[quote name="badndn" post="822565" timestamp="1280783131"] [quote author=NDN FAN link=topic=71343.msg822564#msg822564 date=1280782987] Basically all but three pitches. There were 10 girls that made the trip to Lufkin, but the other two pitch as well. [/quote] Herein lies the problem...Only one ball! Very difficult to get pitching time for 7 girls in one tournament! [/quote] Sorry to chime in, but I would like to give some advise to "pitching time". Any team that is going to be competitive needs to have at least 3 pitcher in rotation (Unless you have the next Cat or Finch in the dugout). As my DD is moving on to college ball we have played/pitched for some good and bad teams, and I made the mistake of worrying about "pitching time". But this is what i have learned from success and failures. Get a rotation and stick to it if pitcher if pitcher A gets the rock for the first game then pitcher B knows that they needs to be ready to come in to either finish or start the next game. Once pitcher B is in then the same is true for pitcher C and so on. I personally like to have 4-5 pitchers in tournament play. Now at the younger age groups they need to pitch and play something else. But starting at 14u they need to know what their job is and the coaches need to let them do their job "pitch the ball". Hey there were time when my DD had the rock at a championship game in triple ITB and I wished it wasn't her turn, but you know what she knew the job was hers and that she needed to step it up. Pitching is more about practice than game time, games really only give you the things to work on the next week in practice.
