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    Looking for a new fun practice drill/game- 10u travel

    My 10U and below teams used to play foxtail. A single flag football ribbon with the belt rotated so it hung like a tail. Start the team evenly spaced around a circle or square and on go, they try taking each other's ribbons. Last one with a tail wins. Also liked the relay races standing in lines...
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    Skipping Tryouts This Year

    Thanks for the responses. As I shared in a DM there are so many travel teams and so little real professional coaching in the organizations. There are so many clubs in the area going through a constant reorganization, new coaches, new teams and we'd probably be ahead of the curve if she focused...
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    Skipping Tryouts This Year

    There are a number of things in play. First, her academics are by far the priority. At times she's had to miss fall practices because of school work and coaches have said to be ok with it, but I could tell they weren't happy. Also, the instruction and training given in many cases has been...
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    Skipping Tryouts This Year

    My DD will start her HS sophomore year in a month and her schedule is heavy with Honors level courses. She is a pitcher/slap hitter and played up with a 15UB team where she's got the 2nd highest AVG hitting and is #1 pitcher. She even subbed on an 18U A level team and held her own...
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    Assisted Stretching

    Agree 100% with assisted stretching pushes beyond comfort and could lead to injury. Adding: not enough focus on abductor strength and range of motion applied to warmups.
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    Spin

    If the pitchers are asked what pitches they throw, a common response may be "rise, change, curve, drop" and you may only see them use a rise, change, curve. Listen to the announcers and every other pitch is a screwball. This lack of knowledge from even the most seasoned announcers is bad for the...
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    Can I Make the HS JV Team with Almost No Prior Experience?

    My DD plays for a HS team that has a 12 player roster for V and JV. One girl that didn't make either team is in a similar situation with experience and became the JV team manager. I think being a team manager might be worth pursuing. Being around the team and coaches would develop familiarity...
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    Jordyn Bahl

    It doesn't look like she's putting crazy effort into the push, but the drive foot ends up 6' from where it started so it may be an illusion.
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    DD has decent locations, but everyone hits

    I love this. Exceptionally fast pitchers in 10U are typically effectively wild, the best throw 50% strikes, strike out the same number of batters they walk and rarely get hit. If they run into a team that does start hitting them, the wheels come off the train and it turns into "the wild wild west".
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    Jordyn Bahl

    Back to the basics, outside of leaping or what I would consider Jordy's drag foot momentarily losing contact with the ground, what do you see that sets her mechanics apart from other NCAA pitchers? My DD and I sat back and made an effort to break down JB's mechanics. For one, she's leaving the...
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    High school softball

    I agree college scouts look at how athletes compete against similar skilled players in travel ball to better gage talent. Though the player bios on college rosters will list lengthy HS stats then mention played for blah blah travel team. So HS seasons must bear some relevance.
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    High school softball

    The IHSA season starts end of February and DD's travel ball coach has practices scheduled through April. How many girls are practicing with their HS and travel ball teams until the drop dead date?
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    high school softball season

    DD's participating in HS softball conditioning twice a week. Same 2 days she practices with her travel ball team. Once the IHSA season starts in late Feb, I think she'll have to commit to one of the team practices and almost certainly will go with the HS team. Has anyone else tried attending HS...
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    Spring break HS Tournament

    DD's HS has had a couple pitchers go DII but that's about it. There are always a few DI players scattered about the conference so we'll see how this all shakes out in the spring. Her team is doing offseason conditioning earlier than usual I believe and that's a good sign. Hopefully the trip to...
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    Pitcher Pregame Warmup Timing

    Usually DD will go through her warmup a little faster than she should and say everything is working. Then she'll start the game and everything is obviously not working from my perspective. Last game played, she came into the 5th inning from the outfield with bases loaded, 1 out and no pregame...

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