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    Hitting Tips Against Intermediate Pitching

    That's a good question. I always teach the girls that the point of keeping their hands level is to avoid chopping at the ball and getting underneath the ball. I can't tell you how many coaches I had when I was younger that would preach to swing the bat like you are chopping wood. I firmly...
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    Hitting Tips Against Intermediate Pitching

    I definitely will. Do you have any suggestions or tips to compensate or replace these methods?
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    Hitting Tips Against Intermediate Pitching

    Yeah, we have revved up the machine to get the girls more prepared, but with a team made up of zero seniors (roster is mostly juniors and freshmen) it has been difficult. The problem I am facing is that at a small school where I am at (Class A out of a 5 Class system) is that a lot of these...
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    Hitting Tips Against Intermediate Pitching

    Ok, so being new to coaching softball at the high school level (I was previously a high school baseball coach) I have learned, adapted, and reinvented my approach to hitting for this season. I was a hitting instructor for baseball and fastpitch softball, and have been around the game of fast...
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    High School Parent Problem

    Thanks everybody. At the time being it seems as if the situation has been resolved. His daughter has earned her start in LF tomorrow through practice this week, and I feel good about myself that I was able to lower my own ego and do what was in the best interest of the team, which was/is to play...
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    High School Parent Problem

    The dad told me that practice and games are separate, and that the daughter will perform once it's game time. Haha, he serious?
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    High School Parent Problem

    Here's an update everybody. After the initial phone call, the parent called again twice on Monday. Both times I let it go to voicemail and didn't respond that night. The second voicemail was to tell me that his daughter was not going to be at the game tonight because she was 'sick.' We had a...
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    High School Parent Problem

    Should I actually say to the daughter that the dad calling me complaining isn't helping her cause?
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    High School Parent Problem

    The problem is, I was probably going to start her tonight in the OF, but now I'm not sure if I should, if it would show weakness on my behalf. Or do I sit her to prove a point that this won't be tolerated? Is my ego getting in the way?
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    High School Parent Problem

    I told all of the parents at the meeting at the beginning of the year, that if their daughter has a problem with their PT, their daughter should go to the coach because more than anything, I am trying to teach them responsibility. I shouldn't hear from the parents unless their daughters have...
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    High School Parent Problem

    So, I have posted on here a couple of times, and I have to be honest, the level of knowledge on these boards has helped me tremendously in coaching my team. To start, I am a 1st year/young (only 26) coach, coaching my first high school softball team (I have been a baseball assistant at the HS...
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    Fundraising

    I just totaled up what we made from our Hit-A-Thon, and it was over $5,000; enough to buy us new Under Armour uniforms this year. I highly suggest everyone give this a try atleast once, it can really work if done right. Plus, we get about $600 for our Saturday clinics that we run about once...
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    Captains

    I was thinking about this the other day. I have a team with no seniors at all, so I was debating on who I wanted to be my captain. I actually have a sophomore and a freshman who are more team leaders than the 6 juniors I have, but I can't in all good conscience do that, can I? I would think for...
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    Need Help Setting Goals for High School

    What else do you give stars for? I like the idea of the girls having a tangible goal that they can shoot for, like maybe 20 stolen bases. Obviously, this would have to be dictated on a girl by girl basis, but I think it gives the girls something to really strive to. What about suggestions for...
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    Need Help Setting Goals for High School

    I am a first year coach at a high school that never really set goals before, and I really want them to be very goal oriented this year. I never thought I would have difficulty putting goals together for them, but as I started to write them out, I struggled with what I wanted to say. Just a...
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