re: Teaching my daughter to underhand fast pitch...any help is greatly appreciated.

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I've coached travel ball for years. Main thing is to work on control first (getting it across plate) over speed..the speed will come in time. Doesn't matter how hard you through if you can't throw strikes

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That's a different philosophy that I haven't heard. Not one of my soft throwing pitchers who could throw strikes ever made it as a high school pitcher. On the other hand every single good pitcher we had at the high school level could throw hard when they were young.
They can't overthrow, but if they get used to throwing easy, they will never make it as a pitcher.

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Not one of my soft throwing pitchers who could throw strikes ever made it as a high school pitcher. On the other hand every single good pitcher we had at the high school level could throw hard when they were young

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Maybe I didn't say that right....starting out don't over throw (speed) throw under control...if you throw as hard as you can you tend to overthrow and lose your control.throw hard but under control....I didn't mean to slow toss pitches...10 yr old 30-35 MPH 11-12 35-45 MPH
13-14..45-55 MPH 16+upper 50's +