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    Quitting TB

    Well, good luck to your DD. It appears she is growing up to a fine young woman and will certainly serve our country with honor. Sometime after she has been in the Navy for a while please come in and update. Similar to the Life After Softball thread.
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    Life after softball

    Bingo One thing I am extremely happy about is that all of my kids still keep in shape. They all hit the gym and exercise at home. My oldest kid, and only boy, was a D-III rower in college. Went to D-I nationals twice. He still competes about twice a year, weather, water levels and COVID...
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    Life after softball

    I used to post on this forum a few years back. Every once in a while I get a synopsis of current posts in email, and I'll look here. It would be nice if there were some sort of sticky thread so that we could update as to what former softball players are doing now. Is there life after...
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    Helping a heartbroken daughter

    To the OP: Your DD will encounter abusive people in her life. What lesson do you want her to learn? A. If you are being abused it is your fault and if you just try harder not to make them mad it will all be okay. or B. If you are being abused, run!
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    Move in Day

    Two years ago we moved DD 2 into her dorm on August 31 in a large SUV. That was terrible in the Boston streets. I can’t even imagine how bad Moving Day would be with a U-Haul. DW learned to drive in Manhattan, and is used to city driving. That did not prepare her for Boston. Let me paint a...
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    Move in Day

    Bittersweet day. My DD 3 is a newly minted college freshman moving into her dorm today, and I can't be with her. She attends one of the many thousands of colleges in Boston. DD 2 is a junior at the same college. DD 2 moves into an off-campus apartment with 4 friends today. I and can't be...
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    No swing rule on 3-0 count

    Many years ago my DD1 was on a 14u LL team. The coaches were trying to teach the kids some patience in the batters box, at a level when some of the pitchers had trouble finding the plate. The coaches wanted to force the opposing pitchers to throw strikes. For a while, the coaches had a rule...
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    Is Travel Ball the best way?

    That is certainly true. My DD 2 goes to college in Boston( NU). She told me her school doesn't have a softball team, but I saw a softball team practicing across the street. She pointed out that was a different college. Literally, on one side of the street is a big college, and on the other...
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    Should goal be college?

    My first 3 kids are either in college or have graduated. DS was a so-so rower on a very good rowing club. Some of the guys he rowed with in HS went to college on top-notch teams. One of his HS teammates was MVP on the world championship USA U23 world record holding team. My DS was a mid...
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    Interesting article: Senior week or State playoffs?

    I would have trouble believing this, except I know of coaches in my area who have done this sort of thing. Players getting punished for things like science fairs or even going to NHS induction ceremonies. I also know of coaches who punish multi-sport athletes because these athletes are not...
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    Question about playing up

    Lots of truth to this. I saw part of a 10u game yesterday while my kid was warming up for a 16u game. The 10u pitcher had a lot of trouble finding the plate. Really wild. My DD was a second year 10u the first time she played in a tournament. Hardest thrower in the 10u bracket, had trouble...
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    Interesting article: Senior week or State playoffs?

    If we knew more about this trip, perhaps we could judge better. I remember a time when some girls canceled a big trip out of town because one of them was on a school team headed for playoffs. The coach asked the girls not to schedule any trips for the time when the school could be playing...
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    Interesting article: Senior week or State playoffs?

    A great HS coach can make all the difference in the world. Some of the girls at TB practice were contrasting the way girls at a HS with fantastic coaching have thrived while girls at a HS with bad coaching have suffered.
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    Interesting article: Senior week or State playoffs?

    There are benefits to being careful about judging people without all the facts. Many years ago, when I was a grad student teaching assistant, I was interviewed by The NY Times about a very young student of mine. A child prodigy of the age of 12 who graduated college shortly before his 14th...
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    Biological Male Wins NCAA Women’s Track Championship

    No. That is false. You are making completely baseless claims without any facts to back them up. And “I heard it on talk radio” or “someone said it on the internet” doesn’t qualify as proper backing. Let’s look at the three claims you made: 1. Scientists said the earth was flat...
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