Yes. If she can't do those things, her breaking pitch is worthless at high levels of play.So your standard is unless a player can land a pitch 60-80% of the time with the correct spin and location they can't really claim they throw that pitch? Do we require that it also has a certain amount of break? And a minimum velocity?
If you want your kid to pitch (rather than sit the bench and watch) in college:
1. She has to get her breaking pitch to move about 95% of the time.
2. She has to be able to locate her breaking pitch at the edges of the strike zone.
3. The breaking pitch has to "really" move. An inch or two isn't enough. (I've caught--as a catcher--good riseballs. They look like they jump a foot.)
4. She has to throw with enough velocity to make it difficult for the hitters to adjust their swing during the pitch.
The college hitters are very good. Have you ever seen @Cannonball's DD hit?
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