Too much down time in the hitting and fielding sections, title screens too long as well. Hitting should be longer than fielding section. And your daughter should watch this video.
Seems like she went crazy when the catcher ran into her to get the ball (which to me looked intentional, the catcher was probably a bit annoyed that the runner made contact on the slide and forced the drop).
Not the best article.
1) A well hit ball at 8-10 degrees is not a ground ball...
2) Line drives are still better than fly balls. You're definitely not "killing your ability to score runs and win games" by rewarding players hitting them.
3) Yes, homeruns are great, and a lot of homeruns are fly...
Most of what you said (and your original post) applies to both the 2nd baseman and SS.
You do make a good point about running away from the play vs into it. It's definitely easier for the SS vs the 2nd baseman to get in good position if they are equally far away from the bag.
I could beat Usain Bolt if I get a head start of half the distance, your logic doesn't make sense, are the 2nd baseman you face significantly slower than the SS?
You're right that high riseballs are definitely travelling upward the entire way. The counter is that those pitchers are rarely strikes, so don't swing.
With hot bats, short fences, anti-slapping rules and improved defenses (in the infield, and you sometimes have the slow sluggers stuck in the...
Lol, you're a joke man, don't refute anything I said, just deflect, pathetic.
For everyone else, here's some evidence that tells a different story.
I'm counting:
1 clear strike called a ball
2 fairly clear strikes call balls
9 borderline pitches called balls
2 borderline pitches called strikes...
What I said was 100% right, from the site itself.
https://www.closecallsports.com/search?q=margin+error
With your username and this post, it seems like you're the one with the bias.
That site sucks because they build in a large margin of error, so much that basically any close pitch can be called either way and be right. So the KC pitcher could throw 10 straight edge pitches, the ump could call them all balls and be 100% "right". Then the other team could throw those exact...
Fair enough, after further research that's ~3rd percentile for weight for girls her age and height, I definitely wouldn't say I was being overly alarming bringing it up.
It's 3rd percentile for weight for girls her age and height, bringing it up is tough but it seems reasonable to me, better...
I guess I'll be the one to say it, 75lbs at 5 feet is considered severely underweight...My sister went (and is still going) through eating disorder issues, so hopefully your daughter is and stays healthy.
Exactly, I think most people here as vastly overestimating the skill level of almost every pitcher in softball. You wouldn't see 9 hole hitters with a ton of walks in D1 P5 play if pitchers could throw meatballs on command.
Age doesn't really matter at this point, go with the best talent (with experience factored in). Hoover and Fouts are both somewhat odd choices over KB. No clue how good Cat is these days.
The depth of talent really isn't there, as is the case for a lot of women's sports (remember Thailand vs...