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DD's first season of pitching was 10u rec when she was 9. Five months of practice over the winter with some Hillhouse videos and she was a monster in rec. The first month was hard as it was either a K or a walk - and about 1 to 1 ratio. She was not happy with the walks and felt she was letting down her teammates that just stood there and either watched a walk or watched the batter strikeout. Her velocity was way above the rest of the league and her walks were similar to kids throwing in the mid to low 30's. We tried to tell her that but it did not do any good. It really bugged her. But, she kept working on her mechanics and finally got her walks down by post season. She is a hard worker but her hatred of walks really drover her and was partially responsible for her growth that year.My daughter has really stepped up this year pitching all of our first
4 games. We have won all 4 but last game was close. We have a weak
10u rec team with a good pitcher.
She's made almost all the outs with strike outs. She throws a lot of
Balls mixed with strikes that cause long innings and she's getting down
On herself thinking everyone is mad about her inconsistency.
I've told her we are winning with her pitching but she doesn't see it
and the longer the innings are the more she worries.
How can I help her? Pushing her at practice seems to make her think
She's not doing good.
Thanks
Next year she played 12u and we told her since she was playing up whatever happened was ok. At 10u we always told her whatever happened was ok, but it never really worked. The playing up thing seemed to click and whatever extra, internal angst she had was minimal. There may be something you can say to help her or she may have to work through it on her own. Just try to be there and always support her, no matter what.
She is 11 now, and looking at her numbers in her 2nd year at 12u, she has 65 k's, with 10 walks, in 33 innings, but is back to REALLY hating walks. It's always something...