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Oct 11, 2010
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DD is playing her first real tournament this weekend, I think she might be in trouble. 18U.

She has never faced 65 MPH pitchers which She will.

Fielding she should be OK though.
 
Apr 28, 2014
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Tell her to have a plan at the plate..
Then pretend she drops her hands on the first Pitch, then look for something up :)
J/K!
Good luck!
 

Strike2

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Nov 14, 2014
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Meh...if she can hit at 16U, she'll be able to hit at 18U. 65 MPH with control is rare, and you'll likely only see it at the very highest levels.
 

TMD

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DD is playing her first real tournament this weekend, I think she might be in trouble. 18U.

She has never faced 65 MPH pitchers which She will.

Fielding she should be OK though.

Which tournament are you in? Depending on which, 65 will be very few and far between. The number you need to be more worried about is 95...the expected temp in the Chicago area this weekend. Yikes.
 
Nov 18, 2013
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DD is playing her first real tournament this weekend, I think she might be in trouble. 18U.

She has never faced 65 MPH pitchers which She will.

Fielding she should be OK though.

She'll be fine. Most of the 65 mph pitchers are at 10U.
 
Apr 16, 2013
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[MENTION=10000]MNDad[/MENTION] ROFL!!!!

65 isn't even common in college IMO. That's near the best of the best of the best. Watching 18u locally, when I can, I typically see only a little faster than our top tier 14u games we play in. We're not playing "national" tournaments, but honestly I'd say you're looking at 55 on average.
 
Dec 2, 2013
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Maybe it's 65 kph?? It is rare that you see that kind of speed.

Last weekend DD played a team with a kid pitching 66 which was verified via Pocket Radar. That pitcher will be heading to Baylor in a year. It wasn't the velocity that was impressive, it was the variation of speed. My DD is sporting a bruise on her elbow where she was hit by pitch even wearing an evo shield.
 

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