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    Hitting Faster Pitching

    Well we played up this weekend for our first 14u tourney with nothing but 05 and 06 players. Went from 15 strikeouts over 4 games last tourney to only 6 this one. The swing at everything except bad pitches really seemed to resonate with them. We actually won one of our pool games against a true...
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    Hitting Faster Pitching

    Well the time has come for my 12u team to venture into 14u. We are an 05 team but instead of hanging around 12u to try to play 06/07 teams, we want to face teams that we know are going to be a tough test. That being said, we will most definately see faster pitching. I am one of those coaches...
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    Leaning In

    My daughter has a lot of that. Most everything is to right field. Never, ever pulls the ball. She has good bat speed and great power for being 11, but always casting. She has good lower half, when she isn't bending over.
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    Leaning In

    Actually a little of both. Mainly over her front leg but it usually gravitates to over the plate as well. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
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    Leaning In

    Ok so my younger daughter has this really bad issue with leaning in/forward on pitches of any kind. On a tee, she has much better form and body control, but when it is time to hit live pitching, soft toss, front toss or any toss, her top half decides it wants to lean forward. I have never seen...
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    Proud day for DW and I!

    Just remember, the only classes that truly count for GPA according to NCAA eligibility are your core classes. They "throw out" the non-core classes to calculate your actual eligibilty GPA, to "level" the GPA playing field. Too many kids taking easy classes to get an A and boost their GPA.
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    Choosing a travel team for players who want to play in college

    Well from our personal experience, our daughter did all the recruiting legwork on her own. She asked for help along the way, but the emailing, choosing which camps to attend and all the correspondence has been all her. She has received an offer from a D1 school, all while in the middle of a team...
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    Regional snubs

    Dost my eyes deceive me??? NCAA Coaches Poll has my Gophers ranked #1??? Ahead of Florida, Oregon, and Florida State??? The coaches, meaning the ones who coach, see that Minnesota is #1, but the NCAA, who sits behind desks and merely watches, thinks the best they can come up with is #17...
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    USFA vs NSA vs USSSA

    Well in Eastern NC, NSA is nowhere to be found. Have to travel way west. U-Trip and Top Gun are big, and WFC was trying to make their way up here from SC, but looks like they may have failed. We try to play in TCS every now and then, but it is always a 3-4 hour hike to find a tourney (and the 4...
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    ODM On Deck Measurements

    We have had it done with D-Squared. It is pretty cool just to see where your DD measures up. Gives her a sense of what to work on.
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    Question On Emailing Coaches

    I agree with this 100%. Always thank them and then email them afterwards. It lets the coaches know who showed up for the camp and who showed up to be potential student athletes at the school. My DD has got into the habit of emailing every coach her skills video before she shows up to the camp...
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    Daily Catcher Drills

    I am looking for some daily catcher drills for my DD. She is 15, and IMO a very good catcher, but like most kids, her skills are use or lose. I really don't want her to just catch live pitching in the off-season, but I am having issues finding a skills program that we can do indoors/outdoors...
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    Eye Black Issue???

    Had a friend who is a parent of a 12u girl come up to me this past weekend and ask me a strange question about something that had happened. Her DD was told (by the umpire behind the plate) she was not allowed to wear eye black except for 1 stripe below each eye. Now most of these girls are far...
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    Advantages of Big Name Organization???

    I have already begun the recruiter parent role for her, but was wondering if colleges would pass because they don't see her playing with National organization.
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    Advantages of Big Name Organization???

    Does anyone have any experience either way? My DD plays on a local team who plays showcase tourneys, but I feel she won't get as many looks as she would if she was part of a big organization. Am I right about this, or is it possible to get noticed with a small local organization?
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