Building her list will take a little time and research, but it is an important exercise. The time spent with the web searching will let her explore the info about different colleges, including locations, majors, programs, coach backgrounds, and where the girls on the softball team roster come...
JAD - I wanted to thank you for sharing so much on this forum, your experiences with your daughter are very helpful to my daughter (2021 LHP) who is targeting high-academic schools for engineering. She is taking the ACT next weekend, as coaches are asking for scores and she figured no reason to...
I just want to thank everyone for these updates - going to have my HS freshmen read them so she can get a more realistic expectation of what it will be like in four years. Please keep the info coming!
Rachel Garcia, UCLA ace pitcher tore her ACL during CIF playoffs her senior year of high school. She had surgery and had to sit out her freshman year. Wears a brace but arguably one of the best pitchers in college when she came back for the 2017 season. She is a very nice young woman, and I...
For practice on turf or mat over asphalt or concrete we use sneakers with shoe goo. Depending on the makeup of the mat, we used to have to reapply shoe goo after every session. But new facility she has been training in does not wear as much and we have not had to reapply. For indoor fielding...
Definitely the drop ball. I go sidesaddle for that one and at least half the time let the bucket take it. Just because I don't catch it doesn't make it a bad pitch!
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My DD is 7th this year. Our MS team is historically a mix of 6th, 7th and 8th graders. One thing our coach did last year that I thought was pretty neat was that he paired each of the 4 pitchers with one of the 4 catchers and each battery got 2 innings in a row, rotating through the 4 batteries...
Great slapper, great bunter, great hitter? And with speed? Sounds like a perfect triple-threat to me, she should be able to do whatever makes the most sense with each individual at bat, based on other base-runners and/or the where the defense is positioned. Why not work on all three?
Well of course any one of us would have done better ... it is my dream to call a softball or baseball game on TV! I agree with most that he was not a great commentator, but that was mostly because his pacing was off and he mumbled too much. When he did speak, it was generally amusing although...
Based on a similar experience with my DD, I would recommend getting it checked out quickly by someone who knows shoulders. It could be any number of things, most likely fixed with rest and some PT or shoulder exercises. I wish we had dealt with it at the first sign of pain, instead of waiting...
We use cheap (but supportive and well fitting) sneakers and clear Shoe Goo - after every indoor pitching session she wears through the shoe goo about to the rubber and we just re-goo it and wear them again the next time. You can put it right where you need it, doesn't matter how it looks...
I love this. As a devoted bucket mom I am always blown away by my daughter's composure out there on the rubber. But this was a good reminder that any opposing pitcher we face is someone's daughter too, and if she is struggling, we have to be careful what we say. I have said "don't help her...
We are talking about 8U, right? 6 and 7 year olds? First exposure to softball? Everyone hits, the batting order shouldn't matter. Your goal as a coach is to teach them fundamentals, demonstrate great examples of sportsmanship (having some of the older girls help at practice and in the dugout...