Hi,
Wanted some honest feedback about my 10 year old daughter as she is struggling with her control. Here is some basic information. She is 10 (soon to be 11 in a few weeks). She currently plays for the majors (12U) as well as 10U select. She played only one year of minors (kid pitch) and was asked to play up this year. She has been pitching for about a year seriously and about 18 months total. I have a glove radar and she averages 42-46MPH with a top speed of 48. She has a pitching coach who she has been seeing once per week for about 8 months. She is tall for her age (about 5' 2) and pretty strong.
She is a great hitter and above average fielder but really wants to continue to pitch. In practice she controls the ball well, but in games she will own the first hitter then walk the next two and follow that up with a strike out of the next two. It seems like she is changing her mechanics almost with each hitter and the ball goes very high or rolls up to the plate. Her adjustments are too overcompensating which causes her to change her delivery.
The last game she almost cost her team the lead as she walked the bases loaded then worked her way out of it. I don't expect her to be 1-2-3 each inning but it is frustrating to see her control her pitches with one hitter then lose it with the next.
In this video I stacked up a couple of buckets to indicate the plate. In the first pitch she looked ok, then by the 4th pitch she rolled the ball up there. I don't know what to do as she is now beginning to doubt her abilities and I am having a hard time understanding her issues as I am her catcher during her practice and I am more focused on catching the ball then seeing the motion. Sorry for the audio on this clip I was using a GO Pro and it picked up my panting. Any help, advice, feedback or direction would be greatly appreciated.
05/04/2014 14:30:56 - Coach's Eye
Wanted some honest feedback about my 10 year old daughter as she is struggling with her control. Here is some basic information. She is 10 (soon to be 11 in a few weeks). She currently plays for the majors (12U) as well as 10U select. She played only one year of minors (kid pitch) and was asked to play up this year. She has been pitching for about a year seriously and about 18 months total. I have a glove radar and she averages 42-46MPH with a top speed of 48. She has a pitching coach who she has been seeing once per week for about 8 months. She is tall for her age (about 5' 2) and pretty strong.
She is a great hitter and above average fielder but really wants to continue to pitch. In practice she controls the ball well, but in games she will own the first hitter then walk the next two and follow that up with a strike out of the next two. It seems like she is changing her mechanics almost with each hitter and the ball goes very high or rolls up to the plate. Her adjustments are too overcompensating which causes her to change her delivery.
The last game she almost cost her team the lead as she walked the bases loaded then worked her way out of it. I don't expect her to be 1-2-3 each inning but it is frustrating to see her control her pitches with one hitter then lose it with the next.
In this video I stacked up a couple of buckets to indicate the plate. In the first pitch she looked ok, then by the 4th pitch she rolled the ball up there. I don't know what to do as she is now beginning to doubt her abilities and I am having a hard time understanding her issues as I am her catcher during her practice and I am more focused on catching the ball then seeing the motion. Sorry for the audio on this clip I was using a GO Pro and it picked up my panting. Any help, advice, feedback or direction would be greatly appreciated.
05/04/2014 14:30:56 - Coach's Eye