10u Pitching Advice/Help
I’m coaching a 10U rec team where most of the girls are just learning how to pitch. Most girls have trouble with consistency at this level in my area but it’s usually just accuracy in general.
The issue I’m having is with one of my better overall players, she can throw it pretty hard for her age, she’s very athletic, and 90% of the time her line to the plate is pretty good (between the batters boxes for the most part). Her trouble is that she cannot for the life of her (or me helping her) get her release point down, and often times ends up bowling the ball to the plate. I’ve talked about snapping her wrist on each pitch, over-correcting and aiming high every couple pitches, aiming for the umpires helmet instead of the catchers glove, etc.
I’m trying to help her figure it out but I’m a lot better at everything else in softball than pitching haha. Any tips or suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated as I’m out of ideas and really want her to be able to figure this out. Thanks!
Edit: Thank you to everyone who gave suggestions, I am definitely going to try some of them out. I know about the T and K drills, I know about wrist snaps, I know the basics of softball pitching at this level. Being better at everything else doesn’t mean I know absolutely nothing about pitching. I know about YouTube. This is more about a specific issue with one specific girl that I was just looking for some tips on. This is a small town rec league so practice is one night a week for 2-hours in between the games of the week. She does not want a pitching coach, nor do I think every child who tries pitching should have one. I don’t think I’m ruining her pitching mechanics, or any of the other several girls on the team who pitch and are going fine. I should’ve been more specific and noted that while she has release point issues she also does well overall, and that I’m trying to just work on consistency in her release, as her velocity and line to the plate are pretty good. Thanks again for everyone who gave suggestions! Much appreciated.