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Guys I need some advice or at least direction. I have a 10 year old left handed son who LOVES to play baseball. He has been on a select-travel team for 2 years and one of the things he does is pitch and is (I know I'm biased) pretty good at it! But I was never very involved in sports as a kid. If it involved hunting or fishing I was all over it but football and baseball just weren't my thing as a child. Recently due to costs and the total commitment to playing on the team he was on, I pulled him. His last coach was an excellent pitching coach but I don't feel comfortable asking him to continue giving pitching lessons since he no longer coaches my son. I don't know how to do it since I have very little knowledge about it. All I want is for somebody to make sure his form is good so that he will not hurt himself or develop any bad habits. Not looking for somebody to teach him to throw any junk like curveballs or anything like that just how to advance with his pitching. Do any of y'all know someone that I could pay to do this?

My advice is not to push too hard - he will have plenty of time to develop. Don't throw the junk! Have known many with ruined arms by the age of 16. Not a fan of all this "travel" ball as it leads to burnout. If there is one pitch to master, it's the change-up. Understand when to throw it, and how to throw it. Good luck, have fun, and enjoy.

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duckter wrote:My advice is not to push too hard - he will have plenty of time to develop. Don't throw the junk! Have known many with ruined arms by the age of 16. Not a fan of all this "travel" ball as it leads to burnout. If there is one pitch to master, it's the change-up. Understand when to throw it, and how to throw it. Good luck, have fun, and enjoy.

as an umphire I couldnt have said this better....and if his old was for teaching a child and not concerned with the "W" at the end of the day he prolly would continue to coach/teach your child he may want a fee of some sort but should want to continue your childs improvment in the sport they both love or find another coach from another team and ask them or ask around at your local little league park

Odis wrote:Guys I need some advice or at least direction. I have a 10 year old left handed son who LOVES to play baseball. He has been on a select-travel team for 2 years and one of the things he does is pitch and is (I know I'm biased) pretty good at it! But I was never very involved in sports as a kid. If it involved hunting or fishing I was all over it but football and baseball just weren't my thing as a child. Recently due to costs and the total commitment to playing on the team he was on, I pulled him. His last coach was an excellent pitching coach but I don't feel comfortable asking him to continue giving pitching lessons since he no longer coaches my son. I don't know how to do it since I have very little knowledge about it. All I want is for somebody to make sure his form is good so that he will not hurt himself or develop any bad habits. Not looking for somebody to teach him to throw any junk like curveballs or anything like that just how to advance with his pitching. Do any of y'all know someone that I could pay to do this?

Depending on how much you are wanting to spend, a friend of mine took his to a 3 day camp in houston hosted by some mlb and ncaa pitchers, its based off of using your hole body to pitch, gain speed and reduce elbow/shoulder stress. He will go back at the end of this month for a touch up and some quick tips if interested I can get his info.

Thanks for the advice, sorry I should have said that were out of Jackson, one of the reasons I pulled him from his past team was to hopefully prevent "burnout". Within a day o pulling him I got him on another team with a much more reasonable travel schedule. I did talk to a guy today that wants to meet my son a if he thinks my son is sincere in learning I think he'll take him on. Yes I completely agree don't throw junk. He has a pretty tough change up already

Change-up shouldn't be an issue since it is a grip pitch and not an elbow/wrist pitch. Form and consistant release point should be his main focus. As already previously mentioned, and you agree, no junk stuff. It really bothers me to see kids in the Little League World Series throwing 3-5 different breaking balls and the announcers talking it up. It is not good for a kid of that age at the beginning of their growing cycle to be stressing the elbow joints in such a manner. I don't know how MSU runs their baseball camp now, but back when Ron Polk/Pat McMann ran the camp no camper of the age of 13 or below were allowed to throw any type of breaking balls.

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Don't know where you live but will make a few suggestions! You are right about no junk but still take it very easy. Ten is still very young to be throwing very many total pitches. Have 18 yo son that played 6A baseball and also with Dulins Dodgers out of Memphis. Since your son is a lefty I would be very slow with him and maybe even get him to see David West at Dulins in Memphis. PM me and I will give you his number.

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Odis wrote:Guys I need some advice or at least direction. I have a 10 year old left handed son who LOVES to play baseball. He has been on a select-travel team for 2 years and one of the things he does is pitch and is (I know I'm biased) pretty good at it! But I was never very involved in sports as a kid. If it involved hunting or fishing I was all over it but football and baseball just weren't my thing as a child. Recently due to costs and the total commitment to playing on the team he was on, I pulled him. His last coach was an excellent pitching coach but I don't feel comfortable asking him to continue giving pitching lessons since he no longer coaches my son. I don't know how to do it since I have very little knowledge about it. All I want is for somebody to make sure his form is good so that he will not hurt himself or develop any bad habits. Not looking for somebody to teach him to throw any junk like curveballs or anything like that just how to advance with his pitching. Do any of y'all know someone that I could pay to do this?

Depending on how much you are wanting to spend, a friend of mine took his to a 3 day camp in houston hosted by some mlb and ncaa pitchers, its based off of using your hole body to pitch, gain speed and reduce elbow/shoulder stress. He will go back at the end of this month for a touch up and some quick tips if interested I can get his info.

Houston High School in Germantown? That where you are talking about. I played ball there with a couple of them that play pros now. I signed with OK St in 2001 and ended up leaving for injuries I got my senior year of ball from a truck wreck.
If you were closer to Memphis this would be great. They have Matt Cain, SF giants, Stuart Palmeran cardinals, brent delugach detroit tigers, me, ian strelsin memphis redbirds and the list goes on and on that do their camps every year.

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H20fowlkiller wrote:

Odis wrote:Guys I need some advice or at least direction. I have a 10 year old left handed son who LOVES to play baseball. He has been on a select-travel team for 2 years and one of the things he does is pitch and is (I know I'm biased) pretty good at it! But I was never very involved in sports as a kid. If it involved hunting or fishing I was all over it but football and baseball just weren't my thing as a child. Recently due to costs and the total commitment to playing on the team he was on, I pulled him. His last coach was an excellent pitching coach but I don't feel comfortable asking him to continue giving pitching lessons since he no longer coaches my son. I don't know how to do it since I have very little knowledge about it. All I want is for somebody to make sure his form is good so that he will not hurt himself or develop any bad habits. Not looking for somebody to teach him to throw any junk like curveballs or anything like that just how to advance with his pitching. Do any of y'all know someone that I could pay to do this?

Depending on how much you are wanting to spend, a friend of mine took his to a 3 day camp in houston hosted by some mlb and ncaa pitchers, its based off of using your hole body to pitch, gain speed and reduce elbow/shoulder stress. He will go back at the end of this month for a touch up and some quick tips if interested I can get his info.

Houston High School in Germantown? That where you are talking about. I played ball there with a couple of them that play pros now. I signed with OK St in 2001 and ended up leaving for injuries I got my senior year of ball from a truck wreck.
If you were closer to Memphis this would be great. They have Matt Cain, SF giants, Stuart Palmeran cardinals, brent delugach detroit tigers, me, ian strelsin memphis redbirds and the list goes on and on that do their camps every year.

no houston tx

I'm looking for a batting coach!!

I am looking into this place for batting for my son.

http://memphisbaseballacademy.com/

GREAT group of guys there.
I played ball with Clay, Bill and Tim. Clay was a awesome lefty from Hernando I grew up with, Tim was a amazing hitter and Bill was about as good of a all around player you could find.
Chris coached me when I was younger in pitching. His dad was our picthing coach, Paul, when I played with Memphis Tigers. Charlie Lea was also one of our pitching coaches growing up.

I dont think that would be a bad program at all to get in on. All those names are known around Memphis for high school baseball performances.

Everybody thank's for the replies!! I've got Him working with a guy with an awesome resume. Been with him for about three weeks. Just about all the guy has worked on is form and balance. This guys philosophy is to teach form and let the rest take care of itself. Not once has he talked about throwing hard just about doing it the right way. Once he gets the form down (which should be pretty soon) they will then start with control. I can already see a big difference. Thanks for everybodies time, really appreciate it.