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    Upcoming TNT in Quakertown, PA area

    Whatever they do with the $5 per car, it's not paying people to take care of the fields. My daughter is a pitcher and also struggles with the mounds every time we play at this facility. In the fall, we reached the finals of a 14u tournament; she had pitched parts of every game that weekend...
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    Tips to help pitcher find balance

    Thanks for the advice. So you are saying that the aggressive mentality is something she should embrace? Maybe just tone down her stride, as Sluggers pointed out? Her 13U team had a lot of success last year and in the fall, so her coach has started entering more open/A level. They've held their...
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    Tips to help pitcher find balance

    Thanks. I'm not sure what the unicorn comment means, but I appreciate your help. We chalked it up to issues with her mental game due to the fact that her control seems to be the worst at the start of games (when she's most amped-up) and against more "prestigious" teams; and her history of...
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    Book keeping question

    I have a related question that came up while I was scoring a high school baseball game. Pretty much the exact situation described above: bloop single, runners froze setting up a force at second....except the throw to second base was wide; no out recorded. I scored it as a FC with an error? Was...
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    Tips to help pitcher find balance

    Thanks! I actually browsed that post yesterday; Mentally Tough Teens should arrive today.
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    Tips to help pitcher find balance

    That's great advice, and actually similar to something the sports psych had said to her: "There are no counts, just 100-ish opportunities to do something well." The calm in a storm is great advice too. We watched a little of the game...her body language was not good, especially considering...
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    Tips to help pitcher find balance

    Short history: DD is a first-year 14u pitcher. She's had decent success at every level, yet as a gifted kid with some general anxiety and perfectionist tendencies, she's always needed to work on her mental game. For instance, during her first year in 10u, a much larger batter hit her with a line...
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    Two thumbs up for Vinci's customer service. I am floored

    Good to hear; always nice to hear about small companies taking care of their customers. My first experience with Vinci has been a little different, but I'm not sure where the fault lies. Ordered my daughter a custom glove in early November. It was marked as shipped within a week, but without a...
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    USSSA Step back question

    Thanks everyone. We’ll chalk it up to misinformation and hope next tournament is more in line with the (current) rules. Anyway, it was a good opportunity for my kid to learn to adjust to umpires.
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    USSSA Step back question

    My daughter was pitching in a 12U USSSA open tournament last weekend. She worked on adding the step back throughout the winter, following the advice of her pitching coach. Her first pitch of the tournament was called illegal based on the movement of her hands. She struggled to adjust her windup...

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