You invest a significant amount of time and effort into becoming a pitcher—attending lessons, practicing consistently, and pushing through physical demands. It can be especially challenging when that work doesn’t translate into playing time. If you haven’t experienced this, consider yourself fortunate.
So how can you respond to this situation in a way that benefits you?
1. Use it as motivation to improve.
Read MoreAs a young pitcher you are faced with many logistical roadblocks that college pitchers don't face. You must find someone to drive you to practice or save up enough money for a new glove. You have the challenge of forming habits when many factors are out of your control, for example, not having enough time to warm up for a game because high school schedules are tight.
Read MoreParents, if you’ve ever come to a big pitching clinic that we’ve put on, or been a part of pitching school, you know about all the work you have to put in to pitching. It turns out it’s not just your daughter who must put in all the effort. You have to be an athlete, too!
As an adult I find it interesting that I constantly re-learn what I am trying to teach young players. Mainly, the more we put into something, the more we get out.
Becoming a pitcher requires a strong partnership between players and their parents. This leadership position requires two hugely important commitments from you both - a physical commitment and an emotional commitment.
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