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Dropped third strike play
Interference is any act, either physical or verbal …. Running in Front of fielder and jumping over a ground ball, without any contact can be ruled interference. a runner not forced who is standing on second yelling “3,3,3” to top a fielder rom taking the easy out at first is definitely...- pdqkevin
- Post #59
- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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5 Simple Rules for Surviving High School Softball
As a former coach and current umpire I can contribute a bit to this discussion. At least where I am, umpires have no control or authority over parents viewing the game. We can not eject anyone outside the fence. Spectator behavior is controlled by the on scene school administrator. Crazy parents...- pdqkevin
- Post #29
- Forum: Ken's Softball Tips
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Careers for athletes?
Become a teacher as a career and coach school teams at the same time. She can be a personal hitting/pitching/fielding trainer and/or physical fitness trainer at the same time. Credentialed teachers usually have priority in filling coaching openings plus they also often get a daily free period...- pdqkevin
- Post #16
- Forum: Playing College Softball
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Travel Ball vs. HS Sports vs. other club sports
So many of you people are crazy about the college scholarship thing. First of all D1 softball only has 12 scholarships so you will be lucky to get a half scholarship. If your kid is unusually tall have her play basketball they get 15 scholarships so everyone is on a full ride. Otherwise make...- pdqkevin
- Post #124
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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How to tell a high school coach that she can't overuse my pitcher
As a coach with a school PE class as part of the practice time I can say every single kid who ever participated received an A including pitchers who missed time due to injury even imagined injuries. That is part of the deal where the kids devote so much more time to the program they can at least...- pdqkevin
- Post #45
- Forum: Being a Softball Parent
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HS Tryouts -Should I scope them out?
First thing Mr. Riseball there is no BS. Second, how come when anyone even slightly disagrees with you you feel the need to insult them? Third, have you been near a public high school in the 21st century because if you have you would be aware of the degree of dung that impacts the ventilator...- pdqkevin
- Post #42
- Forum: Being a Softball Parent
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HS Tryouts -Should I scope them out?
Or maybe that excessive (I am being nice description wise) parent who's kid is hitting 0.80 with a fielding % of .750 and who does coach from behind the backstop and who does go to the principal trying to get the softball coach fired for not starting his daughter ruined it for all the other...- pdqkevin
- Post #35
- Forum: Being a Softball Parent
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Are there any sane people left in softball?
Having watched a bunch of both high school softball and girls basketball games last year I kinda think many of the basketball spectators need to be medicated. They behave in ways that no umpire would put up with for 5 minutes.- pdqkevin
- Post #27
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Playing dirty? Totally fair?
I can't agree with #1 because I don't know the coach but I completely agree with his second point. The only time a batter/runner should over run 1st on a hit to the outfield is on a ball that brings the right fielder toward 1st base in their act of fielding it. Otherwise every hit to the...- pdqkevin
- Post #36
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Title IX lawsuit: Lake Oswego, OR
It looks like a nice softball field. What we don't know is if the baseball boosters and coaches are the ones making their field look so much better. At our school the baseball team raises and then spends about 35k/year on their field. Our softball program doesn't raise anywhere near that kind of...- pdqkevin
- Post #41
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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How to make a kid HATE school ball in 3 easy steps
20 years from now when she is sitting in the bleachers watching her kid play and talking with someone who just found out she played softball as a kid they will ask where she played wanting to know which high school/college. They will care less to hear about which batbuster team she played on...- pdqkevin
- Post #14
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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How much do you pay to play HS?
A very accurate discription of HS softball here in SoCal. Expenses that have to be paid for by parents or acquired via fundraising are a minimum of 3 dozen new game balls per team, tournament entry fees of $250-$650 per tournament and 3 or 4 tournaments max (different CIF sections allow...- pdqkevin
- Post #42
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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high school vent/advise needed
It sounds like it was an optional pre-season conditioning work out during which weight lifting is a typical activity. Acquire and submit written instructions from her doctors and the coach MUST adhere to them. Every doctor knows more about a kid's health than every coach. After that if the...- pdqkevin
- Post #31
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Candrea Sport specialization
Coach Candrea is completely correct about overuse and specialization causing injuries. I am certain that if every girl took three consecutive months a year away from softball not only would that reduce injuries but it would NOT have a negative impact on player skills both because of better...- pdqkevin
- Post #24
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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GoPro/LynkSpyder
I don't have any documentation regarding the lynkspyder but I used it all last year for CIF high school games and had one umpire instruct me that the camera can not extend through the fence, even though it only was less than an inch past, which is easily solved with some simple adjustments to...- pdqkevin
- Post #21
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Public School District Parent Coach Policy
Daddy coaches rarely stay after their kid(s) graduate and even more rarely don't unfairly favor their own child. As a school policy I would think a parent should not be hired if their child is or will be on the team but someone who is already there or who coaches JV while their child is on...- pdqkevin
- Post #5
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Firecrackers Softball - Staggering Numbers
The Youth Sports/Industrial Complex at it's best.- pdqkevin
- Post #31
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Firecrackers Softball - Staggering Numbers
Didn't "sign" and as far as early verbals go that is an even bigger can of worms than the mega-franchise teams.- pdqkevin
- Post #30
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Game video equipment
LynkSpyder for sure. It is a great product. I use a Kodak Pixpro SP1. Costs lots less than the go pros, battery lasts at least 2 hours and can be swapped for a fresh one, networks to an iPhone so you can see what is in the frame and has adjustable widths/zoom so you can always get from foul pole...- pdqkevin
- Post #32
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Umpire was intentionally hit by pitcher
First of all, the two dads who can be heard on the audio were both acting like jerks. The pitch on the video was a ball. The pitcher and catcher both need to be punished because they knew what was going to happen even though they had been told by their coach to do it. Some length of suspension...- pdqkevin
- Post #50
- Forum: Coaching Softball
