My husband and I had a big discussion today about pitching lessons and what the varsity coach would say about them. Our son is a sophomore, 6'3" LHP. We are not sure yet if he will be on Varsity or JV this year, he was told before Xmas break that he would be on varsity, but last week the team was told that varsity would only have 18 players and there would be some readjusting. If he went up to Varsity, he would probably only pitch as our coach is "senior loyal" and the other kid who plays first is a senior. Anyway....we set up pitching lessons for our son with an assistant coach at a nearby Div. 1 college. My son and husband are afraid to tell the varsity coach about the lessons for fear he'll be mad. But our son pitches bullpens every Wed. or Thurs., so his lesson for today (Monday) may be on Wed. instead because of the rain today. I feel that the coach would be happy to have our son going to pitching lessons to improve his mechanics, velocity etc, as it can only eventually help the high school team. What do you all think? Tell the varsity coach or not?
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