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All softball trainers will uniformly tell you to first learn and practice, and master good pitching mechanics first and not be unduly obsessed with throwing strikes when you are beginning to learn how to pitch. Learn to do pitching right and then you can eventually add speed and also concentrate on accuracy. Please understand that pitchers who do not take adequate time to properly learn the art of pitching mechanics but begin to throw the ball expose themselves to injuries and also invariably pitch slower and with less accurately.

Any softball player learning the game must regularly indulge in jogging to ease the muscles, a few stretching exercises, overhand throws from varying distances and underhand throws from varying distances and finally full distance, full speed pitching.

Next, we need to discuss how to properly approach the pitching rubber. Most softball leagues and trainers insist girl pitchers to approach the pitching rubber from behind to prepare for a pitch. So this is possibly the right time to practice and getting used to doing it. Learn to step up to the rubber from behind, and with the ball in one hand, the glove on the other. This is called the ‘presentation’ as it indicates to the batter that you ready to pitch.

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