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    running vs icing

    I have posted and asked questions here before. So here goes again. I just had a discussion with a softball dad last night about running vs icing. His daughter had just finished a workout and I mentioned icing down her arm. The dad said he does not believe in icing but rather running to...
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    looking for Dimarini bat

    A girl on our travel team is looking for the Dimarini CF-3 (33-23 or 33-24). She hasn't been able to find one on Ebay. So if anyone has one for sale let me know and I will contact them. Coachjoey
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    3rd base coverage

    Our HS team has 3rd duck to her left if she is hugging the line and peels behind the SS in case of a rundown. if she is off the line she still crouches and then goes for the back up. This is on a straight steal cover by SS. Things change for a pick at 3rd.
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    Who should call the pitches the coach, dad, or catcher?????

    I can see both arguements for pitch calling. As a coach (travel, HS) I have to work close with the catchers and see how they have developed. I used to call pitches and then give catcher 2/3 innings a game. Noticed I said used to...for the last two years we have had the catcher call. She is a...
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    Reverse Hand Hitting Drills

    watched your youtube video and your dd does a great job. I showed this drill to our HS first baseman and we had a hard time when we first started. We went normal speed off tee at first but she had to slow down until she got the hang of it. It was kind of comical at first! MUCH BETTER NOW
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    bat size for 12 yr old

    thanks for the replies makes me think I am the right track. She was having success with a lighter bat 31/20 but mom and dad thought it "looked" small in her hands and she was using other girls bats. So they decided to get a bat. I had mentioned that she try a 32/21 or 22 (thats what I had in...
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    bat size for 12 yr old

    I am currently working with a 12U player who is not your typical 12 yr old. She is 5'9" and comes in at about 150 lbs. She is on a travel team and has made the local LL All-star team. I have been working with her hitting for about a month and making good progress. She was swinging a 31" 20...
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    Easton Synge Bats

    I just saw your post today and I just finished talking to a parent about buying the bat you are asking about. I saw a couple of girls using it at a ASA qualifier in Sunnyvale Ca. The team was a 16U team and the girls I saw looked pretty good using it. The parent is thinking of buying it due...
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    Need some help with timing

    ok I am going to wager in again. After looking at the video again I would like to to see her get on the inside toe on the front foot (toe touch). This would allow her to start a closed then release to 45 degree's. Take a look at Hitter's Matrix. I use it with all our girls on our travel and...
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    Need some help with timing

    I also thought that she was out front. Her hitting coach shows the same swing as our travel ball coach who was in the Marlins organization. We disagree alot! Our travel and High School team use the machine but not a regular basis. We have kept older balls that have some wear and we insert...
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    Load

    I just had a discussion with one of our other asst coaches about loading. She teaches a pre-set load where the batter is in the box with the hands already to the rear shoulder with no rear movement at toe touch. She says that using the slow load is a wasted motion and serves no purpose and...
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    Is this coaching or pitching problem

    Thanks for the offer Julie. We are in the process of video taping her and her parents also are offering an old cd of when she was a sophomore pitching for our varsity. As soon as these video's are complete I will figure out out how to attach them either direct or youtube. My computer smart...
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    Is this coaching or pitching problem

    Thanks for all the replies. It took so long to reply because my keyboard went south..missing keys like the "s" and "z"!! Anyways, the staff has decided to keep the kid on the team but we will not use her on the varsity pitching staff until she is at least all the way back. We spoke with the...
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    Is this coaching or pitching problem

    I kind of know what I want to do with my problem! But before I do it and possibly say or do something un-cool i would like to run it by this board. We have junior (2011) pitcher on our team who took us to sectionals last year. She won the first, second games. She pitched in the sectional...
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    cutoff situation runner at 2nd

    Ok I would like some input here from you guys. The girls are high school varsity. New coaching staff and we are looking at the situation with a runner at 2nd one out or less. Single to left, right at LF, here are the three relays we went thru: 1. SS is the cut-off on the dirt not into LF...
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    The uniform factor

    I coach travel in California and we went to a tourney in Ft Lauderdale this past July. We have two sets a blue top and a white. We showed up and on the first day our girls were a little taken aback due to the black being worn by the local teams! The uni's were sharp containing black. Didn't...
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    verbal to a college

    thanks for replies Hey thanks for the info. I will certainly make the book purchase and continue to research this and the other aspects of recruiting. So it appears that our head coach will handle this but I don't want to be standing there like a deer in the headlights if asked a question by...
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    verbal to a college

    I have just been asked to move up to our High School varsity after 15 years of FS and JV ball. One thing that I am working on now is the recruiting aspect. I have seen quite a bit of the ballplayers (Jr's) saying they have verbaled to certain colleges in the area. Does this mean they have...
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    Crystl bustos lessons and camps

    wish I could go the Bustos clinics. But please relay a Hi from Fire Captain Joe out here in California. She may not remember since she does so many. It was a clinic with Howard Carrier in Tracy, Ca. Believe it last May

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