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    Overhand throwing - infield

    My 15 yo needs some serious work on her throwing. Velo is down and her accuracy has gone down. I feel like she isn’t opening up and just throwing with her arm like a Chinese cat figurine where the paw just goes up and down. I think a good part of the problem is confidence, but her technique...
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    Pitch calling strategy

    Hello DFPers! My daughter is 15yo pitcher. She took a year off back in 2019 and came back successfully for the 2020 high school season. She got the majority of the starts and was 2nd team all conference as a freshman. She has since joined a very competitive travel team and has done great so...
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    Teaching pitch selection

    Hey. My DD is a freshman pitcher on her HS team and she is getting the majority of the circle time already. Coach doesn't call pitches, the catchers do. Calls are really only pitch - fb, curve, change and location is just inside or outside. This hasn't been working very well as my daughter...
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    Filming and sharing video - music copyright issues

    UPDATE: So YouTube gave the option for just the song that was copyrighted to be muted - and it worked! Hi - I just uploaded my daughter's team's high school game from last night and because there is music played at the field, I got a message saying it was infringing on copyright policy. How...
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    Crazy injury - to the bucket dad!

    So I'm wondering if this has ever happened to anyone else, because it seems so strange that it could happen at all. There I was, innocently catching for my 13 yo at her lesson, which I've done for about 4 years now. I now have 3 daughters that pitch but on this particular day, the oldest went...
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    Getting the curve

    Hey DFP - 13yo Daughter has been putting off learning the curve because she has struggled to get it right and she gets frustrated. Well, it's time to get it now. She's moving up to 14u and she is gonna need it. She's been taught the spin - 3 oclock to 9 oclock and the motion but very often she...
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    Sprained left wrist - treatment?

    13 yo daughter sprained her wrist this weekend and today it started hurting during batting drills. Any advice on wrapping it? Good/bad idea? If good, how should it be wrapped? Thanks in advance! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    How to hit a rise ball?

    Our 12U team came up against our first true rise ball pitcher and struck out 15 times. We lost 2-1 so if we could have gotten a few more hits it could have been a different game! What is the consensus on how to approach a pitcher like this. Thanks!
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    Land leg "giving out"

    Hey all - My 12yo daughter told me today after pitching 2 innings in a scrimmage that she felt as though her left leg was "giving out". She insists that it's not in her knee but in the back of her leg, above her knee - but it doesn't appear to be a hamstring pull. Has anyone seen anything...
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    Vid of 8 year old - looking for feedback

    Hey all - Had a little time yesterday to video my little firecracker 8 year old hitting off the tee. Can you please give some feedback? Thanks! https://youtu.be/npBZtzwUMY0
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    Portable outdoor lighting?

    Hey DFPers! As the days turn to night more quickly now it's becoming more difficult to find time to practice pitching in the driveway. Does anyone use any portable lighting that works well? I don't want to install anything (HOA would say no!) so just want to add a couple of bright lights on...
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    Blisters on thumbs

    Hi - 12yo daughter has begun to swing the bat much harder in recent weeks and in doing so, she has started getting blisters on her thumbs. What can cause this (how she's holding the bat, holding bat too tightly, etc?) and how do I help her avoid it? Thanks!
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    Helping Daughter get out of her own head

    Hey DFP. I'm coming to you for some advice. My daughter is a 12U pitcher who is doing well in the circle over the past 1.5 years. Additionally, after short a transition period at the plate, my daughter was hitting the ball well with power. Fast forward to this season, with the change from...
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    How to teach bent arm vs. straight

    What are good drills to get pitcher to throw in more of a whip fashion vs a straight armed fashion? Thanks in advance!
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    Drills for improving IR whip/arm speed

    Hi all! 11 yo daughter just moved up to 12U this season and had her first tournament on Saturday. All in all she did well pitching 2 games winning 1 and losing one. Gave up 5 runs but none were earned. Struck out 8 and walked 4. She threw 91 strikes out of 135 pitches. I clocked her at 48 -...
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    12/11/17 - better late than never!

    Was a great weekend for my DD and her team! Team won the USSSA central state championship tournament which had #1, 2 (her team), 5, 6 ranked teams in the state so it was a pretty stacked field. Daughter pitched and won 5 games she started including the championship game. She pitched 19...
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    Using the change up

    Hey all - My dd is 11 and is finishing up her first full year of travel and it's been a great year! I'm writing because I've seen something recently that is confusing me with her change up. For pretty much all of the spring and most of the fall nobody could hit her change when she threw it...
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    12/4

    DD's team went undefeated 6-0 in their weekend tournament and won the championship in an exciting Texas tie-breaker 7 inning game! DD pitched and went 3-0 she pitched 11 innings gave up 3 earned runs 3 walks 19 strikeouts. She threw 172 pitches and 120 of them were strikes. At the plate she...
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    Pulling arm back at release

    Good morning DFPers. DD2 is a strong 10u (11yo) pitcher who has been clocked at 52mph in games, has a great change and is getting consistent with her drop. This season she's 16-2 in 20 starts with a .984 ERA and 112k vs. 23 BB in 61 innings pitched. Over the past few tournaments although...
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    Monday - 10/30 (One day late!)

    Happy Halloween! I have 4 daughters 3 who play softball. My DD2 is an accomplished 10U pitcher playing the end of her 1st year of TB in which she pitched for first time in January. In all this is her 4th year playing softball but the first year in TB. Her sisters who are 9 and 7, have been to...

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