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    Coach chooses to bat 9

    A lot of coaches just don't know how to use dp/flex for competitive advantage. Since the DP is a free defensive substitution for any other player why not consider always listing your 9th best hitter as the do? That way the flex might split at-bats with them strategically based on the game...
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    Where to start?

    More than anything else - MAKE THIS FUN FOR THEM SO THEY KEEP COMING BACK The focus at this age for me is eye-hand coordination and learning how to use your body. Kids hate standing around and waiting for anything so I turn everything into a contest: - ball bounce: hold a bat in one hand and...
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    Medina/Kobata fielding

    I just re-watched the Kobata fielding DVD. It is dated with low production values, but solid instruction. To the uninitiated coach it looks like basic drills. To the more trained eye there is a lot of nuance in what he teaches on footwork when fielding the ball and making plays at the bases...
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    Online drill library?

    The softball drill book. A collection put together by several college coaches, and very good. It is a book, not online. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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    Do you coach for speed?

    We do speed and agility work as part of our dynamic warm-up routine. Eliminate static stretching from pre-practice and pre-game routines and replace with high energy, explosive drills. Same amount of time, much better results. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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    What National Tournaments?

    When they get a couple years older consider the Canada cup. It is a very different event, featuring The top women's national teams from around the world in the top bracket. This year Firecrackers-Rico won the 19u futures and Chinese Taipei won the 16u showcase. The weather is great in Vancouver...
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    Drills for 3rd base

    First Kobata. Then, if speeding up reaction time is a goal a simple drill we use is to set up a pitching machine and have the player make plays against it. Start even with the bag, make the first play coming in and left, the next play in and right, getting closer each time. Speed up the pitch...
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    little help please

    Buy their DVD. Best $40 you will ever spend. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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    Blocking

    For our 14-18u catchers we go in the batting cage with a hitter that executes a bunt, intentionally missing the ball on every pitch. The machine is set to throw low, it's natural variation ends up with a combination of balls that arrive in the fly, with a short skip or slightly longer hop...
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    Outs by a catcher

    We try to shut down the running game before it gets started. Most coaches are looking at catcher throw downs during pregame and between inning warmups. We train our catchers to be very aggressive in the warmups, making quick, hard throws back to the pitcher. The last warm-up pitch is always a...
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    Playing in Italy and Spain

    We took an 18u team to Vancouver for the Canada Cup last summer and had a great experience. Next summer we want to head back there, and then possibly go to Spain and/or Italy to play against Junior national level teams. Has anyone done this and can you suggest any in country contacts? Level of...
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    Buying a pitching machine

    We use a Bata machine that has two independent wheels. It is much better than our jugs machines for several reasons. It never jams like jugs does. Batters can time the pitch much more consistently than with a jugs because of the way the feed ramp works. One wheel can be set to throw a change...
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    Bunting hand position

    Natasha Watley was a pretty ok bunter. Her hand position gives her great bat control and her footwork dropping a bunt for a base hit is not bad either. She is our model bunter for 14-18u. Right or left handed, we drive all of our players to become adept at sacrifice, suicide, "sneaky", push...
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    Rebuilding High School Program

    100% agreed. We use Kobata for defensive foundation and Matt Lisle for hitting. The drills in the book are mostly complimentary to those foundation elements and are not randomly selected. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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    Catcher-Specific Stretches?

    All that and we send them video clips from "Rocky". Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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