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    DD without fire--part 2

    Does she work hard at anything? My dd tried a lot of things, and was good at a lot of things. I worried that she was having some early success without really working hard. As has been mentioned, hard work will beat out talent if the talent does not work hard. I kind of pushed her, forced...
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    A little Different situation

    I remeber coaching my son's first LL team. There were a couple coaches who were on their second child. They knew the ropes, and they won a lot of games against us inexperienced coaches. At first, I thought they were cheating, or pushing the kids too hard, or something not right. I watched...
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    starting a travel organization - need input

    Organization and Communication are big. You probably won't hear anyone tell you if you are doing a good job, but you will never hear the end of it if you are not organized and not communicating. Make decisions, let everyone know the decision. They may not all like it, but they will respect...
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    Best way to "politely" bring this up to the softball board?

    I have been on the board of a small softball program for several years. We often try to put teams together, sometimes it works out, sometimes it does not. You need a committed head coach, several assistant coaches, and about twelve players who will commit to playing. You need to find teams to...
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    What is the youngest age group in your area?

    Our league is in North Metro Atlanta. We have 6U Tee Ball, 8U coach pitch, 10U, 12U and 16U rec, 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U travel. Some of the Tee Ball girls start as early as 4, most are 5 or 6. The better 6's play up in 8U, probably about 1/3 of the 6's play 8U. 8U is five pitches from the...
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    Rec. All-Stars...making the cuts

    10U All Star selections can be difficult. There is not a lot of difference between the #8 player in the league and the #14 player, especially in the parents eyes. But you will have to rank the players, and they will figure out exactly where you ranked their daughter. If she is not in the top...
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    14u playing time problems

    Miker, It sounds to me like you are doing the right things, and you are genuinely concerned about the team. Keep trying to do your best, and do the right things. That's all you can do. I had a parent who complained because her daughter batted last in the order. I had switched the batting...
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    Poor form and rushing the kids too fast

    It is a challenge to help the young girls to hit in rec. They need some instruction on basic mechanics, and they need a lot of swings. I had a bucket with about 60 or 80 baseball sized wiffle balls. Not the kind that curve, just plastic balls with holes. We dumped the balls near the center...
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    Step by step approach to fixing bat drag

    My DD just went through a case of bat drag. We talked about keeping the back elbow up, not dropping her hands, etc... We tried a bunch of different drills. She was trying, but not really getting it. Someone on another thread said simply 'Keep the elbow behind the hand'. We started using the...
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    Compromising your swing

    A couple of the recent threads got me thinking about something. Some comments on the Model Swing thread said that these clips show a lot of differences in the swing mechanics, even though all of the players in the clips are successful. Another thread talked about the difference in bat speed...
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    batting line up- having the best chance

    DD's team tracks about everything. Our scorekeeper loves doing the stats, so he includes a lot. One thing our coaches emphasize is Quality at bats. This stat includes hits, walks, sac, rbi, 8 pitches, well placed bunt, and hard hit line drive. Over the last 3 years I see that some players...
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    Problems with bat too heavy

    A kid on my 8U team had a bat that their aunt used in college. I could not convince the parents or the kid to use a smaller bat, they had to use the adult sized bat that aunt Ruth hit a home run with in the 70's.
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    The softball world outside of SoCal

    In Georgia we play HS ball in the fall. Some of the private schools have formed a Middle School league, but the public schools around Atlanta don't offer softball. Our league offers a fall rec league up to 12U for the middle school kids. The fall league plays games with another park, and with...
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    Most absurd thing a coach ever said

    A JV coach from another school said "Can she do that?" Referring to our hitter running to first after a dropped third strike.
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    My DD is average.

    You should be able to gauge whether or not she has a realistic chance of playing well for the travel team or the HS team. You should also be able to give a good guess as to how much work, practice and effort would be required for her to be successful. Just look at the effort given by the other...
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    Practice hitting curves drops and screw balls

    We have the single wheel machines, so no option to adjust the spin on them. I bought a dozen of the softball sized wiffle balls. The kind with holes on only one side. It is pretty easy to throw a curve or screw ball with the wiffle balls. You just line up the holes the direction you want the...
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    Practice hitting curves drops and screw balls

    This is our first year in 14U. In the fall tournaments it became clear that the 14U pitchers throw more and much better curves, drops and screw balls than in 12U. So how can we practice hitting these movement pitches? We do a little live hitting off from our pitchers, but not a lot. Our...
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    Suggestions -- Best Indoor Hitting Drills

    Hitting For Money. We try to mix up the indoor hitting drills so the kids don't get bored with the same old drills, but it doesn't always work. Sometimes the end of practice is dragging, and the girls are goofing off. Set up a small target in one of the cages and put a few dollars on the...

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