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  1. texasck1

    Guess I'll start an off-topic thread?

    I had to look that one up. That really good. Chris Stapleton has become one of my favorites lately. Really enjoy listening to him.
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    This Time of Year Blows…

    I think it depends on your relationship and trust in the coach. We have left 2 without notice because we didn't think the coach would be fair to DD if he knew. Left one team where we gave them a month notice because we loved those guys and knew they would want only the best for DD and felt it...
  3. texasck1

    Guess I'll start an off-topic thread?

    Rush was my 1st concert back '87. My favorite band to this day.
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    Guess I'll start an off-topic thread?

    I may be old school, but I carry a Buck 503 all day everyday. It is just a simple lock blade small knife that fits easy in any pocket. I've been carrying it for almost 5 years now so it looks a little rough, but it's clean from regular trips thru the washer. The Spiderco's are really neat...
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    Early Velocity for Pitcher a Handicap?

    In another thread about pitching speed, an opinion was stated that if a pitcher is fast at a young age, they will not reach their full potential because they never had to work hard to get better and that the pitcher who has to work harder to gain velocity will eventually pass her and become...
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    Pitching speed vs age

    Sorry I missed that in the earlier reply. Sometimes I skim. From the section you quoted from Gator5, "My general belief, which is not founded on anything more than conjecture: on average..." Maybe I will start a poll, but I have not had the feeling that this is the prevailing thought here...
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    Pitching speed vs age

    IMO, that is not what was said or meant. At least that is not how I read it. The way I have read those statements in the past is that everyone develops at different times. Because of that, there will be a point where things will begin to level out. I have never seen it stated as an absolute...
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    Showcase Rant

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    Teaching the "Auburn Hop"

    DD plays 3rd. I showed her the Auburn video and she has since seen other college and TB player doing it. She has started to play with it on her own. I have tried to let her figure out as much as possible on her own because the fastest way to get her to stop is dad acknowledging it and god...
  10. texasck1

    Teaching the "Auburn Hop"

    I would look at it the other way. Teach them and they have another tool in their belt. If their HS coach doesn't want it, they still have that skill.
  11. texasck1

    Swingback yes or no?

    There are 2 schools of thought on this. 1 - Throw it hard and control will come 2 - Work on control and speed will come Good Luck with that. 😁
  12. texasck1

    Swingback yes or no?

    My DD pitches out of the glove. At least she does today until she decides she's bored and tries something different. 😁 Have gone from HUGE backswing to no back swing at all. Consistency is so much better by reducing the backswing. No difference in the pitch once she was used to it. I am a...
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    NPF suspends operations. New pro team formed in Florida.

    I think from a business perspective, MLB has the money to make something work, but you can't go at the same time as MLB and you have to give them a way to utilize what they have to at least break even. Then they have to opportunity to leverage the FP following to come see MLB games. (ie. meet...
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    NPF suspends operations. New pro team formed in Florida.

    What if MLB teams in the south and/or with enclosed stadiums, started FP league that ran from Nov-Feb? Then their gigantic stadiums would not sit empty and they could produce some revenue from ticket sales and concessions? We all know they won't pay huge salaries, at least at the beginning, so...
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    Showcase Rant

    LOL, Houston is 30 to 45 minutes to go to the corner store. We drove 45 minutes Saturday morning for a tryout for a team that will practice almost an hour away.
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    Communication with parents

    We have used all of them at one time or another. Like WhatsApp and GroupMe. Not a fan of TeamSnap. Suggestion: Set up 2 Group Chats with everyone on both. 1 is for coaches/team communication TO parents only. The other is for parents to communicate. Once parents start talking when you...
  17. texasck1

    Warming up on the perfect just dragged field?

    Maybe it's because the only time most teams see a nicely dragged and lined field is at 7am on Saturday morning when no one is awake. Then it might get re-drug and lined for the Championship game Sunday afternoon. The rest of the tournament, they play on fields with holes and no lines. When...
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    Team USA vs Japan

    This is from Cat Osterman's blog. Are we just acting like spoiled Americans about the fields? IDK, Maybe? Does it matter? "In regards to us playing on a baseball field, this is the custom over here in Japan. Also, to get back in, we had to combine with baseball, and part of that was making...
  19. texasck1

    Should we just keep looking for a pitching coach? HE vs I/R

    Get a decent PC and work 1 pitch, a fastball. Once she can throw that for a strike 50% plus then maybe start toying with learning a change up. Don't need anything else for 10U. If your DD can throw both most of the time to a spot, you are good thru at least 1st year 12U. We have been there...
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    Pony Rules?

    14U isn't horrible, but still pretty bad. We played our 1st bracket at 330 yesterday and stood around an hour after cause the next game was TBA on the bracket. Finally they told us to go home and the bracket for the next day would be updated "soon". At 930 last night finally updated. Glad we...

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