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Tips for hitting riseball pitcher
One of the tips we offer is to emphasize your top hand in the swing. It helps keep your bat head on the necessary plane for solid contact. Another useful tidbit is to practice discipline versus the rise because many batters will chase that particular pitch when it's traveling out of the...- lostbayou21
- Post #2
- Forum: Softball Hitting Practical
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What size and brand of Glove does your DD use?
My daughter is a P/OF in 14-U and prefers her $59.99 12.5 Easton over the $129.99 12" Insignia (a very good glove) that I bought for her. The Easton is very comfortable and she handles it well, so we'll continue to use that until it rags out. The Insignia is like a Nokona in that it takes a...- lostbayou21
- Post #38
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Outfielder positioning to catch a fly ball that comes right at her
Another approach We ask our outfielders to take a basic, semi-relaxed, athletic stance to start, with one foot a little behind the other. Like a tennis player, we put them in light rocking motion in order to quicken the feet. We don't take a couple of steps back immediately, we sink on our back...- lostbayou21
- Post #14
- Forum: Softball Fielding
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Team Cost for the year
Most teams in North Louisiana pay about $500 team fee and are expected to participate in all fundraising activities. Some of the teams have access to indoor hitting facilities, which the parents help pay for. A few have partnerships that help offset some of those costs. Our team manages to pay...- lostbayou21
- Post #15
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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The value of pushing the short game towards the end of the season..?
Bunting and sacrificing are such a big part of both softball and baseball. If an experienced player absolutely cannot get a bunt down but has an on base percentage of 50 percent she probably just doesn't want to bunt. If I know a player is deliberately not giving me 100 percent on a called play...- lostbayou21
- Post #8
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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proceed with caution rant ahead.
I'm a coach of a 14-U team. If I know one of our girls is seeing a hitting instructor, I don't mess with her mechanics unless asked to. HOWEVER, it's the player and her parent's responsibility to help her down the right path. If she struggles at the plate we'll all talk about it, but she runs...- lostbayou21
- Post #29
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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14-U - What’s a good number?
We are moving up from 12-u, and last season carried 10 regulars. USFA allows you to bat all your players so we did, unless we were in a title game or close to it. When we played ASA we went to the DP/Flex, but were concerned about an injury causing lineup issues. How many players does your team...- lostbayou21
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Tryouts Q&A for coaches
In our case this discussion formally happens after tryouts but before the player is officially on the team. We have a parent/player meeting and together go over our written team/parent agreement which addresses philosophies and concerns, etc. If they like what they see and hear they sign the...- lostbayou21
- Post #18
- Forum: Being a Softball Parent
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Another year, another team <sigh>
We operate under the belief that there is a natural time to adjust your roster, and that's August during tryouts. If you decide then that the player is good enough for your team, live with that decision. Of course, there are exceptions for poor attitude or misconduct by player or parent, but we...- lostbayou21
- Post #47
- Forum: Being a Softball Parent
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Tryout Evaluation Template
Can someone send me or provide a link to a tryout player evaluation form? Apparently mine has gone off to Never Never Land. murphy.ed21@gmail.com- lostbayou21
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Runner on 2nd, less than two outs bunt defense
Our approach We have a short zone established in front of the plate, an area where we have practiced our catcher coming out hard and gunning. In a close game late we'll ask our catcher, who's an incredible player, to make that play at third if the bunt drops in that zone. Otherwise, we take the...- lostbayou21
- Post #11
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Tryout pointers, feel free to share
PREPARING FOR TRYOUTS Pre-tryout: Brush up on your skills for at least a couple days leading up to the tryout. Take a friend, sibling, or parent and practice defense and throwing daily. You’ll also want to take some swings off the tee and in the batting cages. Make sure to practice bunts, too...- lostbayou21
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- Forum: Being a Softball Parent
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Keep your eyes on the ball?
Sounds like Google glasses would confirm or disprove a lot of these opinions regarding how much the human eye sees.- lostbayou21
- Post #22
- Forum: Softball Hitting Practical
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USFA WS Panama City Beach
Where can I find the 12-u bracket scores?- lostbayou21
- Post #8
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Bucket Dad Pain
A shot to my shin two weeks ago still has my ankle and foot bruised up. I did get off the bucket and go to a lower step stool. It seems to help me handle the lower balls and also helps my dd work the knees better.- lostbayou21
- Post #37
- Forum: Softball Discussions
