Sunday men’s league first time pitching in a month or
so.
I’m usually a short stop anybody have any success coming back to playing baseball after this as an adult (30) ?
Radial nerve damage but not torn and no predisposed conditions like bone lesions or cysts. Very painful and couldn’t imagine doing that again

ETA: just wanted to share that he wants to pitch and will 100% ask me to work on it next time we’re at dbats, which is why I’m trying to figure out how to best approach it. This isn’t me forcing him. Thank you for all the great advice so far! It’s been very helpful to read through.

I have a 12u player. He was pretty green to pitching before 11u, so we’ve done a lot of work on throwing mechanics. He started in a good spot but has slowly struggled more, and I’m trying to figure out how to help him reset over winter.

I suspect it’s largely mental. We found a pitching coach who he clicked with and that’s been great. He looks good in lessons. He has good velocity and command when locked in, but looks completely different in games. He gets stiff, seems to struggle to trust himself, like he’s trying to force a strike. He just does not look like he does in lessons when he lets loose.

After a rough outing a few weekends ago he told me he wished he didn’t pitch at all. He’s been excited about pitching in the past, always hopes coach puts him in, so that was hard to hear. He’s generally very positive in baseball and hasn’t struggled too much with the mental side of things. We’ve tried keeping it very low key, no long talks after games or anything. He’s batting very well (and worked hard to get there) so we just talk up how well that’s going and tell him he’ll get there and not to stress.

How would you approach the offseason? Just throw occasionally to rebuild confidence? Make it a game/more fun? Work on mental side somehow? (We’ve read win the next pitch). I don’t want to overdo it, but hate seeing him be so hard on himself when he genuinely enjoys pitching and wants to do well. Any advice appreciated.

I consistently end up hitting ground balls in the cage. Any thoughts on mechanics so I can consistently elevate the ball? Maybe a timing thing.

We bought it used last year, my son has used it this year on a weekly basis, it still has pop in it, but my son believes it is starting to sound 'weird', and I admit I have heard some weird hits as well. I am worried about those horizontal lines, it doesn't feel like actual scratches... What do you see?

So.... this is an update to my op https://www.reddit.com/r/Homeplate/comments/1x1jh6d/rec_league_baseball/

I played a game the very next day,

My favorite position in the lineup is 9, my job is to annoy the fuck out the pitcher and that's why I like it. This'll be relevant later.

We played against a larger club and the pitcher was quite good in that he had good velo and was consistently getting strikes by going the top of the zone, then following with a dirt pitch. (I shared this with my teammates) I built bit of a mental profile and for context I was half way though the science of hitting.

My mental profile going up to the plate was, i am assuming everything is going to be either top or bottom, or on the sides. Anything else is fair game.

By the time of my first at-bat he through a middle-middle (first pitch) to which I got contact it was a grounder to 1B. I had been focusing on getting contact consistently before I taught myself how to connect power.

I stepped up to the plate humming, and doing the western showdown theme. "Waah wahh wahhh" I am having a riot.

So then, comes around my second at bat, he throws a top of the zone, which he then is 1-0 in the count. I step out of the box, reset, and then stepped back in and after he does the same thing again on the 2nd pitch, I yeet it in between SS and 3B but their defense was good. (Again once I use my hips for power it may go further).

The moral of the story is that I am no longer afraid of striking out and my entire objective is to be annoying as possible and drive up the pitch count.

Tournament is in Phoenix Arizona next week and we need pitchers. 5 games on wed, thurs, and fri and championship on saturday if we make it. Let me know if you are interested. If you live in the area then you would just need to pay the registration fee.

He’s 4’7” and 80lbs he plays 8U rec ball currently. Looking to get him a new bat since he’s taking the sport more seriously.

He’s currently using a 28” -11 bat, and it sucks. I’m not sure if he should go up to 29” to get more seasons out of it or stay at 28”.

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He does tee ball and he’s actually pretty good, but at home he never wants to play with me or practice. I’ve tried doing things to make it fun but he usually just takes a few swings and then goes to dig for rocks or play with toys. I imagine this is normal for a toddler, but wondering if anyone has any tips? I don’t push him - if he says no, I try once more and then stop.

Thanks!