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    Barry Bonds vs. Finch

    Agree that this is the most personable you will ever see Bonds. And I like that he tells her at the end that she probably could strike him out. But I've always thought the whole "top hand check swing" was him just protecting his reputation. It's a lot easier to just tap those pitches with a...
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    Revfire 2

    DD got to use the Rapsodo at a college camp a couple weeks ago and it is crazy cool. Didn't see DD's specific readings, but had our PC reach out to see if we could get the data from her throws. They had the app set up on an ipad and it measured speed, spin rate, spin axis, and break in both...
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    The 12-14u pitcher: Either she will or she won't......

    This post really hit home for me. Thanks so much for posting mimster. I too have a talented 12 yo successful pitcher who LOVES softball, but whom I know could be much further along if she were more focused/motivated. So I am constantly trying to remind myself (sometimes unsuccessfully) to not...
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    9 YO Throwing 60

    I'm convinced it is the increased distance in 12U. That extra 5 feet is huge. The strongest 10U pitchers were able to dominate all but the best teams from 35 feet using just speed. Not a lot of incentive for short sighted coaches to develop any other pitches if a girl is anywhere around or...
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    Pitching DO this, and NOT THAT

    Fastpitch03 - get on Bill Hillhouse's mailing list. He comes to SW Ohio for a weekend fairly often to give lessons. You can email him at bill@houseofpitching.com
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    Knuckle ball grip

    That is the exact grip that my DD uses for her CU also. We are working on other changeup options as well, but this seems to be the one she can throw most effectively and consistently. At release, her thought cue is simply to flick the index finger to push the ball off. Ball comes out with...
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    Rick Pauly clinic East Central Indiana

    Surely sounds redundant at this point, but I'd like to add my own thanks to all the coaches in attendance. My 12 yo DD had a blast - received a great deal of individual instruction and accumulated 7 pages of notes in her pitching notebook on Friday night alone. One of the real treats for me...
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    My frustration

    Agree with all that this is common for 10U and that it is not specific to pitchers. I believe it is part of the learning process when switching from 8U coach-pitch to 10U kid-pitch. The whole process of determining if it is a ball or a strike, deciding to swing, and then actually swinging is a...
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    Alexis Osorio

    Perfectly said Rick - thank you. I would have blathered on for 3 paragraphs and not made the points so clearly. Can't wait to meet you at the upcoming clinic. DD and I are both very excited.
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    SPOTLIGHT: Tori Finucane's Comeback

    I’ve always been perplexed by this stigma surrounding masks. The arguments against them just never held water for me. I’m not a proponent of making them mandatory, but am disturbed by the implied (and sometimes directly voiced) pressure for girls not to wear them past a certain age. I have...
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    RevFire / Pocket Radar recommendations

    We've been really happy with the Ball Coach version. Sounds like it solved some of the issues with the original version. Numbers have been very consistent and virtually identical to various PC's guns. It is sensiitve enough to pick up neighboring activity, so that might be an issue for...
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    Rick Pauly clinic East Central Indiana

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    Rick Pauly clinic East Central Indiana

    You west coast folks are already having all the fun. Gotta let us midwesterners have a bone once in a while too. It's a lot tougher to find quality instruction living in Indiana. Can't wait for this event. HUGE thanks to Coach James for pulling this together.
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    any tricks to controlling the flip change.

    This clip shows Ueno with about the nastiest version of this you will ever see. For some reason the audio doesn't seem to be working with this one on my computer, but there is a version where you can hear the Japanese announcers shouting "Sayonara!!" that my DD just loves. Made me play it...
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    Pocket Radar

    If you have any interest in the Zepp, you can also go to Pocket Radar's own site and they have a decent bundle with the Pocket Radar and Zepp together. Personally a bigger fan of the Pocket Radar than the Zepp, but I know some hitting coackes that really like the Zepp as well.
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