I don't see anything wrong with small cue's that she understands, and maybe a more in depth discussion between innings. How else are they suppose to learn?She's 8
... yeah think that through a little bit...My wife volunteered to be the batter lol, probably better for a cardboard batter to be there.
imo it is better because the problem may be the concern of pegging and hurting a person with the ball.imo cardboard is a poor substitute for a live game/person in terms of not wanting to hit them.
However worrying about injuring another person on the 'destination' could be a natural response.It's just a reps thing and I'm not sure most/all 8 year olds should even worry about the destination,
It was mentioned the DD is 8, so she's probably not throwing hard/fast enough to hurt an adult.imo it is better because hitting the cardboard is not hurting another person. That can alleviate some of the worry, concern and issue of the person learning to pitch by an obstacle.
Remove that concern and learn to pitch by it.
However worrying about injuring another person could be a natural response.
Not an intended obstacle to overcome but one that is potentially something that needs to be worked through.
The simplest sounding thing and it just didn't even occur to me to ask...Thank you. I'll ask her today after school.Have you asked her?