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    How do you interpret this note from a coach?

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    Posting team and individual game stats for the players to review

    I am having a debate about team/individual stats and whether they should be available for the players to see after every contest, whether it be preseason, fall season, or during the season. Is this a valuable tool, or negative coaching? Is it motivation or condemnation? Is it acknowledgement of...
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    High school coach calamity

    I think many of you have misunderstood the intention of my post. I am not whining about my student not doing well. I have been in the game long enough to know things happen. My point was that as coaches our responsibility is to manage the team we have and to use our resources in the best way...
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    High school coach calamity

    I just went to a game in the quarter finals of a state tournament. On one team is a junior pitcher I train who is their starter. On the other team is a freshman pitcher I also just started training who is their number 2, (their number one is a senior). The freshman was put in center field...
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    Pocket Radar

    I have had one for about a year and I also have a Stalker Sport, which is the one used by major league baseball scouts. It is accurate to 1/10 of one mph. When I hold up the Pocket Radar and the Stalker they either read the same or within one mph of each other. I don't know of any guns that...
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    14yr old DD - looking for advice and comments

    I use a plate with a mat and I think it helps pitchers with positioning and feel. More importantly though, her glove side is not helping her with her drive, as it should. Both arms should swing back and then thrust forward simultaneously for balance and an extra amount of counterweight...
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    Cuurveball advice

    Teaching a curveball is important, but I think having a screwball first is the best way to go. The screwball is an important pitch for a number of reasons. First, it can and is thrown as one of the pitcher's fastest pitches. It can also be thrown off speed. It works well against bunters...
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    From control to command?

    I have been reading everyone's comments on the importance of the pitcher learning how to command each pitch to go where they intend to throw it. But none of you have talked about how a pitcher controls the pitch or what they do to make the ball go inside, or outside, high or low. As Sluggers...
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    Position for gun

    Pitchmom: I have owned a Stalker sport radar gun for a very long time and have used it in training in the past. Most guns come with two settings, peak speed and continuous reading until you release the trigger. Peak speed measures the speed of the ball as it is released from the hand which is...
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    11 Year Old - Opinions Please

    WiZ: First off, I agree with Sluggers that there is far too much energy wasted on motion that does not relate to anything. Just have her put the ball on her right side, bend forward, bending her knees and leaping out with the force she has already. I don't believe she needs that big back...
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    Pticher upper body has matured affecting mechanics

    Pitcherdad: I'm not sure I understand what you mean about bending the head and upper body back in an attempt to free her arm. If on the stride she opens correctly and lands the front foot when her arm is at 3:00, going past the ear should not be an issue regardless of her size. Keeping the...
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    Pitching Technique for The Beginner - Which technique?

    Zul77: For beginners, the first thing to learn is the correct motion, and the second part of this is the correct timing. A pitcher that throws straight fastballs high generally has a timing problem which can produce a weight shift over the front leg and a late release point. I would not teach...
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    When Did You Know?

    It started with a dream Jacketsfan: When my daughter was 10, she was playing in a girls baseball league. The head of the league called to tell me she was being removed from the league because she hit too hard and the other parents were afraid for their daughters. They then put her in the...
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    screwball issue

    CoachJV: Generally, when a screwball becomes what I call "too big" it has more to do with the travel of the hand as it releases the ball. Whether your pitcher is twisting the ball like a doorknob or turning her hand in and letting the ball roll off the gap between her index and thumb while...
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    help with "partial sidearm"

    Fastpitch91: You are wrong to try to shorten and lower her stride in order to allow her stride foot to touch down when her arm is at 12 o’clock. The correct timing is for her stride foot to touch down when her arm is at 3 o’clock. I do not believe this is her problem though. After looking...
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