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    Extra Inning Team Rankings

    Gotcha. What is the GC handle for the New York Huskies team. I’d like to follow them.
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    Extra Inning Team Rankings

    Saw Huskies got mercied 8-0 last weekend at Va Glory event by a 2028 Newtown Rock team. In looking at the roster, it looks like it was all of the 2028s from the Rock 09 team plus 2-3 guests, so not quite apples to apples though.
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    Extra Inning Team Rankings

    I did not think it was possible to foul up the team rankings more than the individual ones, but they have found a way.
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    Extrainnings Softball

    Got rid of Brentt Eads No longer ranks 7th/8th graders Guessing some backlash from last year when they had that big screw up with high school ratings and got a lot of criticism for ranking younger players.
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    East Coast IDT

    Anyone have any experience with this? https://www.nightmareevents.net/east-coast-idt.cfm
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    USSSA All American Games Review

    Yup. I think it was $150 or so to try out and then another $175 or so to participate. Then spectators need to pay $10 a day to get into the complex, and they make $$ from the stay to play aspect. Money grabbed at every turn. Your last statement is correct. The vast majority of parents in...
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    USSSA All American Games Review

    Talking to some parents who had kids do this 8–10 years ago, it seems the level of play used to be better. I don’t know this for a fact, but my guess is the selection criteria has been significantly reduced over the years in an effort to increase the number of paying players.
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    USSSA All American Games Review

    For those considering USSSA All American games in future years—Just wanted to share my experience. For context: DD is 13u plays 14A PGF, Triple Crown, Scenic City type events. She no longer plays USSSA but had always wanted to try out the games and some of her friends were going. She tried...
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    14/16/18

    What have folks seen with how 16u gets utilized? In the Northeast I’ve seen some orgs often move top players straight from 14 to 18 and skip 16s completely. Or they use 16u for stronger 14s and a few 15s. Just curious how the 16u grouping gets used differently at the different levels of play.
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    Obstruction Call—-Correct?

    Here is a still of moment catcher gains possession of the ball.
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    Obstruction Call—-Correct?

    Saw a game in intl tiebreaker end today on an obstruction call at home. Thoughts?
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    Switching Teams mid tournament

    Yes
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    Switching Teams mid tournament

    Jersey. Had most of the top teams from PA NJ, NY and DE. 100 mile radius covers a lot of states in the NE
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    Switching Teams mid tournament

    Saw a weird situation unfold yesterday: As best as I understood the events: 20 team unsanctioned event held by large well known org. 14u—-essentially field consists of all A level teams within a 100 mile radius. Cash prize for first place Organization A enters 2 teams. One is basically...
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    Average exit velocity by age

    Just saw a post on Twitter with a video of a 91mph exit velo off of a tee. Measured by blast motion. Player appears to be a 2027–less than ideal swing—avg size kid. Could that be correct?
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    Would you dare try to teach this move? skip to the 2 minute mark.

    Nice!
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    Would you dare try to teach this move? skip to the 2 minute mark.

    TY! Yes it pretty much happens on all swings at this point. I just checked for the fall season and balls in play were roughly 40% to the pull side. You are spot on— Fortunately it’s not super noticeably unorthodox at full speed and so it only draws attention in tough times. I guess that’s...
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    Would you dare try to teach this move? skip to the 2 minute mark.

    That was a great video. DD has similar back foot mechanics. Intentionally developed with a lot of scissor drills and also driving the back foot through at contact off of the tee over past 2 years. As she changed teams to a franchised org last fall, a few well intentioned coaches pointed out...
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    Showcase—-Number of Events

    Agreed—have not seen any college coaches at 14u. The org’s position is that showcases are where you need to be to play better teams. I’m not sure how accurate that is.
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    Showcase—-Number of Events

    Upon further inspection, you’re likely correct. It appears the pessimist in me may have grabbed the controls.

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