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    Pitching with confidence

    From a pitcher's perspective: When I take the field as pitcher, I always want to be successful. The reality is, some innings or days, things just don't go the way a pitcher wants them to for whatever reason. I simply have an off day or an off couple of innings. It is the off times that can...
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    What do you think

    Recently on the team that I play for, the assistant manager is now the manager. I primarily play pitcher and catcher. What I am going through is this...the manager knows that I am effective as a pitcher when I have location and intent with each pitch. That is where I have been successful...
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    When Chanting becomes Unsportmanlike

    I was playing in a game on Friday night. I was getting into my motion and things were relatively quiet save for a couple of my teammates offering support. The support was broken by someone loudly saying from the opposition bench- you're pitcher is really bad (it was said in stronger words, but...
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    It was one of those games

    Hello everyone, It was one of those games last night. I had two good innings and then I struggled in the third inning. The fourth inning I came back reasonably strong pitching, but not to where I was in the first two innings. In the third inning, I found it difficult to locate pitches...
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    Suggestions for improving extension

    Hello everyone, There is one thing that I have been working on for a couple of weeks with my coach. I am working on extension through the ball. Sometimes at bat I do extend through and other times I don't. I am working to make extension consistant. Any suggestions to help would be...
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    How to overcome fear of being hit by the ball.

    How to overcome fear of being hit by a ball Hello everyone, As hitters, we are taught what to do for a fastball that gets in to close. This is another scenario where fear has a large role in the game and sometimes performance. I am a pitcher and have many times had line drives come...
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    What is the best way to cool down...

    Hillhouse, To each their own:-) After the game I had tonight, I needed the laugh. Magglio36
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    What is the best way to cool down...

    Hello everyone, I have read a lot on here about dynamic warm up before a practice. I do have an established practice that involves both a dynamic warm up and a cool down, especially if I have been throwing hard (good mechanics in mind). I was just curious of what many of you do after a...
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    Dangerous Warm up Drill?

    Dangerous Warm Up Drill Hello everyone, I agree with not stretching before the muscles are warmed up. Throwing from 50 feet is not a warm up and it is also dangerous on cold muscles. I cannot understand either how the coach finds it to be beneficial for someone to throw without using the...
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    razzing the pitcher in U10

    Hi everyone, I am a pitcher and I would like to share what happened to me during one game. A pitch came up short of the strike zone which I knew it was going to be called a "ball.' While I was getting ready for the next pitch, I heard a fan from the opposing team say in my direction "nice...
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    Best "Phrases" for teaching good hitting?

    One thing my coach tells me is to "see contact." Many, myself included, don't always keep their eyes on the ball long enough to see contact before looking out. Another one is "swing through the ball." In other words, "full extension." Lori
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    hitting for power

    Hello Scott and group, Thanks for the insight on feeling what is going on at the plate. What I feel when I am at bat is 1. my hands begin the motion (hands inside) and 2. the rest follows. You are right, what I don't feel probably as much as I should is the drive from the hips during the...
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    hitting for power

    Hello everyone, I am having an issue in games that I could use some help with. During practice, I hit very hard with someone pitching to me. When it comes to a game, I can identify the pitch location and take the same hard swing that I do in practice. However, the hit and the swing do not...
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    pitching issue

    Hello everyone, I ran into this in my game tonight. The first inning that I pitched, I did well. The second inning, I walked a couple and then started to lose command. Also in that inning, I gave up a home run. After that, I took a short walk around the mound to get my focus back, trying...
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    DD wimps out at the plate

    DD struggling at plate during a game Hello everyone, I have read a lot of good suggestions on this list so far and many have helped me in my game. Thanks to all. It is hard to "let go" of the thought that a strikeout is failure. Everyone has experienced one (or more) during a...
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