9 year old - Pitching

Pitching

My 9 year old daughter has been seeing a fantastic private instructor for the past 2-3 months for pitching. She has come a long way but is still figuring things out. I don’t get much time to chat with the instructor without my daughter around but after about 10 sessions I’d like to know if her progression has been normal. (I realize no one can answer this specific question without seeing her and I also realize 10 hours is such a short time.)

We are probably only throwing strikes about 25-30 percent of the time and we are under 30 mph on her best pitches. This is all new to me. Does it start to click for the kids at some point or do some just never figure it out? To be clear, I’m not pushing her to be something she’s not and I don’t have long term aspirations for her, it’s just been something we’ve both had a good time doing and has been a fun bonding experience. I’m just interested in hearing stories of other people’s journey on this.

Posted Jul 11, 2026, 1:25 PM UTC

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