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  1. Mad4Ball

    Looking for 18U Tournaments in February or March in Southern California

    Looking for 18U Tournaments in February or March in Southern California. 18U B team from Canada, looking for like skilled teams in a warm weather environment. Any good experiences or suggestions? Google search was not helpful.
  2. Mad4Ball

    Looking for 18U Tournaments

    I have an 18U B Girls Fastpitch team from Vancouver Canada. Looking to bring them someplace warm to play in February or March for a tournament. We are not a top level A team but we did win our B level provincials. Do you have any suggestions on which one we should target? I did a few google...
  3. Mad4Ball

    Canadian Team Looking for a Big Tournament.

    We are a 2005 born B team from Western Canada looking for a large tournament in the US Southwest for late February or early March 2022. Can someone recommend one that’s well run, fun to be a part of, and one that would give us a chance to have some success?
  4. Mad4Ball

    Caught ball, force out?

    Bottom of the 7th inning of the semifinals. Down to our last out. We hit a ball to the SS who barely threw the batter out at first. After the out was called the first baseman (who made a snow cone catch) dropped the ball. The drop happened about 2 seconds after the catch while the first baseman...
  5. Mad4Ball

    Screwed Up

    Emergency! The situation. I've just had two of my pitchers become unavailable when we host the Lower Mainland Cup next Weekend. We still have one good pitcher and my DD who was in development. Problem is DD picked up a bad habit of throwing screw balls every pitch and hits a lot of batters. I...
  6. Mad4Ball

    1st base coach

    Do any of you have the first base coach stay by the runner confirming signs from the 3rd base coach? Why or why not? What do you have the 1st base coach do?
  7. Mad4Ball

    Error or Fielders Choice

    Runner on second is stealing 3rd. Ball is hit to SS. It skips up and deflects off her glove to the second baseman who throws out the runner that was on second trying to go home on the play. Result the runner was tagged out about 3/4 down the third base line which ended the inning. If fielded...
  8. Mad4Ball

    Coming back from an injury.

    A player on my team had broken her wrist a while ago which required a cast. 2 weeks ago she had it removed and started strength training. At her first practice yesterday she said her wrist kept hurting from the catches. She wanted to sit and then kept complaining about the pain. After some time...
  9. Mad4Ball

    Scoring Question

    Ball is a line drive up the middle. Pitcher gets some of it with her glove slowing it down. SS comes running in hard to make the play at first but rushes the throw and pulls 1st of her base and the runner is safe. If SS took her time with the throw she had enough time to get the runner at first...
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    How far is to far to give up the base?

    Runner on 2nd, there is a dropped third strike. Batter takes 8 steps to her dugout as our catcher throws it over the 1st baseman's head. Runner on second sees it and starts to 3rd. On deck batter tells the batter to run to 1st. Outfielder throws home but not in time. Runs scored and the ump...
  11. Mad4Ball

    Not Happy

    I had a parent email me saying their 12 year old girl's confidence is low and she is not happy on the team. Now I know there could be a bunch of reasons for this. My questions are: 1. Have any of you found excellent ways to make games and practices enjoyable? I do play music that they have...
  12. Mad4Ball

    Not Allowed to Video my Team???

    Hi Guys So during the captain and coaches meeting right before an away game start I was "told" by the opposing coach that I was not allowed to video the game. I asked if she was serious because I was shocked. This is after they watched me set it all up and said nothing. She said she called her...
  13. Mad4Ball

    College Softball Links

    Where can a Canadian watch current games. I live in Vancouver and all I get can order is the Big Ten Network which does not have enough games for me. Is there an internet link I could watch WestCoast games on or any other division?
  14. Mad4Ball

    Game Changer Training

    I have some willing parents to do Game Changer but none have done it before. Have you had any experience with a good way to train parents on game changer? I'm thinking a good You Tube Game link I could use... Let me know your thoughts and any good or bad things I could do/avoid.
  15. Mad4Ball

    Death by pop up

    We are entering the last tournament of the season, "Canadian Open". My DD has been dying from the pop up the last 8 games. We have been working on FFS clean hand path, "attack from the top" and it has helped some but we are looking for a quick fix with only one day left before the tournament...
  16. Mad4Ball

    Bats and Weight

    Hi Guys Looking to buy two more team bats for our last two big tournaments of the year. Wondering what recommendations you'd have for 14 & 15 yo. Most of the girls do not have their own bats. The ones we have now are 2 Makos, 32/22 & 32/21 and a CF8 33/23. We have a mix of some smaller to a...
  17. Mad4Ball

    Video from TV

    Hi Guys I've seen a number of nice post with out takes from college games that have been on TV. Can someone tell me how this is done as I'd love to do this to send girls on my team.
  18. Mad4Ball

    Either I'm crazy or it's the Ump

    So my DD is pitching today and an ump tells me she has to be standing on the plate with both feet to begin the pitch. My DD drags her foot across the front of the plate not on it on it. She keeps contact with the plate. So am I crazy or is it the Ump?
  19. Mad4Ball

    Coach Teaching HE.... Frustrated Dad and DD

    Youngest DD's HC is pushing HE. We spent the off season switching DD to IR but she now has switched back to HE pitching again because this is what her HC is teaching. I don't have a great relationship with the HC so I talked to an assistant. I told him we are on a different pitching program and...
  20. Mad4Ball

    Help with a break down

    A friend and I took over a 16u B team whose coach was asked to leave this year. One of the girls joined this team last year, she had only played rec ball before this. This player is short but fairly athletic. I've been working with her, as I have all the other girls, on loading and separation...

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