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    Simple Pitch Calling Sign System?

    From my experience coaching a 14B team I think you may be overthinking it. If they can hit the correct side of the plate more than 60% you're doing good. I had one pitcher that I realized a couple games in I was just going through the motions. It didn't matter what I called she didn't know...
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    Rise Ball Speed

    I'm glad to hear you say this. My daughter has great spin axis and spin rate.. but it's about 10 MPH slower than her dropball. It's super effective but everyone thinks she's throwing a high floating change up.
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    Diamond Kinetic question.

    What are some good spin rates for a dropball? a riseball? My daughter just got this ball/app and we see results but we don't know if that means she's got good spin or not? She's a high school junior. fastball/dropball is about 850 RPM riseball is about 1600 RPM
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    If High School ball is cancelled. Then those girls can now play Travel?

    Maybe this will make it easier to see why social distancing will work if done effectively. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/
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    Pitchers

    I like to have 3. Very rarely do we play 5 or more games in a day... Even if we did I think we would be fine with 3. If you have 4 or more you just couldn't get them enough innings.
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    Little Pitcher

    It's almost a dis-advantage to be big early and throw hard when you're young. That's how my daughter was and she loved the fact she could throw her fastball past everyone it seemed. She didn't work hard enough on "pitching" and was just using her strength to be very successful at 10U...
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    $100 Catchers Mitt for Dad -- Recommendations

    https://www.baseballsavings.com/all-star-cm3031-comp-335-inch-catchers-mitt?SITE_ID=B0019&CID=PLA&gclid=CjwKCAjw7anqBRALEiwAgvGgm1opWvkR_NG6wyLzVIBCLKH2BI9Rfbq8F5GRdKbI1Q7mUXoxV5DT5xoCHN8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds $55. For me I tried so many fastpitch catchers mitts and none of them fit my hands...
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    How important are stats?

    I think it's a combination of the two things. Stats can be deceiving but they can also provide insight. There have been times when a girl is 0 for in a tournament but then I remember that she hit the ball hard almost every time and really got hit with a little bad luck. The inverse can be...
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    Mitt for bucket dad

    I just use a mens baseball catchers mitt. It works fine and it fits! I initially tried on so many softball mitts and none of them fit well. The mens catcher mitt works perfect.
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    dd want to move to pitch only

    Sounds like you're talking about my daughter. She's the most non athletic person you can imagine but somehow she's an outstanding pitcher. I never thought she would have a chance to be a college athlete but now that she's in high school my hopes have gone from total pipe dream to "well maybe...
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    the official “our High School Coach doesn’t have a clue about coaching” thread

    Maybe that's true for the kid who's got every pitch and every one of them has the same spin. I've seen those pitchers. For someone who's worked hard at getting good with one of those pitches that is not true. Mixing up a drop ball/rise ball when you can actually throw both well is very...
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    California High School/Travel Ball rules

    Thanks for the information/advice. Very helpful. I did find our CIF site. CIF-North Coast Section Looks like our start date is Jan 28 as well. I think what I'll do is schedule a get together once a month on Sunday for like an hour where we just toss the ball around and spend time together...
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    California High School/Travel Ball rules

    Hi, I coach my daughter's rec league travel ball team in California. Many of our players including my daughter are starting high school this year. I know there's rules about not playing on travel ball teams while the high school season is going on. Does anyone know where the exact rules...
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    Team Building Ideas For Rained Out Practices

    Our team just went to an escape room activity over the weekend. They had a blast. I have been twice and I enjoyed them as well. For those who don't know they put you in a room and you try to figure out a series of puzzles before the time runs out (typically an hour). If you figure it all...
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    Team Management Apps - What do you like?

    I've tried them all. We used to use one app for communication (Team Snap), a different app for storing pictures (Shutterfly Share Sites), and then GameChanger we used for stats. Last season we decided that was ridiculous and we eliminated the communication app and just did stats and team...
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