I have found an old friend that pitched in the local college to come in and pitch batting practice to my team, 10U. She has only done this 3 times but is willing to come almost anytime I ask.
My assistant who I have handling the batters, expressed concern this last time the pitcher came. She says the girls are up there 'dancing' or bailing out worried about being hit and she isn't sure if we are doing good or bad. The girls said after practice they got hits off her and a few that got hit BY her were kind of proud that they got back in the box.
Our other option is I can pitch close to the correct 10U speed in a sporadic fashion and only accomplish that in practice instead of me being able to work on defense drills. The girls hit off me well - I see it as comfort in the box knowing me but then we don't get anything else accomplished and we are not helping the girls prepare for a game type situation. We also set up a T so the coach can have them work on that first before going into the cage.
She seams to be of the mindset that the girls should do something easier where they are guaranteed to have success and 'pump up' their spirits.
My thoughts are we continue to have the guest pitcher come in with the goal that the girls will continue to work and become more familiar with her pitching but while doing that they learn to adjust and get more of a game like experience while at practice.
Do we keep the guest pitcher and continue challenging the girls or do I pitch and they hit but not against the speed we see in some games?
My assistant who I have handling the batters, expressed concern this last time the pitcher came. She says the girls are up there 'dancing' or bailing out worried about being hit and she isn't sure if we are doing good or bad. The girls said after practice they got hits off her and a few that got hit BY her were kind of proud that they got back in the box.
Our other option is I can pitch close to the correct 10U speed in a sporadic fashion and only accomplish that in practice instead of me being able to work on defense drills. The girls hit off me well - I see it as comfort in the box knowing me but then we don't get anything else accomplished and we are not helping the girls prepare for a game type situation. We also set up a T so the coach can have them work on that first before going into the cage.
She seams to be of the mindset that the girls should do something easier where they are guaranteed to have success and 'pump up' their spirits.
My thoughts are we continue to have the guest pitcher come in with the goal that the girls will continue to work and become more familiar with her pitching but while doing that they learn to adjust and get more of a game like experience while at practice.
Do we keep the guest pitcher and continue challenging the girls or do I pitch and they hit but not against the speed we see in some games?
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