Not a big fan of that approach. I believe the coach is more concerned with wins, than player development. At that age group kids can still be a little wild with their pitching, therefore a coach can take advantage and hope for a walk. Does the coach ask her to keep taking pitches until a strike is thrown?She said she was told that by her last coach, so I guess that's why. To be honest, almost every girls does it on her team. One is like a statue on the first pitch. Doesn't even twitch