I have two DD's. One that is older and she practices 6 days per week. Younger DD is always with us so on nights when older DD is pitching I leave it up to my younger DD for how much or if she wants to practice. I'm not going to force the pitching issue or the lessons. If younger DD wants to play it will all be up to her on the amount of pitching time she puts in. So far she wants to practice as much as her sister.