switch hitting in softball???????

[Gone in 2.6]

thanks alot on all the different opinions. my dd is currently 14 now and hasn't played from the left side since her first drag bunt at the age of 12, but has been practicing and is a decent contact hitter in the cage. i know the pitching in 14u is way better so i'm letting her stay right handed where she hits close to 380 but for power and is real comfortable. she rarely strikeouts and usually always makes good contact. but in the cage messing around at 50-60 mph she does look good from the left but the power is nowhere close to right handed. so all the advice i can get i appreciate just wondering if i should let her do it in a live game and/or am i gonna mess with her swing by letting her continue messing around from the left side

If she's not super fast I'd leave it alone. I don't see the value of switch hitting in fastpitch.

[dittoz]

Understand that in baseball, a switch hitter is extremely useful as it takes away the dominance of the ball breaking into or away from the hitter.
In softball on the other hand, Ms Batter goes to the other side and the pitcher will just throw a screw instead... Baseball doesn't have that pitch, so hence the turn-around batters.

As said several times - if the batter is more comfortable going one way - do it. If the batter is (relatively) young and has good speed - go lefty early, learn to hit and slap if possible and add both weapons to the arsenal.

[rbi]

Not saying switch hitting is something that I would recommend in softball but, in baseball at the higher levels when guys can touch 90mph, they can get all sorts of movement with different grips (including ball that will start off plate and tail back in, or start in middle and come in on hands), two seam fastballs in baseball with good velocity (90mph) can do wonderful things