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    10U 4 month progress

    My daughter has been seeing a wonderful instructor since the beginning of fall ball this past season. She’s a second year 10U pitched a little last year but mostly just what I could teach her in the back yard (which wasn’t a ton, obviously) Anyway I have a comparison video between September and...
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    Minimum fence distances for 14U?

    Scheduling field usage for regular season and a tournament. What's the smallest field size that's okay for a 14U town travel team. Level of teams are ones that may play in C level tournaments but aren't usually winning them. I have a 174/200/179 field, which I think is a LITTLE small, but...
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    I think an umpire messed up a call, but I'm not sure, so checking in!

    Not really a big deal, and if I'm right and the call was missed, it actually went in our favor, but I'm just curious so I understand the rules better. Lead off batter for the inning. Pops up in between home and 1st, but slightly foul (2-3 feet foul or so.) Runner books down baseline, and...
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    I promise to never argue with an umpire again

    Technically true. I never have argued with an umpire and don't plan to start now! Umpires blow a call, make mistakes, have a strike zone I may not agree with, etc, but over the course of my girls' softball days, good and bad calls will even out. I've occasionally asked for a rule...
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    Did the umpire get it correct, bad initial call

    Played in a USSSA tournament last weekend. 10U Runners at 1st and 3rd Girl swings at a bad pitch, very low. Chop hits it off the plate, very obviously to me (coaching 1st) and 3B coach, and it pops straight up between home and 1st. 1B comes in and catches it. Because it hit off the plate...
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    Was I right, runner hit by ball question

    This play happened in my practice last night. 8U, very young team, we need a lot of work but we're getting better. Playing a little 6 on 6 scrimmage just to get them a bit of a feel for how the game flows. I'm pitching but also trying to call outs so that the girls can start to understand...
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    1B Glove/Mitt Question

    Is it legal to use a 1B mitt at any position other than 1B and Catcher? I didn't really care, but played a game the other day where they brought a pitcher in the 3rd inning who was playing 1B for the first two and she used her same 1B mitt while pitching. Only noticed it because it was white...
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    DD had an awesome game today (pitcher)

    My daughter is a first year 10U and has been pitching since last August (when I threw her into lessons because I need a pitcher for brand new team that was formed sort of last minute) Pitched pretty well in the fall but as her velocity increased over the winter her control went down. Not too...
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    Batting Order for a weak hitting team with weird rules (10U

    I coach a 10U c (at best) team with almost all first year "travel" players. A couple played on an 8U team last year, but most have one or two at most rec experience up until now. The league we're playing in has two 10U divisions, one is a normal 10U, ours is more developmental. They installed...
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    9u DD critique (very young new pitcher)

    My daughter started pitching this fall when I had no pitchers and needed someone who could throw it over the plate. By the end of the fall she actually had some decent success, and in our last tournament struck out 15 and walked 11 in two games. I was very happy with that. I’ve read all the...
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    DD pitched awesome in her first tournament as a pitcher

    My DD pitched in her first tournament as a pitcher today. 3 game tourney. First off, I am the coach of the team. We’re a VERY young town travel team playing 10U with almost all 9s and a couple to 8s playing up (my daughter is 9). We need quite a bit of work to brcome competitive even in our...

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