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    Whats your "Area" tradition or rule about what happens with OTF homerun ball?

    Usually I'd carry a couple of sanctioned good quality leaher new balls in the wagon. Once the HR ball was returned to play, I'd call time and ask Blue to mark the ball and I'd replace it with new after the game. In 21 years of coaching, I've never had one refuse other than about half of them...
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    What is the most difficult pitch to hit?

    The answer to the question in the title is simple. Any pitch that changes both planes...both North to South and East to West simultaneously. Thus, a cutter, drop curve, scrise, etc. would fit the bill. Now if you add a change up that acts like a cutter but is much slower, then you REALLY have...
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    Newbie Coach - LBR Rule Nuance Question

    Best option is what I tell my catchers. Number one is to recognize a big lead and call it out to let the entire infield know that a potential delay steal is on. Second thing is to have them call to the pitcher which direction they should move. i.e. If here's a big lead towards third from second...
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    lining field (pitchers circle template)

    I also use the long gutter spike because it's thick and will take the repeated abuse of pounding it in. The real reason I use it is because I don't have to bend over as far to pound it in the 2 inches or so. I'm getting too old for that cr@p!
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    lining field (pitchers circle template)

    I cut an old wooden broom handle around 4 feet or so and put a 2" drywall screw in one end. Then I drilled a small hole just above the screw and tied an 8' piece of mason's string with a small loop at the end. Pound in a long gutter spike in the center of the circle, throw the loop over it and...
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    What defensive positions are the hardest to fill for HS coaches?

    Outside of C and P, simple...SS
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    Signed your team up for a tournament BUT THEN...

    Yeah. we play there 3-4 times a year since we're only 2 1/2 hours away. It's a nice facility overall. All of the fields have a minimum of a turf infield. Some are all turf. When the sun's out, the temp on the all-turf fields can get to be 115 degrees or so, and when it rains, the outfields of...
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    Reverse “ Travel Parent” Mentality

    If she's getting some interest from MM (mid-major) D1 programs, are you doubting the college coaches judgment? It doesn't matter which level she ends up playting. Unless she is being specifically chosen to fill a hole or position that a Senior is leaving open by graduating, chances are, she will...
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    Pitching - Where to start?

    I got your point/points. Yes you acknowledged all of that. However, you didn't acknowledge my point of even the best athletes in any aspect of the game teaching poor mechanics because that's all they know and refuse to study what they actually do versus what was taught them; i.e. their...
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    Pitching - Where to start?

    For every rule. there's an exception. Just because Jenny Finch sill teaches HE Doesn't mean she pitches that way. Many who learned a particular way but do things much differently aren't always wrong. That's just all they know to teach since many won't continue to learn what they were able to...
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    Move up in length and weight...or just only one?

    Usually, this is due to 2 things. Either her swing mechanics aren't sound or she doesn't have the strength necessary to swing it. Usually, it's the mechanics. Not saying hers aren't good but I've had 86 pound 10U girls hit a drop 10 to the fence. Heck, I've had a hundred pounders hit an 11"...
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    Move up in length and weight...or just only one?

    Try and get her to a drop 10 ASAP. I'd go for a 29/19 if the swing mechanics are good and she's strong enough to handle a 2 ounce jump.
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    Black Friday deals 2022

    If anyone needs balls, Amazon has 12" leather dream seams on sale for $68 a dozen.
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    Life after softball

    DD started playing at age 5 in a coach pitch SP rec league. She moved through TB, HS and went on to play College Ball. She had to redshirt Sophomore year due to injury and the following year, the pandemic hit and the season was canceled. She continued for one more year and then decided to hang...
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    Guess why some female athletes making bank from new NCAA endorsement rules...Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

    Hey...some things never change. Sex sells, or at least the suggestion of it does. Male or female, it doesn't matter.
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