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  1. Coach Al

    Here is something that the rule book says nothing about!

    I have gone thru all the rule books and it isn't in them so I guess it is OK, despite what people are telling me. I know that if you decide to switch batter's boxes while the pitcher is in position, but how many times can a batter change from one side to the other during an at bat? Now I was...
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    Bot, I feel dumb!

    I got an embarrassing questing. I the ball is caught by the catcher on a bounce on strike 3, is it an out or does the catcher have to tag the batter or throw to 1st?
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    Props in the dugout

    Let the girls have fun! This may be the biggest thing in their life. Let them go nuts!
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    Letting them lose to show them they need to work harder

    A friend of mine is a 1st time 12u travel coach. Today his team scrimmaged against our other 12u travel team. He knew they were going to lose badly, he had all travel rookies while the other team had been together for 4 years. Needless to say, they looked awful. First batter walked and just keep...
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    Should we start a Proud Parent Brag Post Forum?

    Why do we have to jam up the forum with fluff. We are all proud of our kids, why brag about it?
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    Field question

    First of all, I agree that we should have a separate forum for field maintenance. That being said, rubber mats are much more expensive then bricks. Bricks are compressed so they are tougher than just plain clay. The loose bagged clay is mainly for repair of high use areas. There are many good...
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    Ted Williams Science of Hitting

    I remember an old interview with Mickey Mantle talking about playing with Ted Williams in an All Star Game. He said that after talking to Ted, asking him about what he does at different part of his swing, he batted badly for 2 weeks. Keep on thinking about the swing, instead of just swinging.
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    Rec Ball Team names

    We have sponsors as our team names, but this always get reduced to Coach Fred's team is playing Coach Bob's team.
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    Player calling a coach after tryout

    My own experience says wait for the call...unless. My DGD tried out for our orgs 14u travel a week ago. Went to the meeting yesterday and found out the coach hasn't made any calls yet; new coach. Got the rejection call this morning. This is bad. Coach should call within 24 to 48 hours. How do...
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    Loaded

    Let's see... At the most, for my Rec team I have: Various gallon water jugs SKLZ quick net SKLZ click bat Hit stick 2 batting tees 3 buckets of softballs Team equipment bag Small plunger a basketball bucket with tennis balls and various whiffle balls my DGD's equipment bag Small foam bat Water...
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    He's making her slap her thigh.

    When I first saw this, I thought it was about the pitching hand. What about pitchers that hit their thigh with their pitching hand?
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    Making the switch from Right to Left!

    I have been involved in softball in one form or another since 1972 but I proved I can be a bumbling idiot. My granddaughter starting playing when she was 9. She was living with her father at the time and I went out bought her a glove. Being a girl that adores her grandfather, she took the glove...
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    Daugher walking and striking out but not hitting much

    Some good responses! My DGD has the same problem. I believe the main problem is timing the pitch. They have to learn when to trigger their swing then hold up when the pitch is bad. You can't go up to bat wait for a good pitch to swing at. You have to go up to bat with the plan to hit the ball on...
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    Rainout?

    I heard of this stuff for several years but never used it. I want to know if anyone has used it on there fields and how well it works. I know it is expensive so I want to know basically if it is cost effective. I have had to deal with wet fields quite a bit this year. Rain Out | Home
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    So this is what I did, what do you think?

    OK, I may be crazy, but the final result is more important than the road traveled. I am coaching a 14u rec team. The players on the team are quite good. My number 1 pitcher should be pitching travel, but isn't. First game we played a weaker team, I would of pitched my number 3 pitcher, but she...
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