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  1. J

    Need help with a question from a friend.

    My daughter just started 9th grade and last year was her first experience with HS ball. She played for the JV for a school with one of the worst teams in the district. I already see big problems coming with the coach and some of the parental involvement with the varsity team. The coach is...
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    how do you catch a softball???????

    Reptition, repitition, reptition and some individual instruction. Kinda seems like you have girls that haven't practiced or played or been coached up nearly enough. How experienced are you as a coach? How much do you practice each week? The best time to work on throwing is to coach them up...
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    Where to stand in the batters box?

    I'm not expert but I definitely don't like the advise to stand in the back of the box for anything but slap hitting. I think it is a good idea to cheat towards the front of the box if you plan to sacrifice bunt.
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    Reverse Hand Hitting Drills

    Ahh. Now I get it.
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    Reverse Hand Hitting Drills

    What am I not getting? I see these videos where the girl is supposedly reversing the top and bottom hand on the bat but they actually are not. Right hander with left hand on bottom and right hand on top is normal to me. Am I not seeing this correctly?
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    Outfield Throwing Help

    Thanks for the comments: Amy: No, she is not stepping through all the time. I have been working on that too. Raising the elbow above the shoulder on the throw is the main thing I am trying to get her to do. She has the hardest time with that part. Hollyrockartist: I like that visual. I...
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    Cut off plays and relays

    Well that is kind of my point. You have to be an alert, aggressive fielder for that throw. You have to have it in your thoughts and habits and recognize the play. Our girls are just not being taught the concept. It is not up to the coach to tell them to throw to first the girls have to...
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    Outfield Throwing Help

    My daughter has a really tough time getting out of the habit of throwing the ball from her shoulder rather than making a good straight overhand throw. Her throw becomes more of a shoulder push and it is very distinctive. Nobody on any of her teams comes close to that motion. Her hand is about...
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    Cut off plays and relays

    I talked to my daughters coach and she said the home cutoffs are as follows: Down the lines 1B and 3B respectively cut the throw to home and the pitcher cuts everything up the middle which leaves 1B backing home usually. Pitcher backs home on down the line plays. This may not be it exactly but...
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    Cut off plays and relays

    When you say correcting the overhand throw do you mean getting the girls to throw overhand properly? I have a devil of a time getting my daughter to throw overhand. She has the a habit of not getting her hand above her shoulder and pushing instead of slinging the ball overhand. I have brought...
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    practice good game bad

    Let me throw this out there because I see a lot of it. Not accusing you but I have been guilty of this too so don't be offended. Are you hanging around the dugout talking to her before she bats giving her instructions? When she gets up to bat does she hear your voice saying "keep your head in...
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    Correcting throwing (not pitching) issues

    My daughter has a bad problem with dropping the elbow. You mean hold the object there while she throws? That seems a little difficult. How about if I tape a piece of foam under her arm pit.
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    Cut off plays and relays

    We usually have someone backing up first, I guess that would be the catcher with nobody on base or the pitcher. But wild throws are just that, wild, so there is still a chance of it getting past the backup. My point is you have to recognize if your players are skilled and alert enough to make...
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    Dad too demanding on daughter

    We have a parent of a girl on my daughters travel team who is way too involved every time gets up to bat. He gets really worked up and yells at her to "bust one" or gets really critical when she swings at a bad pitch and gives instructions to her. She hasn't hit well at all so far and I know...
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    Cut off plays and relays

    Thanks a lot everybody. Ken, you laid it out pretty much how I see it. MTS, I hear ya but I guess we need a very active, athletic first baseman and you can't cover everything. I guess that is where the experience and judgement of the girls take over. You are just going to have to make a...
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