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Anonymous wrote: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"

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 major 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.

You can't outsource speding time with your kids.

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.

You don't need travel sports or private lessons to spend time with your kids, and that car sitting time well I guess it counts for something, but going out and playing with your kids, developing a relationship where they listen to you and you help them with what they are trying to accomplish, that is something else. At the end of the day the kids have to put the sports things together themselves whatever the resources that are provided be it private lessons, instructional materials, equipment etc. The only thing I would be concerned with would be safety, pitching I gather has some issues, but limiting reps and ensuring proper shoulder technique isn't that difficult. It's not like gymnastics or acrobatics.

My kids' pitching coach had a herniated disk due in large part to pitching mechanical issues. No thanks will I outsource her "shoulder technique" (what does that even mean, the pitch is a whole body motion) to YouTube videos.

I'm really confused what you have against a couple hours a month of pitching lessons, PP? I spend $5 more for my kid to get proper pitching instruction for an hour than I do for her to get proper violin instruction for 30 minutes.

I just think it's something rich people do when their kids really aren't that good to begin with and they don't have time. Baby sitting for lawyers and doctors. Nothing much just a 10% of your average income towards a sport, really not that expensive, after you take in to account private lessons, league fees, equipment. *snark* Benefit, poor kids can't afford to show up driving their Subaru Impreza's.

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Anonymous wrote: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"

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 major 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.

You can't outsource speding time with your kids.

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.

You don't need travel sports or private lessons to spend time with your kids, and that car sitting time well I guess it counts for something, but going out and playing with your kids, developing a relationship where they listen to you and you help them with what they are trying to accomplish, that is something else. At the end of the day the kids have to put the sports things together themselves whatever the resources that are provided be it private lessons, instructional materials, equipment etc. The only thing I would be concerned with would be safety, pitching I gather has some issues, but limiting reps and ensuring proper shoulder technique isn't that difficult. It's not like gymnastics or acrobatics.

My kids' pitching coach had a herniated disk due in large part to pitching mechanical issues. No thanks will I outsource her "shoulder technique" (what does that even mean, the pitch is a whole body motion) to YouTube videos.

I'm really confused what you have against a couple hours a month of pitching lessons, PP? I spend $5 more for my kid to get proper pitching instruction for an hour than I do for her to get proper violin instruction for 30 minutes.

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Anonymous wrote: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"

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 major 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.

You can't outsource speding time with your kids.

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.

You don't need travel sports or private lessons to spend time with your kids, and that car sitting time well I guess it counts for something, but going out and playing with your kids, developing a relationship where they listen to you and you help them with what they are trying to accomplish, that is something else. At the end of the day the kids have to put the sports things together themselves whatever the resources that are provided be it private lessons, instructional materials, equipment etc. The only thing I would be concerned with would be safety, pitching I gather has some issues, but limiting reps and ensuring proper shoulder technique isn't that difficult. It's not like gymnastics or acrobatics.

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Anonymous wrote: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"

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 major 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.

You can't outsource speding time with your kids.

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.

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Anonymous wrote: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"

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 major 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.

You can't outsource speding time with your kids.

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Anonymous wrote: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"

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 major 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.

You can't outsource speding time with your kids.

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Anonymous wrote: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"

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 major 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.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I know you all are right. We can afford it. I don’t love the extra driving and time suck. I’ll just deal with it and keep my mouth shut.