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My DD's U14 team is still searching for a third pitcher, and during the search, spoke with a Dad who was wondering how many tournaments we were playing at the 43 feet distance. (most, most ASA tourney's)
Said he was concerned about her pitching from this distance all summer, with High School ball being at 43.( His DD is an 8th grader). This got me thinking, because my DD is in the same boat.
My DD has pitched at 43 for middle school, local travel, NSA and winter ball. When I told her about pitching at 40, she had mixed feelings. Since she has decent velocity, this would benefit, but she also said her breaking pitches might be a problem.
I could swear this thread was posted before, but was wondering about everyone's thought on this.
1. Would this affect transition to HS?
2. Can you throw an effective breaking pitch from 40 feet with a typical U14 spin rate?
Said he was concerned about her pitching from this distance all summer, with High School ball being at 43.( His DD is an 8th grader). This got me thinking, because my DD is in the same boat.
My DD has pitched at 43 for middle school, local travel, NSA and winter ball. When I told her about pitching at 40, she had mixed feelings. Since she has decent velocity, this would benefit, but she also said her breaking pitches might be a problem.
I could swear this thread was posted before, but was wondering about everyone's thought on this.
1. Would this affect transition to HS?
2. Can you throw an effective breaking pitch from 40 feet with a typical U14 spin rate?