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It sounds like it’s going to be a looooong season for you & your team. If you don’t have pitching you will not be very competitive.I'm coaching s 10u rec team and I have never taught pitching. I've read the I/R sticky thread. We have only pitcher has pitched some, but not much and isn't taking lessons. We have two girls that are interested in trying out, but have never pitched an inning. Do I even attempt to try learning I/R and teach it at the same time or is that a recipe for epic failure? Is there some online lessons I can use as a crash course to teach myself?
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Do your research. There is a site called softball spot that helped me out with drills, technique, etc.. early on.
Watch videos of the best pitchers and the best instructors. I like Dee Dee Weiman (former UCLA great pitcher). Her name has changed due to marriage but I am drawing a blank at the moment.
Amanda Scarborough is pretty good and has many videos.
Bill Hillhouse frequents this site and is a great resource to tap into. Bill was/is a Fastpitch pitcher at the highest level of the men’s game.
Pitching the windmill technique is hard and takes a lot of practice to get it right.
A few “Q”s I like to use especially with younger girls is look, point, and step in the direction you want to throw, don’t lean forward and try and guide the ball to the plate, stand tall, whip your arm through, aim, and let it fly.
Slow down when things aren’t going your way, talk yourself through the problem and make adjustments, when your in a good groove pick-up the pace.
Pitching is about muscle memory, repeating the same motion over & over again, and making corrections/adjustments when your motion deviates from the norm.
It’s very important for young aspiring pitchers to understand why something went wrong and know how to correct it.
It helps to have a lot of patience and a short memory. Don’t dwell on mistakes make adjustments and move on to the most important pitch the next one.