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How do you survive winter in the cold weather states?
We take a few weeks off than go into some light workouts and back to basics: breaking down throws, proper fielding positions, flat gloves, and our biggest thing we work on IQ (lots of conversations and quizzes about how to play specific situations.- doublesteal
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Lack of speed & agility is concerning...
It really depends on the team and coaches and what they focus on. Last season we had 3 maybe 4 fast girls a few average girls and few slow girls. This season we had 6 returners 3 of them were our faster players, 3 were considered slower last season, 1 of them who was considered slow but a smart...- doublesteal
- Post #31
- Forum: Being a Softball Parent
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Monday brag 10-16
This weekend our girls played our first tournament after the death of our assistant coach and they were unstoppable!! They scored 73 runs over 6 games (I don't think we scored that many in the last 2 tournaments combined), everything was firing on all cylinders. They won the championship and the...- doublesteal
- Post #10
- Forum: Shameless Parent Brag Post Forum
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Our Amazing Softball Community
We have all read the stories online about the reach of our softball community. Let me tell you how great the softball world is first hand. A little over a week ago one of our Assistant Coaches suddenly passed away, he was a young healthy guy with 3 young kids, nobody know what happened just...- doublesteal
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Buying a pitching machine
We bought a First Line one (pretty much a cheaper jugs version). For the last 2 seasons the only time we really pull it out is for tryouts and to sometimes feed fly balls.- doublesteal
- Post #15
- Forum: Softball Hitting Practical
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Outfielders
One of my coaches when I was younger used to tell us all the time "A bad infield will hurt you, but a bad outfield will kill you". As a 12 year old I would roll my eyes the older I got the more I realize how true it was. A ball gets by the IF its a single but a ball gets by the OF its extra...- doublesteal
- Post #54
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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How to increase infield communication?
We make our girls do it during practice when we run situations. We will tell them the runners and outs, we make them yell out the plays and outs than we hit. Making them do it during practice helps it translates to games. It also allows us to help work out situations where they may not know...- doublesteal
- Post #6
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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letting kids play other sports
I've coached on a few age levels 12u - 18u (not elite level ball but A & B). I always encouraged my athletes to participate in other sports. Our rule with other sports is Tournament ball your main priority, if we have practice and your other team has practice you come to ours, if we have...- doublesteal
- Post #37
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Netflix....... All Stars
such an under-rated movie.- doublesteal
- Post #4
- Forum: Being a Softball Parent
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SS and 2nd depth
At the start of last season our SS was 2 paces behind the baseline, we were getting beat on those damn bloopers. We moved her back to 4-5 steps behind the line (once we got her to start charging the slow rollers it was a good fit). She was getting the bloopers and getting to the balls hit in the...- doublesteal
- Post #19
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Being trown out of game
I wish this was true. My AC is a big guy 6'7 and big build, he seems to be able to say what he want and never gets even a warning. Me 5'6 female, if in the same game I question something I get a warning. The one game I got tossed from, my coach had an argument with the umpire in the first inning...- doublesteal
- Post #22
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Being trown out of game
I was tossed for the first time this past season after 8 years of coaching. Listen i'm not going to lie there are times I've made comments to an umpire and maybe I should have been tossed and wasn't. This time I was tossed because opposing teams catcher was sitting on the plate with no ball I...- doublesteal
- Post #5
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Vocal Player
I personally love chatter, I always encourage it. The girls never really understood why I was always telling them to talk. During the winter one of the local college did a clinic with our girls their during the fielding portion their girls were cheering our girl on the whole time (good play...- doublesteal
- Post #7
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Rec/All-Star Teams
I guess it depends on the area there are no restrictions in our area as long as you play in a percentage of the games during the season. In fact the one organization has a team that plays A level tournament all fall, winter, spring and summer - they split them up between the team for the...- doublesteal
- Post #11
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Playing Up. Hurtful or Helpful
Thanks guys. I am of the idea to keep them at 12u. I think it would be different if just 1 or 2 of the players were playing up but the jump would mean 5 girls playing up. I think it would be more hurtful than helpful to them I just wanted to see if I was in the wrong way of thinking before I...- doublesteal
- Post #20
- Forum: Coaching Softball
