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    Winning versus Having Fun

    Why would any coach say "we are playing to have fun and not to win? Winning is NOT the opposite of fun and losing is certainly NOT fun. You learn nothing if you are NOT there to have fun and win. So let's stop teaching the first line as a philosophy. I think it allows the coaches to just...
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    New Old-School Approach for Instructors

    As I re-read and old hitting instruction book from John Aquillare, a former baseball instructor who then taught hitting fastpitch, I read some really good stuff about the approach of an instructor. He said he does not change someone's style if it works for the hitter. He is also humble...
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    WCWS: Betters were moving in the box

    And heard it straight from Mendoza that those batters need to make adjustments and move around in the box. Against Ricketts, righties were moving up and in, probably got three batters on by being hit by pitch. I saw the thread here largely against it. Anyone rethinking their position or not?
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    College Super Regionals and the Peel Drop: Who has one?

    I see a big reliance on the peel drop, as far as I can tell from the limited TV angle. Who has one? Thrown hard? Who has a rollover? Thrown (slightly?) off-speed? Results, good or bad... Who has the curve change, a la Hillhouse or someone else? I'll start with the Oregon pitcher. Pretty...
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    Question/Plea to Coaches of Younger Teams

    I am watching my nieces go through JV and V softball in HS and also my nephew in JV baseball. It seems the JV girls have been taught (at younger ages) a limited game with the infield always in, where you never go after the lead runner. The players seem content with one play and seem to doze off...
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    Inning Restrictions in HS Softball? Yes or No

    I read a long thread at the Ohio Fastpitch Forum. I want to see what people think here. I have to point out three things: --I have not seen any NFHS movement where I live on restricting innings, so perhaps a local thing. --Articles on so-called pitching injuries are from the 1990s, and that...
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    College: running on contact from second/third

    On purpose or poor coaching? (1) I have seen now four times in college games, a non-forced runner going on contact from second or third and getting out. Big example was that Georgia/Florida game on TV. (2) I have also seen runners go from second to third on contact and end up safe on a...
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    Any Travel Pitchers Brushing Hip with Throwing Arm?

    I have not seen one in years. Let's not analyze professional or elite pitchers, as that gets into video analysis, which makes me motion sick, and also many of those pitchers were taught years ago. But does anyone's daughter or team pitcher hit their hip with the pitching forearm? I am not...
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    Baylor Pitcher Step Style?

    With Canion out, I think I found the elusive step style in Baylor pitcher Liz Paul. Hard to tell on the streaming video? Anyone see her? What do you think? Watch Live Sports Events and ESPN Programs Online and on Mobile Applications - WatchESPN
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    USSSA Announcement on Bat Certification

    USSSA has implemented new rules for the testing of baseball and softball bats before a manufacturer can license a bat with USSSA. Current bats can improve with use, abuse, internal damage or by intentional altering and that improvement can exceed the BPF (Bat Performance Factor) limit for bats...
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    MLB Player Bats Ball to Face/HS Injury Stats

    Baseball roundup: Pirates' A.J. Burnett hit in face by batted ball | Detroit Free Press | freep.com Sound familiar? Baseball is not immune to this either. If you have boys, they may also benefit from face shields. Although still rare, boys have more facial injuries in HS baseball than girls do...
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    Find a Current or Recent College/Elite US Pitcher WITH Fastball

    Here is a quote from a softball book from 1990: "Most high-level baseball pitchers throw a high percentage of fastballs. This is not the case in softball. Pitching at the collegiate level of softball usually involves the mastery of 5 different pitches (fastball, rise, curve, drop, change-up)...
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    Is Fastpitch Softball Pitching is Different than Baseball?

    Yes. Not that I agree with everything that softball coaches or pitchers do. For one, the arm is coming down with gravity. The next biggest deal is that spinning a softball at the pitching distance does not necessarily slow the ball down. Breaking pitches are thrown hard. The windmill is...
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    Vintage Men's Fastpitch 1981

    WFTI-TV Channel 54 - Fast Pitch Softball - Part 2 - YouTube I think this might be the step style but I can't tell.
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    Some good college swings Baylor versus Red Raiders

    In young players, I see a lot of "golf" swings, weak shoulders, leaning and twisting posture, bats hitting the back or shoulder in warm up swings, and lack of extension. I just watch the boys at the facility and they get their shoulders through better. I think the girls use their legs and the...
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    Pitching speeds at the TCS Showcase

    The announcers only said it a few times, but pitchers in the Elite 12 18U Gold championship game were pitching 55-59mph. Long discussion on spinning pitchers between Michelle Smith and Jenny Ritter (IIRC). Ritter lamented the lack of good movement on today's up and coming pitchers, but stressed...
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    Height, Weight, Pop times, Pitch Speed, Baserunning Times

    I saw some queries about baserunning times. Some have discussed pitching speeds and at the height 'requirement' for college softball players. Also, some discussed whether to play V all 4 years. Here is a site (scroll down) that lists some of this information. I can tell you I know one college...
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    What is Your 2012 Practice Schedule?

    Just reading and comparing teams. Please mention the age group. For example, one 14u team here is taking a one-month break after starting in November twice a week, another is going 4 days a week, with just a week off here and there. Some 12 and 13u (not having HS season to worry about) are...
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    Candrea says you only need a rise, drop, and change....but

    http://responsiblesports.com/common/cms/documents/Dec_2011_Candrea_Answers.pdf Others agree. If this is the case, then why all the screwballs thrown by Kenzie Fowler in the WCWS, which IIRC caused the loss? Should he do what he says with his pitchers in college? I think yes to the following...
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    Recent Former Players Make Good Coaches

    I see a barrage of comments that former players of softball in their 20s or 30s don't necessarily or even outright make good coaches. I even read one comment on a board that they don't communicate the game very well... I have never heard of this in any other sport nor in college, where it seems...

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