DD 1,2 and 3 all getting new gloves. One of the Worth lefty close-out spectaculars for DD1 the Vinci Fortus for 2&3. A new LS LXT for DD1, and batting gloves for all in their stockings.
Just set up my 14u team up with Rip-it this fall. My DD's have used them for years and loved them. Had and issue with the padding coming loose on a helmet a few years ago not more than 6 months after we bought it. I called Rip-it and explained the problem and I had a new one at my door in 3 days.
I am not trying to hash up any old arguments on weather or not facemasks should be worn. I am here to say that I am eternally thankful that I require my DD to wear one when pitching. During a 10u TB game today she took a line drive off her facemask. When the play was all said and done she was...
Try a second-hand sporting goods store like Play-it again sports for BP balls. I have made it a regular spring event to go in to the local store and buy a bucket of used balls. As for the pitching balls, my pitchers love the Dream Seams for their practice balls.
That is a very important and difficult point to teach too. My #1 catcher noticed in our last tournament that every time there was a runner on 3rd the batters were getting out of the box. 3 outs later for interference the opposing coach threatened the girls and told them not to move out of the...
I really do understand what you are saying there. My DD is now playing on the middle school basketball team and is still finding time to get an extra SB workout or two in between TB practices. I really think that it comes down to more of a want/drive issue than anything else.
How do you all treat guest players? Are they just like a roster player on the team or do you sub them in sparingly? I had a parent come to me with concerns about the amount of playing time that a guest player got over the weekend. IMO, If you need the girl for the weekend treat here just as...
I gotta say that the responses to this have really helped. I had an expectation going in, and from most of the feedback it's not far off. I was getting a little frustrated at the resistance that I was running into asking the girls to put in work outside of regular team practices.
My newly formed 14u team,(beginning of the fall) has been slowly showing progress in the 4 tournaments that we have played in. I have run into a bit of a roadblock from some of the parents on the team when I mentioned private lessons and actually making the girls log their workouts outside of...
When I started up my 14U team this fall I had a meeting with all parents and players before we stepped foot on the field for our first practice. I explained my philosophy on playing time and how I was going to set the line-up for seed and elimination games. I think that most of the time, if...
We went with 2 different Dri-fit shirts this fall when we started the team up, thinking that in the spring we would get a 'nicer' button down jersey. Most of my girls and the parents don't want us to do anything other than the Dri-fits now.
I bought a dozen of the sand-filled TCB 3 years ago and they are all still in service. I love the fact that you can have BP virtually anywhere with them.
The only thing that my DD likes to throw is the Dream Seam. I don't see a huge difference between them and the Thunder Heat, but in her hand apparently there is a huge difference.