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softball
ok so i just started playing softball last year. I'm not bad at all. The bad part is that my dad thinks i suck because he NEVER pays attention to me when i practice and i think hes only gone to 3 of my games. 4 tops. but then again, he goes to every single one of my little brothers games,he helps him practice ALL the time, and he lets my little brother pitch. One of the reasons why i like softball so much is because last year i was one of the best pitcher in my league. now that im in an older league, i have to pitch different but im still pitching really accurate and fast. My dad thinks im horrible and pitching and thinks i have NO CLUE what im doing because im not doing it like a stupid pitching video is telling me to do. I cant convince him that everyone has their own style. how can i have him realize that im actually really good and that i really want to pitch again??
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yeah like really late on this but i had to answer it because you sound alot like me, only my parents arent like that.
anyway, ive been pitching for one and a half years, and i know for a fact that EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN STYLE OF PITCHING. Ive been told that I'm like the best pitcher in my 14u league by many umpires and even opposing coaches, and i pitch differently than alot of pitchers, but its the way i am.
Those stupid videos are always different, because they are made by different coaches. every coach is different and every pitcher is different. i had a pitching coach just like your dad once that made me pitch like the videos etc and i got hurt 3 times and almost tore my rotator cup. yeah he went broke because he got so many people hurt and they could never pitch again. im a dropball pitcher so my motion is different from the videos with their little plastic robot pitchers, as i like to call them :] videos are for people that dont want to teach someone how to pitch.
i reccommend not letting your dad change your style and just go with what is natural. he seems kind of sexist to me, because he favors your brother and such. but make him come to your games and watch you and see how good you do. go online and find sites that show a bunch of different pitching mechanics and do some reasearch on some pitching coaches in your area that maybe you could talk to your dad about going to see, maybe offer to pay for it. its never much, only like 30 bucks a week, TOPS, and you could take once a month or something. go to camps and take your dad and make THEM explain to him. just dont take this insulting off of him, you dont deserve it
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well, first off, your dad seems pretty harsh on you. Tell him that if you help you practice youll get better-or that you will show him that you dont suck. and when your practicing with your dad practice your pitching-and tell him that you might have a different style but atleast it works well.
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ok well since you did tell your dad that everyone has their own pitchimg style... maybe you actually need to prove that to him...for example take him to a place where DIFFERENT people pitch their OWN way and MAKE him watch the others and actually have him study other pitchers' pitches. most likely he'll start to understand what you are trying to say, if not then he's pretty stubborn. well right now i dont have that much help but if you want you can ask me for further explanation
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ok your dad is a perfectionist...i think he'll realize it when you get a scholorship to a college for softball...dont let him get to you or ruin pitching...they have college games on espn2 sometimes...if you can find one put it on and show him...i bet the pitcher from one team is different from the pitcher on the other!
is your dad the coach? if hes not...get the coach to talk to him and i bet ppl on your team have different styles than you..so show him that!
i bet if you got another video, they would teach you another way!
i used to go to softball clinics for hitting and pitching..i should go again..but anyway go there and have the experts tell him...
go on websites ..maybe instructional sites from college teams on how to pitch..i bet you will find a bunch of different styles!
keep pitching your way, work hard, and in a few years when your kickin ass in college, maybe he will finally realize his mistaake
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Ask him to go see your practice and if he says no, next time he goes wit yor brother make him feel guilty!!Rate me 5 please!
x3 gRacie
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