So we have always learned that both feet must start in contact with the mound. Last night at our practice, several of the other girls who wanted to pitch and a few that had some go right where they needed to we all stepping back off the mound. I thought this was illegal and asked another coach...
I wasn't sure how to name this accurately. We moved up from 35 to 40 feet last spring and did ok with it. Pitched in about 6 games and made the distance most of the time. We are just spring rec. ball players, so I try and take it easy on us.
She has grown about 3 inches, which has helped...
I have stewed about this all weekend trying to let it go. But I guess I can't.
My DD said that another pitcher's parent pulled her aside and said "you know how to get the most power in pitching--a straight arm."
I posted on FB about how thrilled we were, with a pic, that we were finally...
I am putting together a research paper of sorts for our local league and would be happy for any input based on actual experience or online sources you can direct me to.
I am sure we have all faced this with recreational leagues in that you end up with 18 kids and you struggle with having one...
Brag Alert! Ok I am so proud of Nina!
We still have a super long way to go and to grow(she just turned 10 and can barely grip the 12"ball), but there are 4 things here that we have accomplished this season, glove high, elbow bent, land foot at 45 degrees and no lean. It isn't there 100% of the...
So our DD is 9 and is playing with older kids this season and it is very apparent that she has a lot of things to fix or tweak compared to the 11 and 12 year olds on the team. It wasn't so obvious when she was playing 8U last season. She was one of the strongest so nothing really stuck out too...
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Now I have the 2014 rule book on my phone and the only reference I saw to pitching age was that no one with a league age of 12 can pitch on a "minor" team.
A good buddy of mine said he doesn't think my daughter who is 9 today, 10 on Friday with a birthday of March 28, 2004, can't pitch on a...
I have been tasked with finding a few tournaments for our local rec. league for softball and I am suggesting that we just host one ourselves to start, figure out how to do it and then invite the other teams that come out to do the same. There really isn't much local to us tournament wise, but...
I looking which league would best fit us and asking around, the same thing kept popping up--communication. I have found that this really isn't a league thing per say, but more of a coach thing. We have had some that were on it, keeping us all in the loop and then others that gave out the...
Well we went to two of the work outs for our rec. league and I just felt so anxious and frustrated the entire time and knew it just didn't feel right. They announced that are serious about making "travel" happen and are putting together another 10U travel team(from the rec. kids) and would be...
So we have noticed our bendy knee has slipped back in on us, so I decided to try and work it backwards and asked her to show me how to leap, land, drag and stand tall, stick it, keep it stacked, push back or whatever you call it and I almost busted my you know what.
First off she is a lefty and...
First off I want to thank everyone on this board for all of there tolerance(lol), help and support through our pitching adventure. We are approaching the home stretch of our first goal. We started taking lessons 6 months ago. Pitched maybe 3 innings in the Fall. So we have started our...
So we had our winter workouts for the rec. league we play in start this past Sunday. The new 10U travel team they put together in the Fall must have had some issues, because the first 3 work outs are for evaluations to build a new team with a new coach at the helm. In listening to the time...
Just curious how you make practicing fun? Looking for all things pitching, hitting and fielding. I will post some of mine when I have real keyboard. Try to think of when THEY were having fun, not necessarily us. Happy New Year!
Ps if you just want to comment about kids needing to want...
So we had our final lesson of the year last night. We are taking the two weeks off completely for the holidays and we have backed off the last couple of weeks for rest and regrouping. I had been pushing way too hard and really had no understanding that the level of comprehension of a 9 year...
So a kindly person on DFP sent me a used one since we lost ours and I wanted to show what we did to it.
She loves it!
The tension allows the visor to stay up if say the coach is talking.
Do the grips change for the lefty as the fast ball grip does? My DD just wants to play around with a few things over the holidays and I told her I would look up a simple change up for her. I have been looking at grips on here and youtube, but want to make sure I show her the correct...