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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like the kiddo is looking for an excuse.  "But you didn't get me private lessons."

If the kiddo is indeed that motivated.  Get her some literature, take her out and practice with her.  I don't know much about softball, but for most sports there are plenty of improvement materials available.  Not to ding on lessons, just one or two isn't going to do much, and many of the low hanging fruit advice are in the books and YouTube videos.

Quick google and there is one on Amazon: "Diamond Girl: A Guide to Beginner and Advanced Softball Pitching"[/quote]

Different softball parent here, not OP. Softball pitching is not something you can do this for, unless possibly a parent is willing to take the online Pauly Girl University classes and implement that method, but that's a [b]major[/b] lift on the parent.

There are 2 major different schools of thought on the entire pitching motion (one is flat wrong, FWIW) and within those schools infinite variations - how far sideways do you turn? When do you close your hips? Where do you set up for each drill? What drills are worth it? Is wrist snap at the end of the pitch real? You can find highly experienced pitchers and coaches arguing about this stuff infinitely online and it shouldn't be on a kid to navigate the answers to that. If you just do books or YouTube videos it isn't going to work, and when you start wrong it takes months to break it down and fix it - my own pitcher learned this the hard way, but thankfully in the off-season.

Pitching lessons aren't something that requires a contract (at least not that I've seen). It's pretty easy - set them up for every other week and if the kid isn't making a way to do the drills 2-3 times a week in between just stop. That's your indicator of motivation.[/quote]

You can't outsource speding time with your kids.[/quote]

LOL.  Travel sports parents spend so much time with their kids that might otherwise be spent on video games or social media.  My best talks with my kid were driving to or from practice or tournaments.   He’s in his 20s now and we both still enjoy trips because we just naturally talk about stuff when we’re driving.  [/quote]

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