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    Injuries and fatigue

    Perhaps my research skills are lacking, but everything i find online says that pitchers should be limited in the number of pitches thrown. I have always been told by my DD's PC that she is safe to throw multiple games. Her coaches want to have a 3 pitcher rotation. They are baseball guys who...
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    political help needed

    Let me start with a little background. My DD plays 12B. Two of our coaches are parents of the 2 other pitchers. My DD and one of our catchers always work together during her pitching lessons. They have great chemistry, but both move at a slow pace. One of coaches told me that they are...
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    Confidence

    How do you fix a loss in confidence in a 10yr old pitcher? My DD has been put in some tough spots this year and has lost her confidence. Her coach puts more pressure on her than he does the other pitcher and she is always worried that he's going to pull her out of the game if she walks a hitter...
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    Growth Spurt

    My DD is 9/yr old and has been going through a growth spurt for a few months now. I've noticed her pitch speed isn't any faster than it was a year ago. I went back and found a video of her from about a year ago and the difference in body speed and control is like night & day. She was much...
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    9 yr old pitching too much?

    My 9 yr old DD is playing her first year TB. She had a tournament this weekend in which she pitched a LOT. Yesterday, she threw 3.5 games and probably well over 200 pitches. Probably over 250. Should I be worried? I see threads about pitch counts for HS kids, but what about little kids? She's...
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    Radar Gun

    I'd like to buy a radar gun but I don't have $200 to spend on one. I see a lot of one's like this one on ebay for under $50. Has anyone used this gun? Will it work for clocking pitching speed?
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    Bleacher Talks

    My wife was at my DD's team practice last night and overheard another mom say something that has me really upset. Last week, we had a girl suffer a broken thumb during pre-game warm ups. It was a fluke thing, but it happens in sports. The girl that got hurt is a good player and one of our better...
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    Composite Question

    I just bought my DD her first composite bat. Within the first 10 hits at BP, the bat began to rattle inside. The manufacturer is replacing the bat just as they should. I had a friend tell me about a place that does some type of freezing process that makes composite bats more durable. I can't...
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    Pitching Aids

    My DD is 8 and just started pitching 10U. The ball and distance change is really effecting her and I'm looking for something to help her make the adjustment. I've seen commercials for the K-factor and it looks like a pretty good tool. It uses bungees and I'm guessing they aren't made for an 8ry...
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    PC Interviews

    My DD is changing PC's this summer and we have 2 PC's who we are trying to decide between. Both are generally regarded as great coaches and both have already shown interest in coaching DD. However, both PC's are about an hour away from where we live and we've never personally met either of them...
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    Loss of confidence

    My DD (8 yr old) has lost her confidence due to a trash talking team mate. She is a very good pitcher, but has back slid tremendously over the past 2-3 weeks since this other girl started in on her. The other girl is the daughter of a coach, so I don't know how much I can really do. The coach is...
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    How to overcome fear?

    My 8yr old dd has practiced her tail off for the past year and gets to pitch in her first game of the year tonight. Last weekend, in a CP tournament, she was in the circle and took a nasty line drive off the forehead. Luckily, the ball was a padded ball and she wasn't injured. Last night at...
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    Proper Catching

    I coach an 8U rec team and many of my girls are coming out of t-ball and have no real experience. I am having trouble teaching them the proper way to catch the ball and was hoping you guys had some ideas for me. I'll try to explain what they are doing. Several of them try to catch everything...
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    Proper Catching

    I coach an 8U rec team and many of my girls are coming out of t-ball and have no real experience. I am having trouble teaching them the proper way to catch the ball and was hoping you guys had some ideas for me. I'll try to explain what they are doing. Several of them try to catch everything...
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    Noob Question

    First off, my DD is 8 and just started pitching less than a year ago, so I've been on a crash course with all of this. I've noticed that when she's throwing good and hard and her mechanics are right, that her ball will drop. I asked her PC about this last night and she said that she will never...
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    Technique question

    Hey guys. This is my first post. My 8 yr old daughter started pitching about 10 months ago with a coach. She is the first real student for her coach and I know nothing about pitching, other than what I've picked up on YouTube and from watching a few games. I've noticed recently that my...

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