ChrisDennis13
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I looked for a similar post, but did not find one in my search. So if I missed it, I apologize in advance.
My daughter is 9.5 years old, she started pitching in March, after taking her to 3 pitching instructors, we settled on one in Late June. (Pandemic messed up our timeline). As you can imagine, those early months were rough. But once we found an instructor that our daughter felt comfortable with, she started making huge strides.
This instructor teaches in a 3 part order; Spin, Accuracy, Speed. My DD had Spin right away, good wrist snaps. So they worked on accuracy for 2 months. She now has 2 pitches (Fast and Change) that she can get into a catchers glove I would say at 85-90% of the time. Not all strikes, but she is always close to the box. Wild pitches (un-catch-able balls) is a rare occurrence now. Therefore, they are moving on to speed. They are working 4 strength drills to build core and leg strength.
Luckily, I have a friend who has a Pocket Couch Radar and let me borrow it this weekend. I wanted to get a baseline so that we can actually tell if she is picking up speed. She consistently pitches her fast ball at 37 mph. (a few 36's and a few 38's, but the vast majority was 37). My daughter set her own goal to be at 40 mph before Spring and her instructor thinks this is very doable.
My question is, what should a 10u player be throwing at? I have seen girls that look faster and girls that are slower, but that is all on feel not radar numbers. I have seen comments/ heard dads say their 10u girl is at about 50mph, but that seems unrealistic to me. We have seen a few dozen pitchers (last year in Rec fall ball and a few this summer in travel) and maybe 1 or 2 stand out as me as being really fast, but compared to a pitching machine turned to 45mph for batting, it was not faster than that.
Also, for the curious, her change was around 33mph.
My daughter is 9.5 years old, she started pitching in March, after taking her to 3 pitching instructors, we settled on one in Late June. (Pandemic messed up our timeline). As you can imagine, those early months were rough. But once we found an instructor that our daughter felt comfortable with, she started making huge strides.
This instructor teaches in a 3 part order; Spin, Accuracy, Speed. My DD had Spin right away, good wrist snaps. So they worked on accuracy for 2 months. She now has 2 pitches (Fast and Change) that she can get into a catchers glove I would say at 85-90% of the time. Not all strikes, but she is always close to the box. Wild pitches (un-catch-able balls) is a rare occurrence now. Therefore, they are moving on to speed. They are working 4 strength drills to build core and leg strength.
Luckily, I have a friend who has a Pocket Couch Radar and let me borrow it this weekend. I wanted to get a baseline so that we can actually tell if she is picking up speed. She consistently pitches her fast ball at 37 mph. (a few 36's and a few 38's, but the vast majority was 37). My daughter set her own goal to be at 40 mph before Spring and her instructor thinks this is very doable.
My question is, what should a 10u player be throwing at? I have seen girls that look faster and girls that are slower, but that is all on feel not radar numbers. I have seen comments/ heard dads say their 10u girl is at about 50mph, but that seems unrealistic to me. We have seen a few dozen pitchers (last year in Rec fall ball and a few this summer in travel) and maybe 1 or 2 stand out as me as being really fast, but compared to a pitching machine turned to 45mph for batting, it was not faster than that.
Also, for the curious, her change was around 33mph.