Pitching Question

.....and to BugsD......

....I think your post shows that you've got a great attitude toward not only your DDs wellbeing, but for the best for the team, and game itself. Cool!

 

Bugs daughter is in the care of great coaches and is on a team that will provide her all the exposure she will need.

Marlin makes a valid point in that many times it is poor mechanics before too much pitching that causes arm injuries. I just wish there were more qualified pitching coaches out there. Cheri Kempf really got on her soap box last weekend at the MB coaches clinic about all the pitchers she sees that have very poor mechanics and are being taught by so called pitching coaches. Again, this is another thread in it's self.

 

IMO, you don't have the same arm angle in softball as you do in baseball. Plus, some college teams have pitchers on their benches they could bring in to get the L/L or R/R match ups. But they don't.

In ASA (not sure about college), the starting pitcher can reenter the game once as a pitcher. So if there is a benefit in getting match ups, I would think coaches would do it in the right situation. But again, I have never seen it.

 

Starting Pitchers can return in college

There are no special re-entry rules for pitchers in college ball. Thus the starting pitcher can be substituted for and then re-enter. I've seen this done a lot for pitchers who hit. If they get on base the coach will typically pinch run for safety but I've also seen relief pitchers fail and the coach come right back with starter.

 

To clarify...

You are correct. The arm angle is different. What I'm talking about is not what I'd call arm angle, but rather the side to side (horizontal) path the ball takes from the pitcher's release point to the plate. A right handed batter sees a right handed pitch track more from her left to her right as she faces the field. A left handed pitch would appear to come more straight on. This side to side effect occurs in baseball as well.

 

horizontal perception.....

....of a pitch by a batter is basically the same in Bball and Sball. Believe me, in Sball, batters might not be as perplexed by the Horiz.angle as are Bball batters, but they are subjected to recognizing the track/path of a pitch just as Bballers. And check out where the Ump sets up behind the plate when, you, the batter, digs in for your turn. If a LH pitcher v. LH hitter, and the Ump is over the left shoulder of the catcher, then maybe the pitcher won't get as many strikes called on the outside of the plate. But if that same Ump sets up over the right shoulder of the catcher, thats when the pitcher might get more calls for strikes, ESPECIALLY when the ball is pitched in what I preach to my DD..."the column"! The area up and down that Ump considers the strike zone.