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    D3 and NAIA Recruiting

    There seems to be a relatively common belief that NAIA is below D3 in terms of playing level. Not true. At all. NAIA would be more comparable to D2 and in some cases D1 depending on the school. The NAIA doesn't have the same funding/scholarship limits as the NCAA does. In the NCAA...
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    Need advice on whether to move teams..

    Not to pile on, but I definitely agree with the others that it's your responsibility to help her on hitting away from practice. Her not hitting in tournaments doesn't have anything to do with what they do or don't do in practice. And I think it is a good thing that the coaches don't use a...
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    Mental block?

    This is a tough situation but certainly not uncommon. I will offer my two cents and let you do what you want with it. Sounds very much like she is over-thinking at the plate. You said she is ripping it in the cage but isn't hitting against live pitching with what you see as pretty much the...
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    Cindy Bristow on coaching female athletes

    This is the writer/editor in me speaking but I am pretty sure on #1 she meant "pleasers" instead of "pleasures." :)
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    properly addressing rules with umpires

    This rule is way too confusing for 99% of Dixie Youth umpires. Many do well to remember what balls, strikes, and outs are. But the very last statement you c/p from the rulebook says it all: When the word "judgment" is involved, good luck getting anywhere. I think the best you can do is ask...
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    Hitting the riseball thread is closed

    Tom, I understand what you're saying. At the same time, though, why can't people respectfully disagree? I think that hitting threads that turn into anatomy-measuring sessions also limit the usefulness of any site. I still read, try to learn, etc., in any good hitting thread. But the hatred...
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    Hitting the riseball thread is closed

    Oh yeah, and I think this statement is dead-on. I know I have learned things from people on both sides of the debate. I also have limited experience working with kids, but common sense tells me that you can't force them into a one-size-fits-all swing because there are such varying degrees of...
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    Hitting the riseball thread is closed

    Thanks Ken, I will keep that in mind, especially since we are in the process of trying (that being the key word) to help my DD take her swing to the next level.
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    Hitting the riseball thread is closed

    MarkH, been there so many times I can about tell you which FP hitters have clips up there off the top of my head. Love that site and wish he had even more softball clips.
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    Hitting the riseball thread is closed

    Ken, it's not that I am reluctant to post so much as it is I am still trying to learn all I can and separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak. I'm nowhere near being able to do that so I don't have much of use to contribute to any hitting conversation :D
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    Hitting the riseball thread is closed

    As a frequent reader but rare responder in many of those threads, I have one question. Why does it always degenerate into an internet urination contest? Me personally, I found a LOT of useful information in that now-84 page thread over at Baseball Debate...a lot of stuff to make me think and...
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    DD working on the tee

    Like the other two posters said, there is some noticeable bat drag. That's probably why her hands seem slow to you. When the back elbow leads the hands as much as it is doing with her swings here, it takes the hands a lot longer to get into the hitting zone. It also might just be the angle...
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    Ever felt kinda embarrassed winning a tourney?

    Sluggers' replies may have been about as subtle and tactful as a punch in the stomach, but don't let that cloud his point because it's a good one. I've been told things before, both on this message board and others, that I didn't want to hear in ways I didn't want to hear...but needed to hear...
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    Some advice needed.

    That post makes me shake my head in disbelief. And pity. And several other things.
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    Keeping stats

    This is along my lines of thinking. Stats are used solely for the coaches' purposes and their purposes alone. We do not give out stats to the girls or their parents. As another poster said, that's asking for trouble. I'm most interested in OBP and contact percentage at our age (young 12u)...
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