but I dont have a tripod. To be honest this was a bad practice for her. I think she was so focused on throwing harder she forgot all her mechanics. The day before she was pretty accurate and was doing well with her change up. Its hard for ME on the bucket to watch everything. I try to focus on her glove staying in front of her and watch her throwing hand as it comes back, and then forward into the windmill. She has a habit of swinging her glove way to the side and not keeping her throwing arm straight so I try to watch that. Watching the video I realize she is not dragging properly and her foot is coming up.

Anyway here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsatGeXAIWI


Give me your opinions. She does go back next week for lessons

[artomatic]

cute kid.
the important thing is she is practicing on her own away from regular practice, putting in extra work.
she has a little bit of a replant, but looks like she has decent speed.
good luck and hope she keeps it up.

[Judd]

she plays 12U and doesnt break 40 so speed is an issue. Most here are throwing 48-53 average, some even higher.

Thanks for watching

[artomatic]

she plays 12U and doesnt break 40 so speed is an issue. Most here are throwing 48-53 average, some even higher.

regarding claims of mph from parents:
claims of kids throwing 50 or 60mph and the actual speeds that those kids throw are kind of like the gross amount vs the net amount after taxes on a payroll check...

[slim00]

she plays 12U and doesnt break 40 so speed is an issue. Most here are throwing 48-53 average, some even higher.

regarding claims of mph from parents:
claims of kids throwing 50 or 60mph and the actual speeds that those kids throw are kind of like the gross amount vs the net amount after taxes on a payroll check...

You really do have to take claims of pitchers speed with a grain of salt. I took my radar gun to a HS game last year just to clock a couple highly touted pitchers. The varsity pitcher throwing "63" was really throwing 55. The JV pitcher throwing "in excess of 50" was really throwing 38. BTW my gun is accurate, I check it against other guns often to make sure.

[jofus]

JV in high school throwing 38?

Wow.

My DD turns 13 next week, has been taking lessons for about 14 months, and is around the 46-48 mph mark consistently, according to both her coach's radar gun and his new toy, the revfire , which from one practice I strongly recommend, btw.

I know what you mean by taking reported speeds with a grain of salt though...one of my DD's friend's older sister is a freshman this year, and thought she was in mid to high 50's. She got upset and started crying when her speed was reading around 50-52 rather than what she thought.

[Lannie]

I wonder how many radar gun bleacher lizards wrote this young lady off?Taryne Mowatt
#9
Pitcher
Height:5-6
2007: WCWS Most Outstanding Player … NFCA second-team All-American … All-America citation marks the 17th consecutive year at least one UA pitcher was named to the squad … Won ESPY Awards for Best Female Athlete and Best Female College Athlete … First-team all-Pac-10 ... First-team all-Pacific Region ... Four-time Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week ... USA Softball Player of the Week (April 2-8) ... Set UA single-season records for innings pitched (370), strikeouts (522), victories (42) … Started 53 of UA’s 65 games and appeared in all but five contests … Finished with a 42-12 record with a 1.46 ERA … WCWS: Enjoyed one of the most remarkable weeks of pitching in the history of the sport, as she pitched eight complete games (6-2), 60 innings, 1,035 pitches over a seven-day stretch … Set WCWS records for victories (6), innings pitched (60), strikeouts (76) and complete games (8) … Posted a 0.47 ERA and limited opponents to a .163 batting average over the week … Tucson Super Regional: Set UA innings pitched record for a single season during Game 1 … Allowed four earned runs on nine hits in Game 1 win … Gave up one run on three hits in Game 2 victory Tucson Regional: Pitched all 19 innings for UA … Went 3-0 and did not allow a run or a runner to reach third base … Tossed fifth career no-hitter in win over Howard … Tossed three no-hitters: 5 IP, 12 K, BB vs. Howard on May 18, 7 IP, 14 K vs. Texas Tech on Feb. 16 and 7 IP, 11 K, BB vs. ASU on April 6 … Had 27 double-digit strikeout games this year – led by a three of 15-strikeout games (March 9 at Baylor, April 21 vs. Oregon, May 31 vs. Baylor) … Registered wins over nine of the 15 seeded teams and posted 36 wins over squads that made the tournament.

[Lannie]

Here is another one that Radar lizards overlooked
Kristin Schmidt LSU
2004 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Second-Team All-American
2004 Easton First-Team All-American
2004 Women’s College World Series MVP
2004 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
2004 NCAA Region 3 MVP
2004 SEC Tournament MVP
2004 NFCA Second-Team All-South Region
2004 First-Team All-SEC
2004 First-Team All-Louisiana
2004 NFCA National Player of the Week (March 2)
2004 USA Softball National Player of the Week (March 1)
2004 SEC Pitcher of the Week (May 3, April 19, March 15)
2004 Louisiana Pitcher of the Week (May 3, April 20, March 30, March 16)
2004 NFCA Leadoff Classic MVP
2004 Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team
2004 CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-District
2004 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2003 NFCA Third-Team All-American
2003 Easton Second-Team All-American
2003 NFCA First-Team All-South Region
2003 SEC Tournament MVP
2003 Second-Team All-SEC
2003 First-Team All-Louisiana
2003 SEC Pitcher of the Week (March 10)
2003 Louisiana Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 17, April 15, April 29)
2003 Purple & Gold Challenge MVP
2003 Verizon Second-Team Academic All-District VI
2002 NFCA Second-Team All-South Region
2002 Second-Team All-SEC
2002 Second-Team All-Louisiana
2002 NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team
2002 Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team
2001 NFCA Second-Team All-American
2001 NFCA First-Team All-Mideast Region
2001 NCAA Region 7 All-Tournament Team
2001 Big East Rookie of the Year
2001 First-Team All-Big East
2001 Big East All-Rookie Team
2001 Big East Pitcher of the Week (March 5, April 30, May

SENIOR SEASON (2004)
NCAA Women of the Year from Louisiana ... Earned Second-Team NFCA All-America honors and First-Team Easton All-America honors ... Named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2004 Women's College World Series ... USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist ... Named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Region III Tournament ... Member of the NFCA All-South Region first team ... Selected the SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive year ... Member of the All-SEC and All-Louisiana first-teams ... Named the NFCA National Player of the Week on March 2 ... Named the USA Softball National Player of the Week on May 2 ... Selected SEC Pitcher of the Week on March 16, April 19 and May 3 ... Chosen the LSWA Louisiana Pitcher of the Week on March 16, march 30, April 20 and May 3 ... Named the 2004 NFCA Leadoff Classic Most Valuable Player ... Member of the 2004 Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament team ... Made 50 appearances, going 38-7 with a 1.28 earned run average ... Ranked second in the SEC and fifth in the NCAA in wins this season ... Broke the LSU single-season record and tied for third in SEC history in single-season wins ... Ranked seventh in the SEC and 54th in the NCAA in ERA ... Recorded 362 strikeouts in 317.2 innings for a 7.98 strikeouts per seven innings ration ... Ranked second in the SEC in strikeouts and inning pitched ... Posted 17 wins over nationally ranked teams ... Struck out a season-best 15 in a win over nationally ranked South Carolina ... Struck out 10-plus batters in 14 games ... Threw two one-hitters and give two-hitters ... Recorded 14 shutouts ... Threw 28.1 consecutive scoreless innings between May 14 and May 21 ... Became one of only 16 players in NCAA history to record both 1,000 career strikeouts and 100 career wins ... Ranks 12th all-time in NCAA history in career strikeouts with 1,154 ... Tied for ninth all-time in career wins with 116 ... Currently ranks second in school history in career wins, saves, appearances, games started, complete games, strikeouts, shutouts and strikeouts per seven innings ... Ranks third in career earned run average, opponents batting average, and walks per seven innings ... Was a first-team Academic All-District VI and SEC Academic Honor Roll selection with a 3.42 grade point average ... Graduated in May 2004 in political science ... Now attending LSU's Paul Hebert Law School.

[Judd]

well I have a Bushnell and have clocked her fastest pitch at 37. I have clocked other pitchers at 48-53 at several tournaments, some even faster with the same gun.

But I have had parents tell me there DD threw XX, just to find out the radar said something else.

Enough of that. How about the cute kid in the video?

[Sftbll4ever]

Kid is cute and my favorite part was at the very beginning when she is tossing the ball in the air and misses it. Poof, she is gone. Then the big grey butt comes out and blocks her for a minute and then we get to see her again.

I think it is great to see her having fun and pitching. Speed will come and so will everything else if she sticks with it and gets a pitching coach.