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    look back rule on ball 4

    This last weekend at a tournament, USA rules 12u. Runner on 3b. Batter gets ball 4 and trots down to 1st. my runner on 3b is 15ft or so down 3b line. Batter is half way to first and field ump calls runner on 3rd out for look back rule. I asked for time and asked if I could talk to the field...
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    umpire awards ball to punish catcher

    had a all-star game this weekend were the plate umpire awarded a ball to the batter because my catcher didn't catch a ball that the umpire admitted was a strike. but because it hit him he awarded a ball to the batter. I respectfully called time and asked him about it. he again admitted that it...
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    not so many 12u fall teams in norcal?

    is it just me or does there not seem to be a whole lot of 12u team for fallball? I know some moved up to 14u but it just seems to be not very many 12u teams..wither that or none of them had tryouts...weird.
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    DDs 12u team going to 14u...

    My DDs 12u travel team is moving up to 14u. She is an 06 as are a few of the other girl on the team. My DD is a pitcher. She has worked her way up to #2 pitcher and is working on getting her hitting back to where it was.(she went through a growth spurt, it improved her pitching but hurt her...
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    guest player dues?

    Looking to bring a couple guest players on our travel team for the rest of the season.(3 tournaments, 2 local 1 out of town) They are interested in joining the team for fall season but have not committed to that yet. Should the 2 guest players pay the tournament fees or should the team cover...
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    DD's first win as a pitcher!

    so my DD that has been working hard on her pitching lately( just started at the end of last summer) got her first win tonight as a pitcher. lol was actually her rec teams first win of the year also! 1.5 weeks left in rec season then she starts with her new travel team! And to think that just a...
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    DD's first 3up 3 down...

    DD started pitching and taking lessons after rec all stars last year, so she has been working on her pitching for 8-9 months now. She was the starting pitcher in a rec game yesterday against another leagues top 12u team. First inning was 3up 3 down. struck out the first batter, second batter...
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    when do you know its time to go to travel ball?

    DD is 11, good all around player. she is known for being a catcher, but has started pitching lessons 6-7 months ago and is doing surprisingly good at pitching. I have gotten a couple of messages from travel coaches that I know about my DD, but at the time she had just started to pitch and knew...
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    pitching cirle look back rule question

    watched a game where when the ball went into play as the play would wind down the 2nd baseman would run to the circle to implement the look back rule. the pitcher did not have the ball but was in the circle. runner on 2nd was off base and started to 3rd and stopped and watched ...before the 2nd...
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    when to learn to throw a change up?

    My oldest DD is learning to pitch and is having some success having only been working on pitching seriously for a few months. She is moving up to 12u rec this year. Normally she is a catcher but she tried pitching in a game in 10u and had a knack for it. My question is, while her fast ball is...
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    what do coaches look for in tryouts?

    We have our rec league evaluations(tryouts) coming up soon. Was wondering at the rec level what do coaches look for other than the obvious softball skills? For example, the girls that haven't played at all or very little, what would you look for that may point to a successful, coachable softball...
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    dd and myself nervous about her first time pitching at 12u level

    double header coming up this weekend. DD is normally a catch at 10u level but has started to learn to pitch and isn't doing too bad for only seriously working on it for a few months. at practice today HC told both myself and her that he was gonna have her pitch a couple innings. she has moved up...
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    need an opinion on this situation

    had an incident yesterday at a friendly game between 2 of my players. in-between innings the girls on the bench warm up the outfield. during one of these warm ups one of the girls anted to warm up playing 3-way, the girl she asked didn't want to and so the first girl threw the ball hitting the...
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    hard to let go....

    10u rec coach. our league has the teams in each age division keep track of win against other teams in our league. the team with the best record at the end of the season that coach gets to be the head coach for the all star team of there age division. it was coming down between my team and one...
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    proud papa moment

    10u rec ball... normally my DD is the catcher for the team. But for the last few months she has been working on pitching. This last weekend during a double header she got a chance to pitch an inning. For only having been pitching on and off for a few months she did pretty well... and even got...

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