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    HS "Rebuilding" Strategy

    Good points, Cannonball, Sluggers...Full disclosure, I didn't hear the words from his mouth. No, he didn't have a meeting for all to hear the same thing so its always possible there is a misunderstanding. However, this coach has reputation for not always having a "filter" on his messaging, but...
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    HS "Rebuilding" Strategy

    HS coach drops by our last local 16s tournament last Sunday afternoon to "scout" the girls - some of which he's had on the HS varsity team for several years. TB team is an older 16s town team with mostly local girls, all of which will be HS seniors next year. HS program has enjoyed a decade+...
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    How To Let Go?

    Thanks. All good thoughts. To Sluggers-- No, she's not pushing my buttons. To the contrary. Part of her dilemma is she doesn't want to disappoint me. Which is not a good reason to continue. The linked article is spot-on about passion. Her level of passion for SB is waning compared to the...
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    How To Let Go?

    I'm sure this topic has been covered, but now its my turn...DD2 is considering quitting SB before the start of her Jr. year in HS (informal winter workouts start in 10 days). DFP readers that are all about college, college, college and believe HS ball is a waste of space and time can probably...
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    Making a Point -or- A Bit Harsh?

    Here is the background - Impromptu make-up non-conference HS Varsity game yesterday. Lots of rainouts in the early part of season and I guess the two coaches managed to organize the game to take advantage of nice weather. One relatively high quality organization (typically .800+winning%). DD...
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    Milestone and Teachable Moment

    DD just got her driver's license. Today's HS SB "Captains Practice" (upper Midwest so still indoors) will be the first time I or mom haven't driven her or supervised her driving to practice, games, etc. I coached her in Rec and TB before "retiring" so we've spent a lot of time together in and...
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    When To Tell HC We're Moving On?

    DD has decided that she does not want to continue with her current team (1st yr. 14U). No problem/negligible drama, nobody's PO'd, Wins/Losses aren't a problem. This isn't a grass-is-greener situation. She will be starting HS next year and wants to tryout with the more "local" org/team that...
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    SS Gave Up Interference Rule?

    No infield fly. It was clearly a line-drive type of trajectory. The momentary freeze happened at the crack of the bat. The hesitation and dropped ball happened because the infielder tried to avoid contact with the runner after the infielder attempted to play the ball - as both players and the...
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    SS Gave Up Interference Rule?

    To clarify...there was no contact, but the act of F6 coming back to the ball took her into the baseline and had she not hesitated and/or changed her approach to fielding the ball, there would have been contact. R2 did indeed pass in front of F6 while running to 3rd and stayed in the baseline...
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    SS Gave Up Interference Rule?

    Runners on 1st and 2nd, no outs. Looping line drive to F6 - one of those that at first look like a hard hit line drive, but really just have a lot of spin holding it up. F6 takes what amounts to a small drop-step (doesn't take multiple steps or really cover any ground other that the small step...
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    more high school problems - captains' practice

    It seemed to work have worked reasonably well for my 3 Dds over the years-especially when they were freshmen just to get used to the program and make connections with the upper classmen. As far as I know there wasnt any rule bending. The 6-8 coaches for the 3 teams took turns simply being the...
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    LL Big League Champs on ESPN

    Just tuned in and noticed all the bright smiling faces W/O masks on either infield or pitchers. Thoughts?
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    Daddyball (again)

    I fully realize there are self serving daddy ball (DB) coaches out there and we can tell horror stories all day. I've seen them too. It's also apparent to me that every family on a team has somewhat different motivations and most are in this to further their and/or DD's interests first - not...
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    "Challenging" Tournament Coming-Up

    We are a first year 14U local TB team with a 0.300 win/loss % headed to a tournament where we will see the very best teams in the area. We have shown brief flashes of brilliance but mostly this is a rag-tag assortment of average to average-minus kids (who are having a good time btw) trying to...
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    Building a U14 team from scratch

    And now, the rest of the story?
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