Reply to "A question about the pitcher position"

JohnF5,000+ posts

CaCO3Girl posted:
Velo is king, plain and simple. Some coach thinks "You can teach control, but you can't teach velo"...and poof, you are in!

That was my experience as well. Kid with velo always had coaches tripping over each other to talk to him while the kid who threw strikes, but no velo got essentially ignored. It's like basketball, you cannot teach height - coaches love the player taller than the rest (shooting percentage of 10% but gets 90% rebounds).

8/17/1812:15 PM

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