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    USSSA vs PGF

    I was asked the other day what the differences between USSSA and PGF. I feel PGF is a higher level of play and love the fact that you can not pay to play at "nationals". What are your thoughts?
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    Grandparents who are "Boosters"

    DD is 4 years out as of right now on college talks but she is being talked to by her mother and her grandparents to go to a softball camp at a D1 school where the grandparents could/should be considered boosters. My question revolves around her going to said camp with her grandparents paying...
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    Thoughts on Split Locations for Tournaments

    We have all been to tournaments where everything is in one spot and where there is multiple field locations. I know personally we have been to tournaments where the fields are are 20 min apart. I personally think it sucks to have multiple locations when other teams from your club are at the...
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    Pick up player and team rankings

    I have been doing some reading and talking about this ever since one of DD's coaches said you have to be careful playing pick up with other teams. They were talking about a player from a "B" team going to play with an "A" team multiple times or bringing "A" players in to play with a "B" team...
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    Another broken thumb

    DD joined a new team in December (12u) and broke her glove hand thumb warming a pitcher up the first weekend of January. Healed up from that really fast (4 weeks) and with the help from Annasdad got her a new catchers mitt started. Fast forward to this past Sunday, she takes a pitch right off...
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    Is slapping still useful

    DD ('07 12U) is a faster left handed player who has just started back into hitting lessons. The person she is going to is a very good instructor and came highly recommended. DD talked with him about slap hitting and he told her that it was becoming a thing of the past. What are the thoughts...
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    Contacts vs glasses

    DD has been wearing contacts for 2 years (she is 12) and she has one eye that for some reason it just falls out of every once in a while. I have talked to her about this and told her she needed to have an extra set in her softball bag at all times. She had sports goggles when she was 9 and...
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    Batter interferance

    After a swing and a miss for strike three the batter walked across the plate blocking the catcher from making a throw on a runner that was advancing. The catcher tried but bumped into said batter and did not throw the ball. IMO the runner should have been made to return to the base she was at...
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    What to do about bats

    To start things off DD turns 12 in March, stands at 60", and tips the scale at around 86 lbs. I have been bad about getting her things for softball and not taking the old stuff away when the new comes in. When it comes to bats she has four of them in her bag at this time. They are ASA Ghost...
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    Indoor Tournament

    My DD has never played in an indoor softball game. How does it work if the ball hits the ceiling? I would assume it's a dead ball and/or called foul but want to figure this out before hand.
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    Skipping 12U

    We have been asked if DD would be willing to jump to 14U because her 12U team appears to be folding. DD is going to be a 1st year 12U player who is a good player but not a great player for her age. After talking with DD and putting everything on the table she has said she wants to try it and...
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    HOH glove raffle to help women with breast cancer

    I live in the St. Louis area and we have a place that takes used sports equipment to pass out to kids who's family's can't afford to buy the stuff. I know we all here spend a ton on softball or have in the past, and our daughters are very lucky to have that. STL Youth Sports Outreach is the...
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    First major setback

    With tryout season upon us, DD has found out what true disappointment is. We tried out for a team and got an unofficial offer that night just to get an email 3 days later that they were no longer interested. DD is crushed by the news from the coach. I emailed to see what she needed to work on...
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    St. Louis MO JO Cup

    I was wondering if anybody was playing in the JO Cup this week? The wife was a scorekeeper yesterday with DD and I going down to watch games being played. DD did get a chance to pick some D1 coach's brains yesterday which was fun! We plan on being back down Friday night and Saturday morning...
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    Bucket lid seats...

    Since a lot of you here have spent more time in the john's at the ball park then I have been there watching my daughter I was wondering what padded bucket seat lid you all have. I am the proud new owner of of two 6 gallon buckets that I have filled up with softballs (thanks to WarriorMike) and...
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    Thoughts on throwing from the knees at 10/12u

    DD talked to a new coach last night and he asked her if she could throw the ball from her knees to any base. She said no because it is nothing we have worked on. I am looking for thoughts from everybody on this and if it is to early to teach this or if I should go ahead and work on with her...
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    NSA Pool info

    I am trying to find the pool play information on an NSA tournament. I have been on playnsa.com and found the tournament for this weekend and there is nothing there. Anywhere I can go to get that info?
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    Beginning pitching

    I am looking for advice before I go and get a pitching coach on how plausible it would be for my 11yo DD to start pitching lessons and learn how to pitch. She played around with it a bit a few years ago and decided that she didn't want anything to do with it. She has talked about it a bit here...
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    USSSA Qualifier

    If you are registered for a national qualifier in USSSA but it get's rained out with no games played do you have to find another qualifier to get in or are you good?
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    12" Balls

    I don't know about most of you but I like to keep a couple dozen balls around the house so my DD can work on the tee or we can do drills with the net at the park. I also take them up to the indoor batting cages and put them the machine when she is struggling at the plate. With that said I am...

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