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    What are These Pitcher Parents Smoking??

    10 years ago when my daughter was 10U, we were playing a very good team with a very good pitcher, in fact that team went on to win both the NSA and USSSA state championships that year. At the time their pictcher was amazing. I gunned her multiple times at several tournaments ( we played them...
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    Bill Hillhouse pitching demonstration

    I agree wholeheartedly with your post and sentiment. I rarely post because BM and a few others come across as pompous know it alls. I asked for pitching advice and got parenting advice. If I'd wanted parenting advice, I'd go to a parenting advice board. I'm glad Bill Hillhouse wrote what he did...
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    Noticing a Trend

    I rarely post, but have noticed that a few posters feel the need to pontificate and lecture well beyond the original post. For example, I asked for input about my community college daughter (pitcher) and her tendency to consistently start slow in games but finish strong. I received some very...
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    Stronger as the game goes on

    JoJo, I think you're onto something. Things have always come fairly easily for my DD. She's not a superstar, but she reaches a level of competence quickly. But...........in that process, her mental preparation has always been causal. However, I did overhear her ask the coach during her last...
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    Stronger as the game goes on

    Thanks, I really didn't come here asking for some self-righteous lecture.
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    Stronger as the game goes on

    Let me take a minute to thank all of you for your thoughtful and helpful replies. This is typically a very useful forum. With respect to helping your child at age 19 vs. age 14 or any age for that matter, IMHO, you help your kids when needed or asked, regardless of age or circumstance, be it...
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    Stronger as the game goes on

    My DD is a 19 year old freshman pitcher at the community college level. Her team has played about 23 games this fall, often against NCAA D2 and NAIA schools. During the fall season she's continued a pattern that's she's had all of her HS and travel career. She tends to get hit early and then...
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    Do you allow TB pitcher to play rec ball?

    Rec Ball When my DD was 11, (now 19 and pitching in college) she was asked to play with a local rec team. We said ok, but prefer that she not pitch. The team eventually got to the rec league championship game. The coach asked if we'd let her pitch this one game. We agreed to let her pitch. She...
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    1st Lesson will Bill Hillhouse tomorrow!

    We met with Bill one time. He was easy going, told some corny jokes and was firm in his views. Never went back,due to distance and finding a better fit as a PC.
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    Getting Recruited is Easy.........but...

    Always good to hear from you, yeah that would be cool. Hard to believe fall season is almost here! Good luck to BB!
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    Getting Recruited is Easy.........but...

    I'm happy she'll be close by and playing for a pitcher. If after a year or two she hangs it up, we'll have gotten 12 years of joy. If she decides to play at a 4 year school after community college, all the better.
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    Getting Recruited is Easy.........but...

    Getting recruited is easy, finding the right fit, now that's damn difficult. My daughter has gotten five d2 offers, four d3 offers, one NAIA offer and two community college offers. But, in each case in her mind, the "fit" was not what she wanted. What is "fit"? In some cases fit means not...
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    Seton Hall Softball Coach

    That is not true, there are NCAA restrictions on softball transfers, I know, my daughter just transferred. For starters, if you are D1 or D2, you've got to sit out a year, unless you get your release from the original college. Secondly, even if you get your release, you still have to get written...
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    Science people vs what the eye sees, simpletons

    Proof Really now, how much more proof do you need? LOL
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    Pitch Type Speed Differential

    Thanks to all of you for taking the time to reply. This forum is a wealth of info and your insight is appreciated. John
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    Pitch Type Speed Differential

    A local HS coach asked me to use my Jugs Gun to gun his pitcher. I got a nice sample size of 10 pitches of fastballs, curve balls and screwballs. The pitcher averaged 57 on the fastball, 55 on both screwball and curve. The coach asked what the ideal speed differential should be between those...
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    Pitching coaches taking too much credit or Athletes commitments ?

    Who cares who gets the credit?
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    What is a good scholarship?

    Of course you should do your due diligence, make visits and ask questions, we did that and I understand the college landscape very well. But, in spite of that, your chances of finding a good fit are still a bit dependent upon luck. Not only do students change majors several times, but 33% of all...
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    What is a good scholarship?

    Choosing a school is a crapshoot whether you like it or not. Let me know about your experience as a professor and working with thousands of students and how confused and uncertain they are about why they did what they did. You can either be real or Pollyanna, your choice.
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    What is a good scholarship?

    What are you babbling about?

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