We threw today, and it went much better. I did not have my gun out for every pitch, but I had it out for a lot of them (she requested it be out since we were working on speed) Her speed was still in the same range she has been throwing in this break, but she threw almost all of them at the top of the range. And her control was so much better.
She only worked on fastball and change up. We ignored the spin pitches this session. Our philosophy, even if she never throws a fastball in a game, that is still the pitch to throw to get everything calibrated and reset.
At the end of practice when she was tired, I had her throw 5 fastballs. On the colored plate, 3 were yellow and 2 were green. All were strikes. Now we don't like yellow locations, but it was still a success. Last week, she would have been lucky to have just one of them even be a strike. 3 months ago, she would have had 4 or 5 greens. So she has a ways to go, but things are moving in the right direction.
I am sure I will butcher the term, but she worked on front side resistance which seemed to make a difference.
She only worked on fastball and change up. We ignored the spin pitches this session. Our philosophy, even if she never throws a fastball in a game, that is still the pitch to throw to get everything calibrated and reset.
At the end of practice when she was tired, I had her throw 5 fastballs. On the colored plate, 3 were yellow and 2 were green. All were strikes. Now we don't like yellow locations, but it was still a success. Last week, she would have been lucky to have just one of them even be a strike. 3 months ago, she would have had 4 or 5 greens. So she has a ways to go, but things are moving in the right direction.
I am sure I will butcher the term, but she worked on front side resistance which seemed to make a difference.