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    Pitching with Confidence

    Thank you to all for your suggestions and advice. I will support her, but in the end, she is the one who has to want it. Herbert, your assumptions are all correct. She has experienced more batted balls/errors at this level. More bothersome to her are the 3-2 pitches that used to be strike 3...
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    Pitching with Confidence

    You're welcome. I read your earlier post so I knew I would get one reply! As for the playing up, she had no choice. 10U club season ended in early June and our town could not gather enough 10U girls for a team. Her only choice was 12U. Due to her height, speed, strength, etc. I do not mind...
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    Pitching with Confidence

    How do you build confidence? My DD is 11YOA (5'2") and completing her 12U summer travel season (playing up, still 10U eligible). She has been pitching for 15 months. Yesterday her fastball was gunned at a steady 45, with a few 46-47. In the early going, she struggled with control, but has...
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    Bunting - Rule Question

    This evening in my DD's 12U Town Travel game a girl on the opposing team bunted. When she dropped the bat it struck the ball a second time as the bat was falling to the ground. The umpire called the ball foul, due to the bat touching the ball a second time, but then awarded the batter first...
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    "Run her over!"

    I am an AC on my DD's 12u summer town travel team. We are a B team and played in a town travel tournament over the weekend. On Sunday we were the 8th seed and played the 9th seed. Our team is mostly 1st year 12u players and a handful of girls who are still 10u eligible, but playing up. The...
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    Coach vs. Catcher Calling Pitches

    My DD's 12U town travel team is about to start playing games. I am an AC and DD is a pitcher. She throws a fastball and change-up. As far as pitch location goes, she has two: strike and non-strike. :) What is the best way to call the change-up? Should I give signal to catcher, who then...
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    DD getting hit while pitching..

    So, is evoshield the recommended one? My daughter uses a Rip-it Facemask and the Evoshield. I recommend both for any pitcher. The Evoshield is kind of like body armor. It molds to your DD's chest and lower back. It provides more chest protection than the typical heart guard and the lower...
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    Change up

    My 11YO DD uses the flip change. Her PC tried several different CU's and thought the flip change worked best. PC told me the CU would make her fastball faster and it did. During practice if she throws several CU's the next fastball is like a bullet. She is still working on going back and...
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    DD getting hit while pitching..

    I feel your pain. Same thing happened to my daughter a few weeks ago. She pitches on a 10u club team and rec team. During a rec game, a girl ripped a line drive right back at her. I won't say she caught it. More like it got lodged between her forearm and abdomen. She was upset and...
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    Rocketech

    AHiggins - I was laughing when I read your post. Do you know how many slow rollers back to the pitcher and weak fly balls I have watched her hit this year? Too many. As much as I love watching her hit with the RT in practice, I am going to have her try the lighter bats mentioned above. Most...
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    Rocketech

    My DD plays on a 10u club team. She is 11yrs old and is tall for her age (5'2"). At the start of the season she was swinging a 30" RT. At the request of her hitting coach we upgraded to the 31" RT. Both bats are older models (2006). She loves the RT because of the pop when she hits the...
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    Different Pitching Distances/Ball

    Thanks to everyone for their input. I have been reading this forum for a few weeks and really appreciate how positive and helpful everyone remains in their replies. This evening my DD pitched two innings at 12"/40. Her second pitch ended up at her feet :), but once she settled down she did...
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    Different Pitching Distances/Ball

    My 11 YO DD has been pitching for a little over a year. For the last 8 months she has worked with a PC once a week and has made very nice progress. She throws hard, but as a result struggles with consistency from outing to outing. She is presently playing on a 10U Club Team that is playing in...
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