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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Responding to 2 different people.

[quote]This is rec, and I appreciate that he gives kids a chance to try pitching for the first time, but sometimes it bites them all in the butt. [/quote]
Fair point, but my daughter has pitched a lot. This is not a scenario where it is a kid who walks significantly more than the other 2 pitchers. It's a scenario in rec where they happen to have 3 "good" pitchers (for their age) and 2 of the kids get 99% of the time. And yeah it feels good to win, but long term player development and giving kids opportunities should be what rec is about. One of the 2 main girls who is "good" (and I use that term loosely because she also has a ton of walks and crazy wild pitches) was a terrible beginner pitcher last season but got tons of opportunities because her team had no one else -- and therefore improved  -- and by the end of the season was starting to throw strikes. I think we just ended up on the wrong team. Most other teams don't even have one decent pitcher, let alone 2.

[quote]Rec softball at 10U is a really tough age pitching-wise, largely because most of the pitching is really awful, and so games become walkathons. In fact many leagues make rule changes to either go to coach pitch after a certain number of walks just to keep things moving (and to require runs be scored on a batted ball rather than a walk). [/quote]

Yes. This is our league. No walks. So the coaches are out there pitching half the game.

[quote]So, if this team has two girls who can pitch well enough to get it over the plate and if they are just better than your daughter, it will be difficult for her. The best thing she can do is spend time pitching on her own -- the best pitchers go out with a tarp and a bucket of balls every day and throw 100 balls. [/quote]

These are all good points. I am just counting down the days until this season is over and getting her other options.

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