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  1. M

    DD#1 Swing Comments or advice

    One thing of note is that her practice swings looks nothing like her game swing.
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    Staying back / topping ball - drills advice

    assuming she's a rughty, put a softball under her left toe. My older daughter, who is now playing dII, had a major lunging issue at the end of U14. We spent the winter working on her swing and someone showed me that drill. If you have a ball under your stride foot and lunge, you fall over.
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    Penn State

    What really gets me now, is how Paterno, after admitting he could have done more then, forced the Board of Trustee's hands to fire him. He indirectly caused the riots last night because that HAD to fire him. If he resigned, this would probably have played out differently. This just goes to...
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    Penn State

    You're kidding right? Age is irrelavant. If he was not capable of doig his job at 75 he should not have been doing his job. They all basically pushed this guy out the door knowing he would molest again. They just didn't want it on their campus anymore. Disgusting.
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    Bunting situations

    At U12 and u14, I always asked the girls to try bunt toward third. I have found that many girls trying to bunt toward first, don't get the bat around far enough and they bunt it foul. At least if they are trying to bunt to third, it's more likely to be bunted fair. As they get older, I would...
  6. M

    Hitting with backspin- Fact or Fiction?

    That's a commercial. The bat is also traveling downward when it hit the ball. I would expect back spin. That ball would not have been a home run anywhere
  7. M

    Hitting with backspin- Fact or Fiction?

    I haven't seen a video yet showing that, just suppostion that it happens.
  8. M

    Hitting with backspin- Fact or Fiction?

    But the ball is sitting there and the club face in angled to go UNDER the ball creating back spin.
  9. M

    Hitting with backspin- Fact or Fiction?

    He clearly shows two clips earlier in this thread where you can see no spin.
  10. M

    Would you go against the coach?

    Obviously it's your call. He can't tell you not to do something. I assume this is a travel team that she had to try out for? That other girls were cut for your daughter to play on? That she may get cut from eventually for choosing her rec team over her travel team?
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    ASA vs. PONY

    Agreed but in the North east at U12 and U14 it's a great way to go. The PONY system makes signing up for tournaments much easier. It's all the same teams playing in both PONY and ASA. But just the ease of registering for PONY and getting in a tournament swing it for PONY to me. I also think...
  12. M

    Baserunning - Rocker start vs others?

    We teach our girls Rocker start and don't actually teach anything about timing the ball. We teach them to watch the stride foot of the pitcher. When she starts her motion, lifting the stride foot, we have baserunner start her back foot in motion. We were told that by a D1 coach at a clinic 5...
  13. M

    The worst 15 minutes ever

    No win situation We had 12 and even after making sure everyone knew the rules concernign playing time we had two leave within 2 weeks for lack of playing time. I would rather have 10 and pray for no injuries although it's not practical. Yet, that's where I'm at now so I'm praying lol
  14. M

    Slippery Ball

    Md DD looks at me the same way lol
  15. M

    Slippery Ball

    Have a rosin bag on the mound. Or a little spit will help. My DD has that issue and has a rosin bag with her If the ball is slippery, she can ask for a new one. If it's wet, they will always let her get a dry one.
  16. M

    playing time on a competitive team

    Most of these girls are 12 and 13. And the girls that play U12 want to win as much as the girls at U14 -U18 and in college. Team work makes the team function as a whole. Individual work gives the girls the skills they need to function as part of the team. I remember the first time I saw two of...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    We just asked one of the grils on our U14 travel team to leave because of the complaining that was already starting two tournaments in about being fair and equal playing time. Before the season, we had everyone read the following and we still have families that don't get it If your team had 12...
  18. M

    Watching 3rd strike

    Perfect answer. I've been telling my girls at U14 for 6 months that they should NEVER swing at a change until two strikes and then try foul it off.
  19. M

    Watching 3rd strike

    I'm a HUGE proponent of swinging at first strikes. But that's only if it's in a zone the hitter likes to hit from on strike one. You won't be successful swigning at first pitch strikes that are on the black. When that happen's you need to lay off not swing.
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    Hitting Low & Inside Pitches

    Crowding the plate doesn't take away the inside from the pitcher. It takes away the outside. If someone crowds the plate, you have to pitch in and jam them until they back off. Girls should be taught early that you need to come in and if you hit someone, oh well

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