Need either a picture or description of how she is prepairing to receive the pitch.
Here is some general feedback.
This can cause issues.
Sideways bent arm
(elbow east/west)
(thumb pointing north)
starting close to chest...
Creates a position with a lot of mechanics to re-adjust just to get glove to pitch location.
Also starting close to chest and then popping arm/glove out can paddle the ball away.
Prefer Strong arm out
Ebow down
Fingers up.
Thumb east/west
(think like a stop hand sign)
(not thumb pointing down)
*Much easier to simply use shoulder muscles to easily move glove straight up.
Easier to frame also.
Web of glove goes up
simple wrist shave cuts off top of strikezone.
Much less movement need to get to the pitch.
Btw this is also easier to turn glove under for dirt pitches using the ball in socket shoulder joint.
And
Getting around inside pitches for framing!
Sounds same.I caught a lot when in HS and younger. I was taught by a D1 college coach to think of your index finger as a knife and cut the edge of the ball with your index, same as wrist deal?
Does she have more trouble on the high pitch on a certain side, glove side vs throwing side? My 10 year old will sometimes drop the pitch high and to her right, throwing side. She doesn’t always take a direct path to the ball and will kind of go out then up. Just something we’ve noticed.
Without more feedback or pictureDoes she have more trouble on the high pitch on a certain side, glove side vs throwing side? My 10 year old will sometimes drop the pitch high and to her right, throwing side. She doesn’t always take a direct path to the ball and will kind of go out then up. Just something we’ve noticed.