As others have said, the first thing is simply to stop and rest and let her body try to recover. Working through soreness or stiffness may be normal, but if anything HURTS when you are doing it, that is your body’s way of telling you stop. You keep pushing through that and the injury is simply going to get worse (speaking from experience as someone who couldn’t take his own advice and now has bum hip and shoulder to prove it).
When your daughter is ready to test the waters again, it is important not to go zero to 60mph to “make up for lost time.” You need to gradually ramp up the load.
Perhaps the most effective way to focus on improving pitching mechanics is to work them from shorter distances (20-25’), which doesn’t require you to go 100% to get quality work in. Have her pitch into a tarp and you don’t even need a catcher (which also removes the focus on the result). You can get a lot of work done from the Power K position. Not my formula, but I’ve found it to be true: Rick Pauly says that a mechanically sound pitcher should be able to throw 90% of their top speed from the Power K position from roughly 25’. If you are improving from the K position, you are improving.
Just mindlessly wailing away from 43’ for 30 and 45 minutes at a time (not saying you were doing this), is not a very effective use of time and a good way to get your pitcher hurt. See way too much of this in HS and travel ball.
When your daughter is ready to test the waters again, it is important not to go zero to 60mph to “make up for lost time.” You need to gradually ramp up the load.
Perhaps the most effective way to focus on improving pitching mechanics is to work them from shorter distances (20-25’), which doesn’t require you to go 100% to get quality work in. Have her pitch into a tarp and you don’t even need a catcher (which also removes the focus on the result). You can get a lot of work done from the Power K position. Not my formula, but I’ve found it to be true: Rick Pauly says that a mechanically sound pitcher should be able to throw 90% of their top speed from the Power K position from roughly 25’. If you are improving from the K position, you are improving.
Just mindlessly wailing away from 43’ for 30 and 45 minutes at a time (not saying you were doing this), is not a very effective use of time and a good way to get your pitcher hurt. See way too much of this in HS and travel ball.