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I train boys baseball & girls softball and a lot of my students come back & say the coaches r changing me to do this or that. I really believe a lot of coaches couldn’t tell the difference of someone with good mechanics or bad ones. Not playing the sport at a high level creates a lot of over...- Bobby B
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Runner on 2nd signaling pitch location to batter
Sign stealing on the field is part of the game. Catcher needs to to go to a 2nd or third sign for different pitches & set up for location just before the pitch is thrown. We did this all the time in baseball & Men’s Major Fastpitch Softball- Bobby B
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Hitting Lessons
It sounds like you’re doing a good job with your daughter & she prefers what you’re doing. If she’s hitting then don’t change anything. First of all finding a hitting instructor who has played major Fastpitch Softball & can teach it to all age levels mentally & mechanically is very hard to find...- Bobby B
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- Forum: Softball Training
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Hitting
Right u never want someone learning to throw BP to your hitters. A good BP pitcher has to throw a lot of strikes with decent speed be able to mix in some different speeds & be able to fall to the side to be protected by the net. I practiced this a lot for my teams to hit. All this at a shorter...- Bobby B
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Hitting
U don’t want the hitters to cheat the machine which means moving to a spot before the ball comes out. That’s why machines get a bad rap because a lot of coaches let the hitters cheat the machine It’s not as hard as people think, u don’t have to pitch from 40 or 43ft 30 or 35 ft is good enough...- Bobby B
- Post #26
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Hitting
U learn to start swinging by hitting a ball. I start out teaching hitting mechanics off a tee. Inch by inch it’s a cinch- Bobby B
- Post #16
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Hitting
Then u find someone who can throw live BP and find a used single machine to start out with- Bobby B
- Post #15
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Hitting
The Hitting is the hardest part of the game so those high reps in practice help, in an actual game you’re lucky to get 8 swings. That’s not going to help u become a better hitter.- Bobby B
- Post #12
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Hitting
When I feel the hitter is ready for movement I have a machine that can throw all the different p Having a machine to throw all those pitches- Bobby B
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Hitting
The way I train my hitters is to have a machine that throws the same pitches That they will see in game situations and better movement, also I throw live. I only work on movement when I feel the hitter is ready.- Bobby B
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Hitting
Why don’t more girls spend time hitting the pitches that a pitcher throws in a game?- Bobby B
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