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  1. MJs Dad

    Let DD Pitch to me last night

    Thanks for sharing that story. It made my day.
  2. MJs Dad

    43ft pitching rubber

    Your not the only one that's happened to. It happened to my DD the other night. She is 13 yrs old playing in a developmental high school summer league. The fields we play on are also used for younger kids who pitch from 40 feet. My DD is pitching from 43 feet and there is the other rubber at...
  3. MJs Dad

    Tournament Weekend Observations:

    Be careful about letting your DD borrow a teamates brand new bat. Because she will have the best hitting tournament of her life and just die unless she has a bat just like it. I had to order her one on the way home.
  4. MJs Dad

    Easton SRV6B SYNGE Fastpitch Bat 2010

    My 13 DD has been swinging a rocket tech for the past several seasons. Her travel coach has been after her to get a lighter bat. This weekend a teamate of hers brought a new Easton SRV6B SYNGE to their tournament. My daughter tried it, hit .857 and fell in love with it. She bugged me untill...
  5. MJs Dad

    Need help choosing right size bat

    Turns out it wasn't the bat. It was the swing! After 30 seconds with the instructor he identified that her top hand grip was too weak. He had her correct it and she crushed the ball for the rest of the lesson! I can't wait for her next team BP practice.
  6. MJs Dad

    Need help choosing right size bat

    Thanks for the feedback. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, but that's what is great about this site. You don't always what want but sometimes you get what you need. (I think that from a song but I'm not sure). I guess I was hoping I could just buy my DD a new bat and it would fix...
  7. MJs Dad

    Need help choosing right size bat

    My 13yr old DD is 5'11" and weighs about 190#'s. She has been swinging a 34/25 rocket tech. She hasn't had a problem up untill now. Since moving up to14U she is having a hard time catching up to better and faster pitching. I need some suggestions on what would be the proper size and type of...
  8. MJs Dad

    13 yr old pitching coach

    My 13 yr old DD has been asked to become the pitching coach for a 10U rec team in our town. It makes very proud to see her giving back to the sport she loves so dearly. She's actually making a difference as well. Her team lost their first game badly because of walks then after two practices...
  9. MJs Dad

    Mental toughness

    Update: I listened to the great advice I recieved on this wonderful web site. I also had my DD spend some time with a really talented local high school pitcher who explained how she handles herself on the mound. She played her first games today since her melt down and kicked butt! I was like...
  10. MJs Dad

    DD pitches in opener today

    My 12yr old DD pitches better when she can't see me. She knows me too well and reads my body language. If I look nervous she gets nervous. It's become the joke of the team that when she's pitching they send me to the outfield fence.
  11. MJs Dad

    Need tips for improving 13 year olds arm strength.

    Today my DD's travel ball coach told us that she was going to be his #1. He asked us to work on her arm strngth however. Anyone got any suggestions on how to best go about that with out hurting her arm?
  12. MJs Dad

    Mental toughness

    Sluggers, thanks for some really great advise.
  13. MJs Dad

    Mental toughness

    My DD just had her first 14 U tournament games today. She is 12yrs old and playing up. She pitched well in her first game and got a win. But she got pretty beat up in her second game tonight. She physically pitched very well but mentaly and emotionally lost it. The first batter of the game...
  14. MJs Dad

    To play rec ball or not?

    Our rec leauge here has 8u, 10u, 12u then highschool. The highschool plays after everyone else in the summer. She wants to play in the highschool leauge come summer also. But she wants to play 12u also with her friends. She is big for her age 5'11'', about 180 lbs and throws in the mid to...
  15. MJs Dad

    To play rec ball or not?

    My 12 yr old DD wants to play 12U rec ball this year and I'm not sure that she should. She has played this leauge every year since she was old enough. She has lots of friends that she has made through the years and wants to play with them. Most of the girls in our rec leauge are not travel...
  16. MJs Dad

    Made a decision--going to 14U

    Upon futher disscussion I misunderstood about keeping 16 girls. There are 16 girls trying out. They will only keep 12 or 13 the rest may be offered positions as alternates. The comment about "only the best 9 players will play" was meant from game to game based on effort and results. I feel a...
  17. MJs Dad

    Made a decision--going to 14U

    Yes that's something I'm concerned about. There is big difference in the maturity level of her new team and her old 12U team. Something else we encountered tonight at her pactice was the fact that her new coach is keeping 16 girls on the team. I asked the coach why so many and he let me know...
  18. MJs Dad

    pick-offs at 1st and 3rd

    We let our catcher make the decision on making the pick off. If she thinks she can get her she has the green light at all times. The first and third base person knows to be ready on every play as well as the out field for back up. Of course you need to have a smart catcher with a confidence...
  19. MJs Dad

    Taking it easy on weaker teams?

    After the game I spoke with their coach and told her that my daughter would be willing to guest pitch for them sometime if they would like. They politely said thank you and said they would let us know. Afterwards I wonder if it may have sounded condescending. I didn't mean it that way. I just...
  20. MJs Dad

    Taking it easy on weaker teams?

    No improvement, maybe worse than before? No improvement in the team we saw today, final score 18-0. You could see the look in their eyes before the game started. "Oh no here we go again!" We had our girls play positions they had never played before and it still didn't matter. The worst part is...

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