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    Leaping? Or replanting?

    It’s how close they are to the plate. The velocity probably doesn’t change much, but if a girl throws from 3 feet in front of the rubber it gets to the batter about 7% faster. 60mph pitch would now look 64mph 65mph would now look almost 70mph
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    Batting cages - Bats vs Balls

    My girls hit with an old rocket tech for years and hit thousands of cage balls. Never remember one breaking and they were all power hitters. the balls are junk, nothing to do with the bat.
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    Does winning matter more than anything?

    I’m just now reading this and it makes no sense. A friends daughter just got an offer from SEARK and in the picture posted on FB on December 1st, it’s Belinda & Jimmy Hendrix with their daughter. The Hendrix’ are still at SEArk. I know nothing about them other than what’s been written, but...
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    My girls first day back today

    Hope everyone had a good summer. My girls went back for their sophomore year with a new coaching staff and a bunch of new girls. They’ve been on campus for 3 days, but today was the first practice and they are pumped. After 3 days of meetings/events and one practice the girls love the new...
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    Testing arm speed

    The upper arm for sure needs to decelerate when it contacts the body to create the lower arm whip. That and the front-side resistance is what transfers the momentum from the windmill and the leap into the whip…which translates to pitch velocity (in theory). Or at least that’s the way I think...
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    14U Hitting - Timing The Pitcher

    My oldest daughter was always ahead of the ball at that age. I don’t know how many balls she hit over the 3rd base line fence, but it was a ton. like UNCDrew said, load when the pitcher loads. Don’t use a pitching machine…the consistent spin and speed is a problem IMO. Change speeds during...
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    POLL~To move or Get hit by pitches~

    I always taught how to take a HBP and suggested that it’s better to not jump out of the way. Some girls got good at taking a HBP and some didn’t. My oldest daughter would lean into one if we needed base runners and they threw it inside off the plate. I don’t think my youngest ever got hit by...
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    Testing arm speed

    Okay, I’ll ask…why do you want to know the rotational arm speed? I get that it could relate to pitching speed, but ask Ken pointed out, it’s also the stop and converting that momentum into pitching velocity. I honestly didn’t check my daughters pitching speed that much. Her pitching coach...
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    players looking for a team and stats included

    HS stats could be garbage. At the school my daughters attended, they listed all errors and fielders choice as base hits. They also missed recording stats on half the games, so innings or HRs may have been missed. I would try them out if I needed players. it takes about 10 minutes to tell if...
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    Increasing velocity

    59 for a 13yr old is very good. An 8th grader/HS freshman throwing 59+ is rare. They say you will typically see 1-3 mph per year increase in HS, but some plateau earlier and some don’t until later. My daughter entered HS averaging 56 and she left throwing 62-63. Her HS team had another girl...
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    Real interest or being played to fill a camp?

    We got lots of letters for camps, which were really just money makers for coaches. However, the Twitter DMs or DMs through fieldlevel were all coaches that were legitimately interested. If you respond to the DM and the coach responds back, they are interested. With her being a sophomore...
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    Freshman Swing

    I see a lot of good. Very powerful swing. Her head moving forward during/after the weight shift is the only potential issue that I see. This is in part due to the large step forward. In reality, some kids can manage this, but can cause inconsistent contact with others. Barry Bonds…very...
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    Good luck….

    My girls were home for 3 weeks. My youngest was told she was going to be a Pitch Only unless she could show them something early in spring practice. She led her District in HRs her Sr. Yr of HS, so she was bummed. She hit everyday she was home. Today was their first day back and she hit a...
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    Florida gets info on menstrual cycle

    It’s about time…who knows how we made it this long with out that information?
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    Best bat for pitching machine work

    My daughters used their LXTs for pitching machine work and never had a barrel break because of it. They got 2-3 yrs out of every bat. Don’t use the balls that get really hard over time and don’t do it when it’s below 50 and you will be good.
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    Freshmen in college

    My twins had two games yesterday Daughter #1 pitched 6 innings and gave up one hit, zero earned runs, no walks and a handful of Ks. She didn’t get to hit, but she played good defense. Daughter #2 hit in both games and went 6-7 with a HR, 2 doubles and 3 singles. The two doubles were off the...
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    Junkballers

    My daughter throws a fastball quite a bit in college and her velocity isn’t overpowering. Fastball is 61-63. The change of speed and location is the key for a good fastball. You should pitch 3 speeds and hit your spots. Fastball, an off speed drop or just slower fastball and a change. Most...
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    Junkballers

    My girls haven’t played in 14U in a few years, but all we‘ve seen lately is girls with one strong pitch (rise, curve or drop), a very good fastball and a change up, but they all throw hard. while the speeds seem to be faster recently, we played a team in 2019 that had a girl that threw a...
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    The Hard-Nosed Player

    Never tell them to dial it back. Make sure they know how to slide and are using good technique. Fingers hit with the ball is just skill and kinda a freak accident. ….and yes, she should have gone to the camp. Even if she couldn’t practice being able to speak to the coaches is important.
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    "the unit"

    Love it! Hard work in the weight room is so important.

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