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    IHSA - Player paid Pitching lessons?

    Curious In Illinois - can an active player during the Illinois softball season get paid for pitching lessons that they give to other players?
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    First college visit - DD nervous!!

    My DD is a 2017 graduate and has her first unofficial visit tomorrow with a school 45 minutes from home. It is one of the schools on her list, but she still has a few schools on her list still. She asked the coach if she could come and visit and he has invited her to watch a scrimmage game and...
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    2016 Nationals - Locations

    I am trying to compile a list of where 18u Nationals will be held for 2016. I found the information for ASA but I am not able to locate NSA or USSSA info. Does anyone have information on either of them or a suggestion on another sanctioning body? We are located in Illinois and looking for a...
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    Contemplating not playing HS next year

    My DD and I was talking last night and she brought up the possibility of not playing HS next year. She is a sophomore this season and a second year starting pitcher on varsity. While she loves playing for the HS, the fact that she only pitches is a huge disappointment. Last year as a freshman...
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    First visit from coach.

    My DD is a sophomore and is beginning the process of looking at colleges to attend after HS. We did a search of colleges within a certain radius of home (she wants to stay within 3 hours of home) and also have her major available. From the list she then began emailing the coach for each...
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    Going rate for a practice catcher?

    My DD is a pitcher and in years past I was always the "bucket dad". Since our schedules have gotten busier I am not available to catch her during her pitching lessons. My DD asked a team mate of hers to catch for her at the lessons. What is the going rate for a team mate to catch during a one...
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    HS Team & giving lessons?

    A "friend" of mine has a daughter who plays for a high school team. She has been asked to give pitching lessons to a 9 year old player who is just starting the game of softball. We were told today that this might violate IHSA rules and put her high school playing at risk if she does this...
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    Pitchers - Tape on finger?

    I was always told that the throwing hand of the pitcher could not have any modifications/additions to it an still be legal. Today I was watching a game where the pitcher had tape on her index finger of her throwing hand. Is this legal? Is this legal in IHSA also? My daughter normally gets...
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    Shoes for indoor pitching

    My 15 y.o. DD is killing me with her shoes! She has been pitching indoors with her pitching coach and they use a rubber Jenny Finch style mat. The rubber on the mat is burning a hole through her shoe. We have been using a volleyball shoe because it has some extra rubber/material on the front...
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    Too soon to jump?

    My DD is a 2nd year 16 and the team she played for last year folded. So she had to attend tryouts (again) this year. The 3 better 16u teams weren't looking for any players or already had players committed before tryouts began. So we attended a couple of 18u team tryouts. We were going to...
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    Correct hand position

    I was reading a topic a few days ago where they mentioned that their DD increased her bat speed simply correcting her hand position but they didn't specify what the "correct" hand position was. So the question: What is the correct hand position and will this have an effect on bat speed?
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    Exposure tournaments vs. Camps?

    My DD will be a sophomore this next school year and I am interested in which of the two choices; Exposure tournaments or Camps is the best option. My DD is realistically looking at a Div3, JuCo or NAIA college. We have attended two exposure tournaments this year and honestly they were both...
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    What is "baseline" mean?

    Pretty straight forward question. I am curious to know what "baseline" means in the rule book. A player on our team was called out today for avoiding a tag running out a soft grounder along the first baseline. 1B fielded the ball and attempted to apply the tag but our runner swerved around...
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    Bat Deflection

    During our HS season one of the parents and myself would take photos during every game. For us it was a way to pass the time and to also have a built in excuse of why we 'had' to attend every game. We wouldn't miss a game for anything anyways, but this was our excuse. So each week we would...
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    Choosing HS based on coach?

    The HC of our HS softball team is retiring after several years of coaching this season. I was talking to a team mates parent last week and she told me that there were "several" parents basing the decision on weather they were going to go to this HS or enroll in a private school based on who the...
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    Possible concussion

    My dd is a starting pitcher on her HS team. The HS coach doesn't let ANY of his pitchers bat during a game. This has obviously made a few players and their parents not happy, but I will continue. My DD has been busting her but most of the year taking batting practice with her batting coach...
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    FSU vs. SF - Sara Nevins - Illegal pitch feast!

    I am watching the game between SFU and SF and through 5 innings Sara Nevins has 9 illegal pitch calls against her. I really don't want to start another debate about leaping vs. non-leaping and if it is an advantage. I am just surprised that they are calling so many IP's now during the...
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    Parent behavior

    We have all seen it before. The "bad" parent on the other team, or heck, even your team. The one that over celebrates or constantly gives instructions to all the player because they know more than the coach. Or the gossip parent that knows what #12 did at prom or how late #5 stayed out the...
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    Need new glove - Recomendations for small hands

    My 15yo DD is in need of a new glove. She has a Wilson A1000 now and loves it, but it is just wore out. The only complaint that she has is that the glove fits big on her hand. She has to wear a batting glove inside the glove AND the velcro is all the way tightened on the back of her hand...
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    Glove selection - Not using fastpitch style?

    This is just a general question but while watching several of the NCAA softball tournament games I noticed a lot of the players are using "non fastpitch" style gloves. I was always told that the fastpitch models have the velcro on the back while standard softball gloves do not. Why would you...

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