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  1. Michael N

    Youth sports--if your child doesn't love it, let her leave it.

    After a third season rife with injuries my DD decided she no longer wants to play travel softball . I can't say as I blame her it was a loooong ugly season for her . A concussion took her out for half of the HS season , a knee injury for part of the travel season and a nagging back problem...
  2. Michael N

    Catcher then and Now

    6 or 7 on the left , 15 on the right .
  3. Michael N

    Catcher then and Now

    That's a creepy first post .
  4. Michael N

    The big lie, travel baseball.

    My Brother coaches a HS team and a travel ball team and his philosophy closely mirrors my own . He tells the parents that if they are having their kids play a sport thinking they are going to somehow pay for college with scholarships to just start saving the money they would have paid to play...
  5. Michael N

    Runner on 2nd giving pitch location

    I am all for the girls stealing signs and calling locations if they think it will help them however both the Head Coach and Assistant on my Daughters team played in College and said they hated it . They would have rather just seen the ball and hit it since the call from second wasn't always...
  6. Michael N

    Catcher then and Now

    Yep Missy is still the head Coach . Its been good to get some stability in the position after all the one year wonders we had for a while .
  7. Michael N

    Catcher then and Now

    Just got back from my DD's end of year banquet . Here is something the Mrs. whipped up ..
  8. Michael N

    I sat through a 2 hr. LL game last night

    My experience with LL was that it was cheap daycare for most of the parents involved . I had parents who would drive up the street to the bar in plain view of the field while their kids were at practice and then I would have to call them to get them to come back and get their kids after practice...
  9. Michael N

    Its raining helmets!

    DD just finished her first HS softball season and while they put her at 3rd base instead of playing as a catcher I got to observe a lot of other catchers this year and all I can say is ,"Its raining helmets". Seriously , every play where the catcher is moving they are flinging that thing...
  10. Michael N

    I didn't think I would see it in HS.....

    My DD's coach has been accused of stealing signs numerous times . The reality is she has been coaching for a long time and played the game from a young age prior to that . Most coaches and pitchers have a pitch progression , based on the hitter they are facing , that is pretty easy to figure out...
  11. Michael N

    Good entry level composite for tall 12u girl with middling power? too many options!!

    There are a lot of last year model bats on clearance now . If possible I would let your Daughter swing as many of them as you can lay your hands on before buying one for her . I know of at least one shop here locally that demos bats for a nominal fee and if you buy from them they put the money...
  12. Michael N

    HS Ball Check in...How's it going?

    Thanks for the good thoughts , unfortunately after her last round of testing they have pushed her next baseline test to April 21st . If she passes the tests then she will have a 5 day Return To Play program initiated which will get her back just in time to watch the season end . I don't think...
  13. Michael N

    HS Ball Check in...How's it going?

    Our HS does about 4 different tests preseason to form a baseline for concussion recovery . Unfortunately my Daughter cannot pass all of them yet which means she is still out due to a concussion . If your local HS doesn't do baseline testing you can usually have it done through outside means ...
  14. Michael N

    HS Ball Check in...How's it going?

    DD had an accident at school and has been out with a concussion for the last week and a half . We are hoping she will be back by the end of the week . Team is struggling to put together wins but keeping it interesting . Hopefully they can get it going in the second half of the season and make it...
  15. Michael N

    Are you interested in playing softball in college?

    I am not really interested in playing softball in college . I am guessing not to many colleges are going to be interested in 44 year old guys with bad shoulders .
  16. Michael N

    Baseball bleachers taken down after ruling that girls softball team's seats must be

    I can tell you with utmost certainty that the Baseball programs in the state of Idaho have far superior facilities than the Softball programs . At my DD High School the baseball team has a very nice stadium , sunken dugouts , locker rooms and an indoor hitting facility . The Softball team has 2...
  17. Michael N

    LDS and travel ball

    Utah and Idaho have lots of tournaments that are Friday , Saturday tournaments due to the high number of LDS folks who live in the area . I can also think of 2 different teams local to the Boise area that are made up of mostly LDS players and do not play on Sunday . I also know a bunch of LDS...
  18. Michael N

    Mask Question

    My DD is the only kid on her team who wears a mask . She is a Freshman playing 3rd on her HS Varsity team as well as catching occasionally . The Coach challenged her in winter workouts about the mask , challenged her about not throwing her helmet when catching and challenged her about holding...
  19. Michael N

    How is school ball going this year: My experience...

    DD made the Varsity roster as a Freshman and has been starting at 3rd base . She has never played 3rd before so it has been a learning experience for her . The season has gotten off to a rough start with their #1 pitcher being injured , the #2 pitcher quitting and the #3 being ineligible . To...
  20. Michael N

    Knee savers

    My experience is not nearly as vast as some of the other posters here but my experience has been that most catchers have fought me about taking them off an then thanked me later . Most of them came back later and said that they felt quicker with out them on . I don't demand that they remove them...

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