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  1. Indiana

    School Bell Schedules and High School Games

    DFP is such an amazing resource and we all come from diverse backgrounds all over the country. I love the sounding board that DFP provides. Here's the background: our school district wants to change the high school day from 7:30-3 to 9-4:30. My concern to the district has been athletic...
  2. Indiana

    When the Kids Watch the Parent

    This is a bit off-topic, but a story that I think lots of parents will appreciate: My husband recently got back into playing tennis after taking a six year hiatus so that he could coach our son and daughter in football, baseball and of course, softball. Our kids are now 15 and 17 and are...
  3. Indiana

    Happy 4th of July; good luck to everyone playing in Colorado today!!

    Good luck everyone! Enjoy the day. I think I can speak for everyone in our state when I say what a pleasure it has been to host players from all over the country. My daughter has been getting texts from her school friends asking, "is there some sort of mega tournament going on? There are...
  4. Indiana

    DD and DH's Team won their weekend tournament!

    I just have to post how proud I am of my husband and daughter. My DH has been coaching sports for 13 years and it has had its highest of highs and lowest of lows. DH's team this year has had to overcome loads of adversity. They lost their number one pitcher early on, and then our daughter, the...
  5. Indiana

    Mow Outfield With a Backyard Lawnmower?

    Desperate times call for desperate measures - especially when the town hasn't mowed the grass in weeks and we've been getting afternoon thunderstorms daily. The grass isn't horrible; it's mostly the long seed stalks that need to be cut down. Has anyone tried mowing an outfield with a...
  6. Indiana

    Nice article on pars and pedicle stress fractures

    Acute Injuries of the Lumbar Neural Arch in Adolescents - Radsource This is one of the articles I found in my research - I wanted to post it in a new thread so as not to hijack the direction of the other pars thread. My DD was diagnosed 8 months ago with stress fractures in the L5 pedicles and...
  7. Indiana

    Kudos to DFP re: Team Names (OT)

    A big shoutout to DFP for the inspiration behind my DS's basketball team name "The Skyscrapers Premiere Elite". DS's middle school holds a March Madness basketball tournament every year, comprised of student formed teams. There was a team name discussion on DFP around this time last year...
  8. Indiana

    Teaching hitting "the right way" part II

    As part two of my experiment in learning how to hit, I took some live BP today. I'd say my success was mixed at best. I'm not happy with how my swing kept trying to slide back to its old, terrible style. I did get a few on the barrel and boy those felt good. OK - two big observations. 1...
  9. Indiana

    Teaching hitting "the right way" : an epiphany

    DH's and my weekends are pretty open right now. DD is out with a back injury and DS is out with a broken collar bone so suddenly DH and I have a lot of time on our hands. DH wanted to work on his own hitting, so he asked me to feed the pitching machine for a few hours. I complied, then, thinking...
  10. Indiana

    Herniated Disc

    My 16 year old DD has just been diagnosed with a herniated disc in her lower back. She has been prescribed complete rest for a week, followed by physical therapy. No softball whatsoever for 6 weeks. I've been doing a lot of research into athletes and herniated discs; I've discovered quite a few...
  11. Indiana

    Team Travel: as a group or individually?

    Typically, DD has been on teams with just one or maybe two out of state tournaments each summer. Her team for next year may ramp this up to three or four out of state tournaments, some which may be far enough away to pretty much require a plane ride - or suffer two or three long days in the car...
  12. Indiana

    Welcome to Colorado!

    I'd just like to extend a big welcome to all of the teams that are here in Colorado for the Sparkler, Fireworks, and Independence Day tournaments! The city of Boulder has been busy sprucing up the Stazio fields in Boulder in anticipation. They even canceled a baseball tournament last weekend so...
  13. Indiana

    Have your players/kids keep score

    I just thought I'd share a fun experience that I had with my daughter last night. DD is a 16A player - she knows the game very well from a player's perspective. She wanted to come along to DS's baseball game (13U) last night, so I suggested that she help me keep score. I kept score on the ipad...
  14. Indiana

    Options for mowing outfield grass?

    I love coming to you all with my field maintenance questions - your advice on drying an infield was very helpful. I was actually making progress until the heavens opened up and it rained for six straight days, causing 100 year flood conditions. My latest dilemma is the high school outfield...
  15. Indiana

    MLB: replay challenges: love 'em, hate 'em, indifferent?

    Red Sox vs. Yankees last night - 'Sox turn a double play to end the inning. Yankees manager decides to challenge the call. As the batter's foot came down on first base, the ball was in contact with the first baseman's glove, but the first baseman had not yet closed his glove upon the ball in...
  16. Indiana

    iScore team websites down?

    Does anyone else use the team website feature for iScore? This feature has been down for almost two weeks. I'm starting to get a little bit worried - the company just keeps saying that the hosting provider is having trouble with the restore? Does anyone have any further insight as to what is...
  17. Indiana

    Streaming stats with game hanger?

    I've had a few parents ask me about live streaming with Gamechanger (the score keeping software we are using now). Does anyone do this? Will I have to upgrade my data plan (right now I just have 200mb/month)? Is it possible to use my phone or is the small screen a problem (as opposed to an iPad-...
  18. Indiana

    HS softball and class schedule question

    I'd like to get an idea of the experience of student athletes in other areas of the country. During the high school softball season, DD routinely misses her last, and often second to last, class period of the day. This translates into an attendance record of 25% during the season. She works with...
  19. Indiana

    So Many Colleges.... Part 2

    In my continuing quest to help my HS sophomore pick a list of colleges that she is interested in.... we have been attending various local college fairs. For those of you who haven't been - a college fair is an impressive site. Row upon row of colleges all lined up alphabetically with throngs of...
  20. Indiana

    Question: How to dry a softball field?

    We have had unprecidented rain this week. So far it has swamped out all area high school games. DD had a home game scheduled for Tuesday. We thought that the sun would come out by gametime so I went down to the field Tuesday morning and started raking the infield..... I was making great progress...

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