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    Coaches, tell me how you handle pool play.

    Lobster Birch I didn't realize you have a 12U daughter, my youngest is playing 12U in the Seattle area, chances are we have been to the same parks. I find that this depends on the philosophy and goals of the coaching staff. It is important to have them spell this out to you prior to signing up...
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    Suggestions for foot protection during pitching practice

    I invested in a pair of shin guards about a year ago when DD #2 started pushing over 50+ MPH and it was the best softball investment I ever made. I'm not the worlds best catcher and have a hard time fielding the drop balls that hit the plate. The shin guards I got have a toe protector so I...
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    You win now but how about later?

    We have a few of those coaches around here. I am coaching my DD #3's 10U TB team, early in the season the pitching we saw wasn't the best an we could have had a ton of walks. Instead we told the girls every at bat find something you can hit even if it is a ball or so out of the strike zone. Be...
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    Summer Heat Strategies

    We use a 5 gallon beverage cooler, fill it half full with ice and then fill up with water. Everyone throws their cooling towels into it. I don't allow them to ring them out in the cooler as the water would get pretty gross quickly. My 10U team usually empties it by the end of a long hot day...
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    Monday brag 6-12-17

    DD#3 played in her first 10U A state championship tournament, I'm the head coach. They went 4-2 against some very good teams, and took home a 2nd place trophy at the end of a 12 hour day which started @ 5:45AM. I think I was more tired than she was at the end of the tournament. Very proud of...
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    Advice on All Star Decisions, please

    Our local LL encourages it. They will cover one tournament fee for each All Star age group. The teams usually try to play one after their first full week of practice. The team has to buy a T shirt for the tournament they can't wear their LL jersey and the insurance. If you can find the right...
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    Pitcher's toe drag

    Riseball, can you elaborate a little bit on "Start with the shoulders and work down toward the hips". What should I be looking for? Thanks.
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    Pitcher's toe drag

    I have a 10 year old daughter that is leaping and then turns her foot and drags the hole thing sideways. Someone on this board had posted a very good suggestion. It was to drag her toes in the dirt like she was trying to wipe off a really bad toe nail polish, she got this. I also took some...
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    Thoughts on walk up music

    At HS games it can be kind of fun and cool. For some reason though I really can't stand it at TB tournaments. I do like to play music at practices from time to time and I don't mind it when teams play music during warm ups at TB tournaments as long as it isn't to loud. You will see walk up...
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    Do you prefer to rotate subs or sit girls for an entire game

    This is a great question to ask a coach when you are selecting a team to play on. Middle DD is the #1 pitcher on her 14U team. They bat the whole team all the way up to the final few tournaments of the year and even then they work all the girls into the game somehow. All the girls rotate...
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    HS pitching and parenting

    Dusty, I once thought that way until a HS coach explained to me her rationale for it. She said the pitcher in question had a very good drop ball for an out pitch, or weak ground ball out but if it wasn't working she would struggle with pitch count for the game anyway, so if she could find her...
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    HS pitching and parenting

    Add basketball games to that list. I can coach 10U TB team 5-6 games on a weekend but one BB game and I don't have much of a voice left over. I am one of these dads that coached LL as a necessity but grew to love it and searched for all the information and advice I could get, 8 years later I am...
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    Very Simple - Yes or No

    We almost always play tournaments on these holiday's
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    Lineups and position change tracking

    After the tournament schedule comes out I will prepare a spreadsheet and get feedback from the Asst. coaches. Come game time one of the asst. coaches then prepares the Magnetic board for positions each inning and sets the line up for each game. This is for a 10U team, I couldn't imagine not...
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    Lineups and position change tracking

    I have used an excel spreadsheet that was passed around our LL for years if you PM me with your email I would be happy to send it to you. I still use it for my TB teams.
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    Need help with USSSA forced move

    in 10U in our state (WA) there are only a few "A" teams and a bunch of "B" teams, however most of the USSSA tournaments are open (except for the state tournament), meaning that both A and B play together if there are enough teams in the tournament they will brake the teams into Gold, Silver and...
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    Skip practice for private pitching lesson.

    I have 3 DD’s, two play TB and one swims 5 days a week year-round (hung up her softball cleats this year, very sad day) . I coach my youngest 10U travel ball team as well, so I know where you are coming from. Hopefully they informed you ahead of time they were going to miss practice for a...
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    Hitting/pitching league

    There is certainly a need for something like this. My DD #2 and I were just talking about needing to get more live hitting in this evening. She is having a timing issue and needs to see more live pitching, but not a lot of opportunities to do so other than in tournaments. She hates the...
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    Make it Your First Friday Check in 3/3/2017

    DD #3 hung up her cleats this year and is doing track and swimming :( . DD #2 is playing an outdoor tournament Mom is taking over getting her to and from tournaments this year. DD #3 has her first 10U tournament of the spring, this one is indoors, a couple hours from home so we are traveling...
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    Back hand/flip change

    My girls all learned the horseshoe grip first as it was easier to throw. My 13 year old just added a flip change as her horseshoe is more like an off speed pitch, where as she can really take it off on the flip change not sure why this is really. The horseshoe grip comes in at 8-9 MPH off, the...

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