Lisa Meeks

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Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

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Thoughts from a pitching coach as the season is be

Thoughts from a pitching coach as the season is beginning to wind down. These are thoughts from watching both players who I do know & do not know, so I’ll try to keep it unbiased. 😉

1. Girls who have heavily relied on speed through 12u & below are now getting LIT UPPPP in 14U. This is where I noticed the biggest bridge between age groups. There is a LOT of maturing & growing between 12u to 14u, & more often than not, 14u is when girls who really don’t love it start quitting. So you are going to play against some good girls and some BIG girls moving into 14u, & you have to know how to work the zone. You can absolutely still throw your fastball from time to time. BUT, you better have pinpoint location & accuracy with it. I LOVE speed. Who doesn’t. My goal is that we can someday have all of my pitchers throwing in the 60s. BUT, it literally does nothing in older age groups if you don’t have the spin & spot placement to go with it. & that 57 mph that was fast at 40 feet in 12U? Yeah, it’s not fast any more at 43 feet. Feels pretty average. So learn to do something else that’s above average. Speed, spin, & location. & do your research on what spin actually is, because it’s not “move your hand like this to make the ball go this way.” I can’t tell you how many times I get girls who tell me they throw a curve & it literally just goes to the outside. Their eyes are huge when I teach them how to actually spin it & they see the true movement for the first time.

2. Fellow pitching coaches, talk with your girls about spot placement & where to throw in certain situations. There is so much more to it than just being able to throw the ball. I have seen WAY too many balls being hit on 0-2 & 1-2 counts. I don’t want a hitter to TOUCH a ball 0-2 or 1-2. Talk to them about when to throw a change-up, when you shouldn’t pitch inside to a batter, how to work an umpire’s zone, etc. This is also a great conversation for catchers & coaches to be a part of.

3. Coaches, talk with your pitchers about where they need to be in certain situations. From ages 10u-14u the past couple of months, I have seen WAY too many runners score due to a ball being thrown pas

Looking forward to getting on the dirt again!

Looking forward to getting on the dirt again!

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Shout out to Kaila Eberline in throwing a No Hitte

Shout out to Kaila Eberline in throwing a No Hitter and also hitting her 15th homerun today!

Congrats to Elise Claypool in throwing a no hitter

Congrats to Elise Claypool in throwing a no hitter on her birthday weekend!

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