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    Pitchers plate holes

    Just curious what the thoughts are out there on this. Yes my daughter is a pitcher and this absolutely aggravates me to pieces. I have notices an aLOT of usssa tourneys this year in kc mo and in okc that you could start a landfill in the pitchers plate holes that exist at many of the tourneys...
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    Reconciliation of the score book between innings

    Game this weekend we scored two and the other team said only one. young umpire was "fairly" sure we had scored two but the home book lady was not even going to think about trying to work through it...WE ARE RIGHT straight out of the gate she said. Umpire didnt know and started to get...
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    Interesting recruiting

    So i went to pick my dd up from softball camp and came in when major D1 coach was telling the girls about recruiting. He said that most major D1schools have a list on girls by the time they are in 7 and 8 grade. Unfortunately he did say! He said that some major D1 schools make verbal offers to...
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    Prayers for OKC teams

    Please say a prayer for all of our softball community in OKC tonight. Very rough day and hopefully tomorrow morning will show little to no damage. We were in Edmond so a bit north of the city center, but it was a bit iffy for us. Apparently some concern for the city after this tornado. Say a...
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    Hit by pitch and ball strike count

    So yesterday on a 0-0counts keilani rickets hit a girl and it was ruled NOT a HBP because PU thought it was a strike and the girls leaned into the strike zone.....OK, BUT, after all that happened the count then was 1-0. So, why was it a ball if the PU thought it was in the strike zone and the...
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    Drop third strike and batter runner out question....USSSA

    Ok I need some clarification on this. Situation...drop third strike the batter runner walks to dugout on third base side ...does not enter and then runs back to home plate and begins to run to first. I argued with an ump yesterday that the batter was out because she gave up and per 8 section...
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    Early Contact Suggestions Needed

    So, my 10u daughter has really good and sound mechanics. Yeah that what they all say i know ...Anyway, she is fairly effective at timing on the average pitchers and does fairly well. She does tend to be sending most balls in play to right field/second base. When she faces the 48-50 mph pitcher...
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    Change-ups at the college level

    So, I have spent a fair amount of time watching live games at mu,as well as a lot of games of games on tv and it just appears to me that pitchers just don't throw change-ups all that well. AND when the do throw them fairly well most girls are just setting back on them and not even swinging. So...
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    Need help understadning this..

    USSSA 10 U this weekend. Runner on second...new batter up to plate takes the second strike which happens to be dropped.Batter thinks its dropped third strike and starts to run to first. our catcehr who apparently doesnt know the pitch count rares back to make a play on the girl running to...
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    Just throw strikes...........

    I hate hearing this and I hear it too often especially in the younger divisions. I found this awile back so I thought Id share! "Just Throw Strikes" I don't think there is a phrase I dislike more than "Just throw strikes". You usually hear this from the the typical dad and/or coach. They...
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    Drills for correcting swimmers arm??

    Curious what some have done to eliminate or reduce swimmers arm in pitchers. Daughter is 10YO....throws well but struggles with it. Video of her pitching below....I think if it works! 10u Fastpitch pitcher - YouTube http://youtu.be/tMeapk5iKXE
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    I need a quick pitching lane clarification

    Ok, so I understand the whole ....both feet must start within the 24" pitching plate. Here is where I'm a bit confused....during the delivery, the pitcher shall take exactly one forward step toward home plate and land within or partially within the 24" length of the pitchers plate....USSSA...
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    Punch change up

    Hello...this is my first post and glad to be here. Been stalking for awhile. I was at at D1game last night and I met and was talking to the pitchers dad. Not ever meeting him before I was somewhat hesitant to ask to many questions of him, but he made mention that his daughter threw a punch...

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