Recent content by gdthompson

Welcome to Discuss Fastpitch

Your FREE Account is waiting to the Best Softball Community on the Web.

Register Log in
  1. G

    Inside pitch

    I never understood the concept of hitting everything up the middle especially the inside pitch but I do know some hitting instructors teach it. I say if you can get the barrel on the ball and drive it who cares were it goes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. G

    USSSA Tournaments

    Same thing happened to my team twice last summer and we are also in PAE. It is not fun to work with that Director. We are trying to avoid USSSA tournaments next season when possible.
  3. G

    Need help!

    She went to another team where her friend was playing.
  4. G

    Need help!

    I am a second year 14U travel coach that apparently needs help judging girls (and parents) commitment and character. In August I had an outstanding pitcher commit to the team and then renege after three weeks. her parents seemed nice and commited. A simple email three weeks later she was...
  5. G

    interference or obstruction?

    I wasn't asking for a "valid response" I was relating a situation that occured. The ball was clearly playable. The play may not have been interference but certainly was not obstruction as she was making an initial play on a batted ball. Thanks for the "when I used to play" story.
  6. G

    interference or obstruction?

    A similar situation happened to my daughters 12U travel team during a USSSA tournament this year. Runners on 2nd and 3rd, our SS was attempting to play a line drive and had to stop to avoid hitting the runner coming from second base who was a very big girl. Obvious interference? The umpire...
  7. G

    Dropped Third Strike

    I coach in a 12U multi-community rec league. At today's league meeting some of the other coaches wanted to not use the dropped third strike rule. How do I convince the other coaches to keep this rule in the game? I believe it would be a great disservice to the girls to not teach them the...
See more

Latest posts

Members online

Total: 663 (members: 5, guests: 658)

Forum statistics

Threads
42,871
Messages
680,440
Members
21,551
Latest member
IBSoftballDad619

Share this page

Top