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Originally posted by DG
Coaches can't pitch either, and they are generally lobbing it so easy that players don't learn to hit faster pitches. I like pitching machine leagues for 7-8 year olds, where reasonably consistent pitches (ie strikes), at reasonably consistent speeds are thrown. Give 'em 5 pitches and if they don't hit the ball by the 5th pitch they are out. I have seen leagues give a set number of pitches and that's all, but I prefer giving them an extra pitch if they foul off the 5th, and so on and so on.
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Bingo! This is the problem. Coach wants to win, so he throws lollipops that the kid can easily hit. What haapens then when that first pitcher comes along that WANTS to strike the kid out.
Use the machine if possible.