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  1. bigchad64

    Eyesight correction: effects?

    Yeah, my daughter has a +7.5 contact for her dominant eye. Same situation though, she's basically blind in the one eye but compensated. With correction takes some getting used to, but in the end it takes two eyes for objects to appear in more than 2 dimensions. Really amazing what our minds can...
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    How to handle a "helicopter dad"

    I have to sit through enough softball tournaments with parents from the team, if someone is annoying to me I'll just talk to them directly (and I'd appreciate others doing the same with me). Like others, I've started just planting myself in the outfield just so I'm not annoying to my own DD, but...
  3. bigchad64

    Need a Ball Glove

    This is a sad story :( Can it be reconditioned?
  4. bigchad64

    10 yr old trying to work on drive mechanics.

    Can't give advice (plenty will give qualified feedback), but she's looking good!
  5. bigchad64

    Enlighten me

    Best post this morning.
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    Portable speakers blaring at tournaments

    I love it when entire teams of girls are all acting goofy and not caring what people think. It is a different world than at school, love it that they can experience the freedom.
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    Portable speakers blaring at tournaments

    I'm ok with it in warmups first thing in the morning, I don't like it the rest of the day (well, its ok out in the parking lot when people are hanging out). A team was playing it between innings two weekends ago and it was super annoying.
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    They're too Big to play!

    We played a tournament this past weekend at 14C where the opposing pitcher was at least between 6'1"-6'2" and weighed in the neighborhood of 250#'s. They had another player that was big as well, but not that big. The biggest player we had in the dugout that tournament is around 5'4" and 140#'s...
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    Sportsmanship issue?

    Oh, and that's an acceptable response. Your logic doesn't add up. She said daughter asked the question : Daughter is wanting to win really bad : Isn't the right way to win : Daughter is taught that it isn't right way. In the end it is a competitive spirit that I was applauding.
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    Sportsmanship issue?

    I love the cutthroat attitude! Would advise against it though.
  11. bigchad64

    Mental help, first year 12u

    Not to get too sciency...but there are (in simplistic terms) two types of thinking: fast and slow. Fast would be those movements like batting. This type of thinking happens over time with repetition. Slow thinking happens when you actually take the time to consider something, think through...
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    Its like, OMG! Friday Check in 9-18-15

    4 pool games, then single elimination bracket...all on Saturday. Sunday NFL.
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    Individual vs. Team Pitching Practice

    Yeah, this is a different situation than your OP. I would say no, catchers wouldn't need to be at a practice like that. Parent on bucket. If it's instruction, catchers aren't calling an inning, placing pitches etc.
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    Individual vs. Team Pitching Practice

    If it's a specific "team" pitching practice, and it's the only time that there is live pitching with the team, then I would say yes the catchers should be there. And maybe this part isn't your question, but pitchers "practice" is them going through warmups and getting pitches in (unless one of...
  15. bigchad64

    Can you afford it?

    Yeah, motocross puts things in perspective as it's super expensive even at a low level. The time aspect is a tangible limitation that we have. With 4 kids ages 7-13, either things have to be inequitable for them or we have to limit them...just because we can't get everyone everywhere they need...
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    Individual vs. Team Pitching Practice

    From our experience, yes to all the above. Current team, pitchers and catchers show up 30 minutes early to practice, parents catch if not enough catchers. I try to not catch my daughter in team practice so that she doesn't rely on me. Another team she was on, the HC was also a pitching coach, so...
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    Logging on to receive my punishment this morning

    So last night DD and I were going through her normal pitching practice at the house. She does 2-3 nights of practice at home per week on weeks that she has a tournament, plus pitching coach 1 night a week. Due to an uneven yard, I had been setting up a plate on the driveway and she was pitching...
  18. bigchad64

    At What Point Do You Approach the Coach?

    Nothing wrong with asking questions. I see too many people not be able to have just normal adult conversations when it comes to competitive sports (both coaches and parents). I would ask what he see's my daughters strengths and needed areas of improvement. Also asking if he plans on getting her...
  19. bigchad64

    Nervous Mom - First Tournament at 16U A

    I would think it would depend on her temperament, and the commitment of the coach to develop her. If she is ok with making mistakes (not ok with it, but instead doesn't get in her head), taking her lumps and growing, I believe a lot of kids rise to the level of play around them over time. If the...
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    Shin Splints

    Yep, I was plagued by them in Highschool. It was due to hard-soled cleats and hard soil on the practice football field. Rest was the only thing that would "heal" them, but I wasn't going to do that :) Handfulls of ibuprofene and napersyn, globs of icy hot (not sure that did anything) and grin...

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