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    Daughter is an "International " player 🇮🇱

    My 14 year old was selected for the 16U Team Israel team for one of their summer tournaments. She's happy and excited she was selected and I am very proud of her.
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    Nike Alpha Hurache Elite 3 Versus 4 Turf Shoes

    Hello friends! My daughter, 13 will turn 14 in May, needs new turf shoes. She's been wearing Ringors but now insists she wants Nikes. Won't consider NB or Mizuno or Ringors again and Dad (me) doesn't know his butt from a hole in the ground 😑. Fine. Nike turf shoes it is, but does anyone...
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    DD hit lead-off today

    12U A team playing in Ohio today. They had three games. She has been hitting 9th. Her coach says it is because he wants to use her as a "2nd lead-off hitter." She batted actual leadoff 2 of the three games today. Her BA was .400, OBP .500, OPS 1.300 and slugging percentage .800 for the three...
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    Has this happened with anyone's DD's Mantra bat?

    DD is 12. She was hitting off a hack attack machine on Wednesday evening. After about 15 minutes she stepped out and picked something up and held her hand and bat in the air. According to DD she hit the ball closer to the handle but still on the barrel and it "really hurt" when she made...
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    "Boise State Softball Problems" Tik Tok

    Was anyone, other than me, "lucku" enough to see the Tik Tok (no I don't have it. Someone submitted it to a softball instagram account) done by a Boise State player? The girls were all in uniform on a bus, therefore I'm assuming it was a team trip. Video was taken of a number of girls on the...
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    WTS 31-10 2019 Xeno

    2019 Xeno, "low mileage " DD used it for less than one Fall and Spring season before she outgrew it. $160 shipped.
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    2018 and 2012 Louisville Slugger LXT

    My daughter's hitting coach recommended she move up from a 32 to 33. DD has been team Xeno but wants to try the LXT. I just got a 2018 LXT, new in wrapper for a good price. I'm about to buy her a used a 2012 LXT for cage work/ back up . I've heard good things about the '18 LXT, is this...
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    DD (and BFF) meets her NCAA pitching hero Sandercock

    I don't know if this counts as a brag really. Maybe? In any event my 12 year old pitcher and her BFF had a pitching workout/lesson with daughter's favorite pitcher today. She was very excited to tell me all about it when I got home. Edit: Mrs. Tide told me just because we know who this is...
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    Catcher's mitt for dad

    My daughter pitches. I catch for her most of the time while she is training during the week and about half the time for her lessons. I'm trying to find a decent, not amazing and not trash, catcher's mitt for me. Her velocity seemingly is getting higher by the week (maybe an exaggeration but...
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    Bringing in new players mid season

    This may not seem like a typical coaching softball question. However, I am interested in perspective from coaches. Of course, parents and players as well. Daughter has been playing on a 12U C level team. The team has started the Spring on fire. They've had five tournaments, won 3 of them...
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    Coach refuses to leave after ejection

    Recently, during a tournament game I was watching, a coach from one of the teams was ejected by the home plate umpire. He didn't want to leave the field. Eventually, he did. However, within a minute or two he was back on the diamond arguing with the umpire. He left again and went outside the...
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    Team is a vehicle for coach's daughter, not much more.

    I'm sure this has been covered ad nauseum. Nevertheless, first year 12U team. Coach basically thinks her daughter is Cal Ripken in an 11 year old girl's body. She is not. And that is fine. The issue is the team appears to be nothing more than a vessel to promote Coach's DD and to feed the...
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    Catcher calling her own game in 12U

    DD's team was at a tournament last weekend. Between games I was watching two other teams play. The catcher for one of the teams, both C level teams (one should probably be B, not the one I'm referencing, but that is another story) was calling her own pitches for the pitcher. I paid attention...
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    First time, am I doing this right?

    My DD is finishing up her first year of TB, 10U. She's slowly been working her way up the line up and been batting 6th the last two tournaments. We had one this last weekend. She was the rbi leader for the 10U age group at the tournament! She is pretty proud of herself. Her dad is proud of...
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    16 Louisville Slugger Xeno

    Recently purchased a '19 Xeno for my DD. It was new in the wrapper. She loves it. Decided to get her a used, similar model for a cage/emergency back up if the other one breaks. I ended up getting her a '16 Xeno, same length and drop. Looks in decent shape (I know judging a book by it's cover...
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    Wear current TB team gear to tryouts?

    DD is on a TB team. She wants to kick the tires on some other clubs for a few different reasons. (If it matters we can discuss it via p.m.) She wants to wear her uniform or practice uni to tryouts. I am of the opinion she should just wear a t-shirt, black or navy softball pants and matching...
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    "Good luck figuring it out"

    Ran across this short video and found it interesting. They superimpose two pitches over each other to show how much movement can be on a pitched ball. https://digg.com/2020/fastpitch-softball-rise-drop-ball
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    Daughter wants a new team

    My daughter is currently playing 10u house ball in one of the better leagues in Northern Virginia. She was chosen as an "all-star* alternate because the coach wanted the coach's dau on the All-Star team Long story short, my daughter, isn't a world beater but she can rake. She, at 10u, in a...
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    Friendly New Guy from the Commonwealth of Virginia

    Hi y'all. I'm a softball dad and assistant coach for my 10 y.o. daughter that plays 10U. She catches (and loves it), plays some third base and pitches here and there. I've also got a 7 y.o. plans on starting 8U in the fall.

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