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    Does your DD do a post when she attends college camps?

    As a parent who just went through this and have one daughter at a D3 school and a daughter just commit to a P5 school, it doesn't hurt to post camp pics with or without coaches, highlight vids at the camp, etc. As coaches start to see, then follow on Twitter/X (if they follow), and they have...
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    Big 10 softball

    Its purely a money and talent issue. The top talent in Big Ten schools back yards are leaving for warming weather, and the money schools in the other P5's are throwing at softball right now in the way they travel, their facilities, and now the NIL $ being tossed around, it will only get worse.
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    A Difference in Journey's

    Apologies for a long post....... It's amazing how a few decisions can be so impactful during the recruitment phase. I have two daughters who have gone through the recruiting process over the past 4-5 years, and its amazing the differences in their paths. My oldest daughter started playing at a...
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    The Spring Games '24

    22nd-28th for us. Legends and Hancock.
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    Careers for athletes?

    I have a daughter (Junior in college) currently playing ball and majoring in Kinesiology. She was deciding between AT (athletic training) and PT (physical training) as you have to choose one to get a masters. She's having second thoughts as AT isn't as rewarding as she thought it would be, plus...
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    Recruiting questions

    My 2025 is going through the process now. Everything you are doing is exactly what she should be. The coaches should 100% be involved. The only negative i see is the lack of relationships your coaches may have with the college coaches. That is a big thing. During games, when college coaches...
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    Rawlings Gold Glove Awards - College Softball

    Rawlings did a really cool thing for the college women by giving out Gold Gloves this year. One at each position per division. They put out some nice social media posts about it including a video with the announcements. We were absolutely stunned when my daughter's name appeared for the NCAA...
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    Anybody see this last weekend?

    100% intentional. Easy double play. The way the shortstop took the throw and immediately threw to third, this is practiced as well. Because the angle of the ball was dropping basically straight down at her feet, it was a minimal risk situation of a ball "squirting" away from her.
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    LS Meta?

    We are on our 6th, 7th, and 8th Meta's since 2021. Both of my daughters like the bat, but they develop rattles from the epoxy/glue coming lose at the end cap, but the more serious issues are when the internals let go and create very loud slapping sounds against the inside of the barrel. The...
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    University Closing - Season Cancelled

    Cardinal Stritch University, private D3 school in WI with many sports teams announced its closure at the end of the year.
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    University Closing - Season Cancelled

    They’ve been walking the line for the past few years….it was a matter of time. 300 students this year and with all the sports, approximately 120 of them were athletes. Unfortunately the school struggled in about every sport they participated in but it was a place to play for some that maybe...
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    Softball Twitter

    I don't believe recruiting on Twitter is going anywhere anytime in the near future. Until we start to see coaches leave, its where the kids need to be promoting themselves (not just softball, but all sports, school, community activities, etc). It's a great place to start putting yourself out...
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    Looking for a new fun practice drill/game- 10u travel

    Assuming they can catch fairly well and can throw, you can do relay lines.....3 kids in each line. Ball starts on one end, they throw to the middle, then the other end, back to the middle, then back to the start. Its a competition, but if tough properly, functions as a throwing, catching, and...
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    Skipping Tryouts This Year

    Make sure you are at least getting quality training while spending this money. As you mentioned there are so little "real professional coaching" in these organizations, the same can be said about of lot of these instructors charging money for poorly organized training and skill development.
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    Politics in College Ball

    My DD's college conference has a first team then an honorable mention team...22 players selected for the first team, and 16 selected for honorable mention.....i think it was designed to eliminate issues like the OP mentions. There is a mix of positions chosen, which allows for 3 short stops if...
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