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    How to get balls dry during game? Any Tricks?

    Does anyone have a little trick on getting balls dry during the rain or early morning games other then a dry towel? Both of my daughters are pitchers (10u and 14u) and at most tournaments they use limited balls during the game. Three at the most. When it is raining or wet grass you are drying...
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    Another interference call

    10u travel ball. Runner on second and the ball is hit to the SS. SS takes 2 steps to her right and is set to field the ball and is run into by the runner. The play continues as if nothing happened. Hitter safe at first and runner safe at third. Umpire makes no call. Coach goes out to enquire...
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    Obstruction ruling.

    Dixie 12u girls fastpitch South Carolina State championship game, 2 outs and bases are empty. The batter hits it over the left fielders head, when running to first she run into the firstbaseman who is on top of the bag. The umpire raises his hand to signal obstruction and the runner continues...
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    Batter interference rule

    Daughter plays middle school ball played by high school rules in SC. Runner on 3rd , ball gets by the catcher the batter trys to get out of the way and gets out of the batters box half way towards the on deck circle. To make a long story short the batter is hit by the thrown ball from the...
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    Push ups for called third strikes

    I coach a very competitive 12u team. We generally finish in the top 3 of most tournaments we enter. I am just looking for some feedback on something we do. We make the kids do 10 push ups or run a lap for taking a called 3rd strike or missed sign. We dont run for errors or anything else. We...
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    How to stop a hiiter from lunging at the ball?

    Have a very strong hitter that started to lunge for the ball. Any tips or drills on correcting this? She is a very strong hitter and still hits it a long way but just cannot wait on the ball sometimes.
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    Incidental contact vs. Obstruction

    Sounds like it is open season on the base runners. You can throw the ball and hit them to complete the double play. And now you can run them over where ever they stand as long as you say you are going for the ball. Ha Ha Just being funny. It sounds like the correct call just making sure.
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    Incidental contact vs. Obstruction

    This play happen this weekend in travel ball. We are up to bat and have a runner on 3rd. Runner on 3rd has a small lead because of the catcher having a good arm behind the plate. The batter pops up a ball around the on deck circle on the 3rd base side. There are 2 outs so the runner on 3rd...
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    Determining home team in a tournament?

    In South Carolina, we flip twice. Once to see who will call it and then the real flip for home. We do this before every game in TB whether it is a pool or bracket game. In pool games you dont want to be home team. You want to bat first to get more at bat. Pool games are drop dead and...
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    Rocketech

    Bouldersdad is right its a specialty bat. I took my DD RT to work and weight it and it was 3 oz. heavier then it should be. She is hitting with a drop 6 with that bat. Know wonder she was have trouble getting in around. Other then the bat weight she has pretty good mechanics. She plays 12U...
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    Maybe no more Tournaments us

    Play TB on the East Coast in South Carolina (Charleston). Most teams are great. Some may smack your hand a little harder after a loss but most are good sports. They all get together on the mound after shaking hands and do a unity softball cheer. All is forgotten. I have a daughter in 10U...
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    Venting about our league

    In our area it just seems that the girls are just forgotten. We never seem to have umpires. The boys games on the other fields, they have have 2 umpires we just would like to have one. We play for a joint playground run by the city and a smaller public service district. They each blame the...
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    Out of the batter box rule

    How do you get the umps to call the batter out for making contact with the ball when they are out of the batters box? My team plays 12u travel ball and I have 2 pitchers who are not very fast (47-48mph) but throw alot of junk. These 2 pitchers get alot ground ball outs. To combat this the...
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    Know it all umpires

    Not arguing a call, just questioning and trying to get an explaination on a call. The ball is not foul just because it is in the batters box. If he would have said the ball was on the foul side of the line I would have said thank you and walked on. I know umpiring is a hard job. I have done...
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    Know it all umpires

    I am tired of these know it all umpires in travel ball. Some are so defensive you can t question any calls what so ever. I was coaching my daughters 12 u travel ball in Florence,SC. We were on defense and the opposing teams hitter it hit straight down and it was pretty muddy and it stuck...
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