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Fake Bunts - Giving up Strikes
Agree 100 percent. Lots of coaches have all the knowledge and tools at their disposal and will still default to making gut decisions under pressure. The fun thing about that is we can track their performance through stats too [emoji23]. I very well may have talked to her coach, you will have to...- Bwp1978
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- Forum: Softball Hitting Practical
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Fake Bunts - Giving up Strikes
I can't speak to why your DD's coach is doing that or the level of pitchers she has to work with. What I can share is that I got to spend some time at the WCWS talking to several of the coaches who were already out of the tourney about pitch selection and pitching strategy and every single one...- Bwp1978
- Post #34
- Forum: Softball Hitting Practical
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Fake Bunts - Giving up Strikes
I agree with you to some extent. When we are talking about daddy ball and teams coached by lower tiered or unexperienced coaches. However we have seen a major shift at the upper tiers (Elite TB, NCAA, MLB, etc) and across all forms of batted (baseball, W Fastpitch, M Fastpitch) sport in the last...- Bwp1978
- Post #32
- Forum: Softball Hitting Practical
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Fake Bunts - Giving up Strikes
Does getting behind in the count making hitting harder? Yes, way harder. Same is true for getting ahead in the count, it makes hitting easier. Why, because so much of this game is mental and with 2 strikes we chase stuff while trying to "defend the plate". With a 3-0 count we can sit on fastball...- Bwp1978
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- Forum: Softball Hitting Practical
