Softball pitching

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a so-so pitcher, I would personally not go down this road. It’s expensive and time-consuming. We’d be much better off just letting her be a regularly fielder, but we had no idea when she first started pitching.

Have you seen the desperate pleas for pitchers at the older age groups?

Maybe so, but I feel like our family’s time and money would be better spent places other than private pitching lessons and pitching practice. But we keep doing it to support her. Ones just offering OP a different perspective. If I had it to do again I would have focused on just great hitting and fielding lessons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a so-so pitcher, I would personally not go down this road. It’s expensive and time-consuming. We’d be much better off just letting her be a regularly fielder, but we had no idea when she first started pitching.

Have you seen the desperate pleas for pitchers at the older age groups?

Maybe so, but I feel like our family’s time and money would be better spent places other than private pitching lessons and pitching practice. But we keep doing it to support her. Ones just offering OP a different perspective. If I had it to do again I would have focused on just great hitting and fielding lessons.

How often did you do lessons and for how many years? Did you see improvement? It’s a good point that it’s a lot of time and money…but since pitching is key, I’m wondering why money would be better spent on fielding or hitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a so-so pitcher, I would personally not go down this road. It’s expensive and time-consuming. We’d be much better off just letting her be a regularly fielder, but we had no idea when she first started pitching.

Have you seen the desperate pleas for pitchers at the older age groups?

Maybe so, but I feel like our family’s time and money would be better spent places other than private pitching lessons and pitching practice. But we keep doing it to support her. Ones just offering OP a different perspective. If I had it to do again I would have focused on just great hitting and fielding lessons.

How often did you do lessons and for how many years? Did you see improvement? It’s a good point that it’s a lot of time and money…but since pitching is key, I’m wondering why money would be better spent on fielding or hitting.

If a girl can hit she will play. There are girls who are in no way athletes/athletic but they can hit. Coaches will find a way to have them play. They will play 1B,the "easiest" defensive position to play which takes not as much athletic ability or they will just hit and not play defense.

And yes, there are extremely good defensive 1B players. However, if you want to "hide" a great hitter in the field, 1B is where you do it.

[Anonymous]

I have a high school pitcher. Lessons don’t need to be weekly - that’s nuts. Email GMU coach - some of their girls will drive to your house (or a park near your house if you don’t have yard) for lessons, making it much easier and cheaper than whatever was recommended. The lessons can also happen during times when softball schedule isn’t busy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a so-so pitcher, I would personally not go down this road. It’s expensive and time-consuming. We’d be much better off just letting her be a regularly fielder, but we had no idea when she first started pitching.

Have you seen the desperate pleas for pitchers at the older age groups?

Maybe so, but I feel like our family’s time and money would be better spent places other than private pitching lessons and pitching practice. But we keep doing it to support her. Ones just offering OP a different perspective. If I had it to do again I would have focused on just great hitting and fielding lessons.

How often did you do lessons and for how many years? Did you see improvement? It’s a good point that it’s a lot of time and money…but since pitching is key, I’m wondering why money would be better spent on fielding or hitting.

My 14 year-old daughter has been pitching for 5 years. She did a few lessons at 9 and was doing weekly lessons by 10. Now at 13, she does lessons about once a month as more of a tune-up. She pitches 6 days a week year round though but for a couple of vacations per year during which she will pitch maybe twice in the week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a high school pitcher. Lessons don’t need to be weekly - that’s nuts. Email GMU coach - some of their girls will drive to your house (or a park near your house if you don’t have yard) for lessons, making it much easier and cheaper than whatever was recommended. The lessons can also happen during times when softball schedule isn’t busy.

Agree with this, but I haven't been able to get a response from the coaching staff this fall. Not sure why - the old assistant head coach was super great about coordinating this.