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Recent content by rslaubaugh
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Why we need some kind of pitch/inning count in softball!
Part of the problem is we glorify strikeouts, preach that velocity is king, and brag about kids that can throw 6 movement pitches. If you arent teaching pitchers to be efficient and pitch to weak contact you are doing them a disservice. Problem IMO is that there is so much dilution with so...- rslaubaugh
- Post #47
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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The value of the right pitching coach
Most important of all when it comes to training is having an engaged parent who will sit on a bucket no less than 3 nights a week. Even better if they attend all lessons and take notes ;-)- rslaubaugh
- Post #19
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Rope Bat reviews. Yay or Nay?
My 2c for the OP without going into the weeds as those above have..... The rope bat wont develop a MLB swing but i do find it useful to hand to beginner youth level hitters to promote a connected swing and develop bat speed. Lets face it most gimick tools cant replace good instruction at the...- rslaubaugh
- Post #30
- Forum: Softball Hitting Technical
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10U pitching evaluation
I dont have much to suggest as i am just a bucket dad going through the same journey as you are and 2yrs in as well. I see a lot of good things here IMO. The one thing I see that might give some extra velocity is the ball appears to be to 3rd base instead of up at 9 o'clock. Surely one of the...- rslaubaugh
- Post #2
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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The Journey Begins
Hey all! I have been super busy this early season with rec and travel at the same time so been a while since an update on progress. DD is now #1 pitcher on her TB team and seeing mostly bracket game innings with good success. She has good command of the 2 seam FB now and is doing well at...- rslaubaugh
- Post #111
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Sigh - 2 broken bats in 5 months
i guess i will go back to lurking.... seems my opinions are unpopular on this subject ;-)- rslaubaugh
- Post #60
- Forum: Softball Equipment & Product Reviews
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Sigh - 2 broken bats in 5 months
I have no stock or loyalty to any brand. I just find it disappointing that something that costs so much would be so fragile. Luckly my DD is a runt and not to bat breaking size yet..... lol. I will say that however that when it comes time to purchase a new bat I will likely reach out to...- rslaubaugh
- Post #58
- Forum: Softball Equipment & Product Reviews
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Catcher calling time for ump to clean plate. Denied.
I always teach my teams catchers that its their job to protect and take care of the umpire. If that means helping the ump keep the plate clean then i expect my catchers to do it.- rslaubaugh
- Post #8
- Forum: Softball Catching
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Starting girls from scratch
One of my pitching clinic girls pitched her first ever inning in a game last night in a 10u rec game and i was so proud of her. She is one of the quickest studies in the bunch. Its obvious that she puts a ton of work in at home. Working with kids is so rewarding I might have to continue even...- rslaubaugh
- Post #14
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Sigh - 2 broken bats in 5 months
Im gonna be honest here. This broken Easton bat thing is reaching meme level proportions. I hate it for you Core as i know you feel like you have to defend Easton as you are a distributor but in my opinion they really need to fix their quality issues. I would highly suggest to anyone who...- rslaubaugh
- Post #21
- Forum: Softball Equipment & Product Reviews
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The Journey Begins
We had a phenomenal day in the circle yesterday. All the hard work is starting to pay dividends. Unfortunately a camera malfunction has left me with no video to share....... super bummed about that and a new camera placed on the birthday wish list. She pitched 2 full games and won them both...- rslaubaugh
- Post #109
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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The Journey Begins
Thank you all for the helpful suggestions. We are guest playing for a new TB team tomorrow and will get a lot of circle time. I hope to have some new video to share. Fingers crossed that the recent posture improvements in practice show up on the field..... Will pontificate on the need for an...- rslaubaugh
- Post #107
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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The Journey Begins
Don't believe any are close by me. I am 2 hrs east of Raleigh in rural NC. Would love if there was a good I/R pitching instructor in our area. The ones I know of teach HE. This is why I spend so much time here trying to learn as much as I can [emoji6] Sent from my SM-N981U using Tapatalk- rslaubaugh
- Post #103
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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That Mom?
i became that Dad this year with a camera setup and wifi hard drive i carry to the field with me so parents can download/view the games at the field if they wish ;-) Have not went down the livestreaming path yet though.- rslaubaugh
- Post #7
- Forum: Being a Softball Parent
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The Journey Begins
We had a breakthrough on posture last night at practice finally. I noticed she was sort of flying to the landing spot on her drive and was arriving at plant very stretched out. So i asked her to try to consciously put her stride foot down early and good things started to happen immediately...- rslaubaugh
- Post #101
- Forum: Softball Pitching