JJsqueeze
Dad, Husband....legend
Oldest DD had her first tryout for a TB team. I made sure not to oversell her. I told the coach she has only been pitching 9 months and I think she is better suited to the corners and the outfield as she moves up from rec. and maybe she can pitch TB next year.
He has her come out to workout with the team. I am expecting just to go through fielding\batting, but after they go through the standard warmups/throwing etc. he asks her to go off with an AC to do some pitching along with another girl who is working out as well. AC says "OK girls lets start off with ..............wrist flips" I wink at DD and whisper for her to just do her normal warm up and I gently tell the coach that she doesn't do wrist flips. I get a raised eyebrow but he is cool about it and tells her to do her thing. She goes through her normal warmups and while the girls are warming up he starts asking about all of the pitches they have. He goes through the entire list of pitches (to two 11 yr olds) and the other girl is kind of nodding. DD starts claiming to "have" every pitch we have ever played around with in practice. So I butt in and I say she has a fastball and a changeup but we have played with other pitches for fun but nothing is even in the same zip code as game ready, but her fastball has a decent drop. Now I think this poor guy thinks I am absolutely friggin nuts. My daughter doesn't do wrist flips and only has 2 pitches. I am sure he is thinking "WTF is she even doing here....."
So then he starts calling curves/screws/change ups/knuckballs/cutters/scurves/scrises/crops I think he even threw in a drise. I think this was a drop rise. I guarantee not one of these pitches moved more than an inch. They were all just fastballs with different types of bullet spin.
Long story slightly less long, they all got some circle time against the team and all the pitchers look good. There is clearly a #1 girl, really good pitcher with good speed and control (pitching ACs DD). DD pitched to three batters and was friggin deadly. Went inside-outside-inside-changeup on a big hitting girl and got her to complain to the catcher about being jammed and then got her to make one of those last second lunging jabs at a changeup for a weak ground out.
DD was asked to join the team and from the signals I got it would be as the #2 pitcher.
In the car ride on the way home...
"you did well honey"
"I know" with an evil grin
"They asked you to join the team"
"I know" smiles....
The coaches were very good guys and the team looked like a good fit to her level. I just got a kick out of seeing the "6 pitches of DD" in real life. This is the first time I have experienced it and I couldn't help but think of all you guys when this was going on.
all of the other 3 pitchers had an HE finish BTW. Only one was an actual bowler though.
He has her come out to workout with the team. I am expecting just to go through fielding\batting, but after they go through the standard warmups/throwing etc. he asks her to go off with an AC to do some pitching along with another girl who is working out as well. AC says "OK girls lets start off with ..............wrist flips" I wink at DD and whisper for her to just do her normal warm up and I gently tell the coach that she doesn't do wrist flips. I get a raised eyebrow but he is cool about it and tells her to do her thing. She goes through her normal warmups and while the girls are warming up he starts asking about all of the pitches they have. He goes through the entire list of pitches (to two 11 yr olds) and the other girl is kind of nodding. DD starts claiming to "have" every pitch we have ever played around with in practice. So I butt in and I say she has a fastball and a changeup but we have played with other pitches for fun but nothing is even in the same zip code as game ready, but her fastball has a decent drop. Now I think this poor guy thinks I am absolutely friggin nuts. My daughter doesn't do wrist flips and only has 2 pitches. I am sure he is thinking "WTF is she even doing here....."
So then he starts calling curves/screws/change ups/knuckballs/cutters/scurves/scrises/crops I think he even threw in a drise. I think this was a drop rise. I guarantee not one of these pitches moved more than an inch. They were all just fastballs with different types of bullet spin.
Long story slightly less long, they all got some circle time against the team and all the pitchers look good. There is clearly a #1 girl, really good pitcher with good speed and control (pitching ACs DD). DD pitched to three batters and was friggin deadly. Went inside-outside-inside-changeup on a big hitting girl and got her to complain to the catcher about being jammed and then got her to make one of those last second lunging jabs at a changeup for a weak ground out.
DD was asked to join the team and from the signals I got it would be as the #2 pitcher.
In the car ride on the way home...
"you did well honey"
"I know" with an evil grin
"They asked you to join the team"
"I know" smiles....
The coaches were very good guys and the team looked like a good fit to her level. I just got a kick out of seeing the "6 pitches of DD" in real life. This is the first time I have experienced it and I couldn't help but think of all you guys when this was going on.
all of the other 3 pitchers had an HE finish BTW. Only one was an actual bowler though.