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  1. M

    Need some help or advice

    Agreed…she should also be rotating her hips slightly in for the load and holding during stride instead of straight back on plane.
  2. M

    Need some help or advice

    I always work from the ground up. A lot of my girls have this same problem, and it always leads to rollover. When I correct it, the rollover stops. Watch her front foot…she uses her ankle to turn the foot early before it plants, causing her hips to open early, which leads to an upper body...
  3. M

    Bat Barrel Position

    I’ve been coaching fastpitch for 10+ years at the Rec and B Travel levels, from 6’s through 16’s. My older daughters have grown with me as my coaching style has evolved, and they are well established and very successful in their hitting disciplines. One thing I’ve been consistent on is barrel...
  4. M

    Bat Position

    Thanks, I'll post it over there as well!
  5. M

    Bat Position

    I’ve been coaching fastpitch for 10+ years at the Rec and B Travel levels, from 6’s through 16’s. My older daughters have grown with me as my coaching style has evolved, and they are well established and very successful in their hitting disciplines. One thing I’ve been consistent on is barrel...
  6. M

    NICKNAMES everyones NICKNAME

    Amen to that! It's got to be EARNED!!! lol
  7. M

    NICKNAMES everyones NICKNAME

    Also, as a coach who's been around the same families for years, I LOVE that I mostly know their kids by their nicknames. Sometimes it takes a few seconds to remember their actual names. Some of my favorite nicknames of my players over the years have been: Smiles, Wheels, Hurt, Money, Fancy, OJ...
  8. M

    NICKNAMES everyones NICKNAME

    My Daughter's are twins (pitcher and a catcher) (14U). Around the end of 10U my pitcher found her own "style" of motion after trying all of her favorite college pitcher's movements. When she tried it out at practice for the first time one of her teammates made the comment "Wow!! She looks like...
  9. M

    Strangest ending to a game?

    Been a while since I posted this...the stop I was referring to was rounding first base on a walk, not when taking a lead off the base. With the group of umps we see year after year, any time a girl continues to second on a walk, and she hesitates, she’s called out. Also, as long as the pitcher...
  10. M

    Strangest ending to a game?

    That was my thought too. I would think once the pitcher has the ball in the circle the runner would have to retreat or advance or get called on a Look Back. So, let’s say she rounds first on the walk to advance and she stops...that’s an out. Advancing to 2nd on a walk has to be continuous as...
  11. M

    7 “Pitchers” on team

    As a Coach and dad of a 14U B starting pitcher I feel your pain. At the rec level I’ve watched so many girls for so many years “want” to be pitchers, but either never got a pitching coach or didn’t put in the time at home. There has to be that inner driving force and incredible ambition to be...
  12. M

    12yo DD Swing

    In the first pic you can see the turned in shoulder causing the unhinging. She should maintain her upper form through load and stride. In the second pic she is all the way open to the pitcher dragging the bat through the zone. At this moment her shoulders should not be square to the pitcher...
  13. M

    12yo DD Swing

    First thing I noticed is in her load she’s turning her front shoulder in away from the pitcher causing her to straighten her front arm (unhinging her elbow) right as she begins her stride. This causes her to pull the bat through the zone and then in her stride she opens her front shoulder all...

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