I was at sport complex today watching my daughter's volleyball practice and notice a baseball team of young boys ( maybe 10-12 years old) practing in another part of the complex.....so I walked over to watch a little...the were a couple of pitchers working on the mounds with either dads or coaches. I stood there a bit, watched and listen. The boys had some nice arms. I listened to the instruction that their dad/coach was giving them. As a dad that has spent a lot of time and money on my son's pitching lessons, I have learn a lot by just listening. Much of the stuff I heard these kids were being told to do was much different (wrong) from what I had learned from watching my son's lessons. I had an urge to bud in and start giving my advice or at least suggest that they get their pitchers some lessons. However, I just kept my mouth shut and went back to my daughter's practice.
I always wished that someone earlier in my son's career would had suggested to us to get some early coaching, just to learn the mechanics at a younger age. But since I was worried that my advice would not be welcomed, I just kept my mouth shut.
Maybe I should have just copied down the web address of this website and suggested they check it out.
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