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    "Competetive" Softball Drills

    It all depends what you're trying to do and how much space their is. I like to break my girls into 4 groups of 3 and give them scenarios, runner on 2nd 1 out, up by 2 and the coaches hop in to make it more competitive. If we are indoors we have 2 groups of 6, set up a full infield when we can...
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    2 Requests

    I think I understand the drill, I have a couple players I try out new drills with and I do them myself. I just seem to be missing something, maybe at point of contact, maybe in the grip. But even I generally just feel discomfort when doing the drill.
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    2 Requests

    I also believe that that gadget is $200, seems crazy.
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    2 Requests

    First request is can someone please show me the hands for the reverse top hand drill? I find it very difficult to see in the video as the gloves at the bat are all black. Second request is what drills is everyone using to teach hitting behind the batter?
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    Obstruction called on a play at 1st.

    Same call as the World Series play.
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    Situations

    With 12 girls on a team, divide them into 4 groups of 3. Warm up your pitchers and catchers. Write out situation you want to work on down with the score of the game. When one of the groups comes in have them grab X amount of situations, usually a quarter of the situations. Set the situation...
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    Scrimmages...to score or not to score?

    I keep score but only as a way to predict what the other players will do in the future. As I use Iscore every time a batter we have faced comes up I know where they hit the ball. It also allows me to see who's been doing well lately and who hasn't, basically the hot or not theory. We play...
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    "Go get her!"

    What would the head coach do if he was told? Go the the UIC and say what? You have an umpire telling all the other umpires I have a pitcher who throws an IP and he exuberantly said to go get her? Could it possibly be a group of younger or less experienced umpires? Like all other habits, if they...
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    First College Exposure

    I love this stuff. I have a 15U team with no juniors where a few players wanted to go to the exposure tournament in St. Louis. Now my team this time last year was not strong, we added in the spring, and now we are a decent team (still looking for one more pitcher). When I asked my girls what...
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    Coach calling 1st pitch changeup

    I tell my pitchers to be able to throw their change up all the time, that I need their change up to be just as good as their fastball. My 14U team beat a state champ last year with a pitcher who only threw fastball/change up and we threw that pitch a ton. We won the game throwing consecutive...
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    Pitchers

    It's not even that there are bad pitchers trying out...there are no pitchers. I know the 16U elite teams are struggling. I had one coach tell me he cut his #3, pitched 5 innings for him last year, didn't top out over 50, get an offer to pitch her first tryout for a good team in the area...
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    Pitchers

    It might just be me, but if you're 14 or 15 playing up at that level for "exposure" you're insane. Unless you throw 60+ no great college is going to look at you. On top of that, unless you hound the coach relentlessly, unless you are a junior they cannot even contact you. I just don't see why...
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    Pitchers

    I have been is discussion with a ton of other coaches from top tier teams to lower tier teams, everywhere in between. My question is, where have all the 16U pitchers gone. I've heard teams, solid A teams, offering girls that don't throw 50 with the wind behind them. I know I'm frustrated...
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    Runner on 2nd, less than two outs bunt defense

    Work the ball on the 1st base side with 1b crashed, ball has to be pitched to that side. 3b stays home and the plan is to have them either pop it up or bunt it to 1b so the fielder can crash forward, apply the tag, then throw to third. If the runner does anything other then stop or go forward...
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    Windy City Ice Tryouts

    Yes we do, I'm not sure of his name right now as I generally work with the 14 and 16u but I will get his information.
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