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    Can I get a travel ball history lesson?

    not sure what's wrong with this scenario...assuming the coach is "pretty good." those teams play because they are having fun working at the game not to get a college scholly. a lot of those kids will get the bug and work really hard to make a more competitive team. others may not and play "B/C"...
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    Can I get a travel ball history lesson?

    my experience has been injuries are FAR more likely to occur by overusing the same muscles in the same way year round...ie specialist.
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    Ecstatic parent after home run

    i'm all about celebrating victories large and small but isn't the dad a little over the top? vicarious living parents are the worst.
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    ANY TRYOUTS ? in your area ?

    im in the NW...our tryouts usually are in july/august. teams form up in august after tryouts and play sept-july. teams have individual tryouts throughout the year to pick up players as needed. interesting how other regions do it differently
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    NCAA softball is toast!

    softball does generate revenue at some schools. it's not like lacrosse or rugby.
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    One hand or two hand finish?

    bumping this as i was thinking about this today...seems like younger 10s and 12s should be encouraged to finish two handed to ensure complete swing and they are more capable/flexible of physically doing it that way without an effect on their metrics. i do like the idea of using metrics to...
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    WHAT POSITION TO PLAY, Who Decides?

    travel ball coach perspective... kids have favorite positions and should let their coach know what they are. coaches make line-ups so ultimately their call. there are many levels of travel ball teams...what's more important to your player? playing her favorite position or playing on a good team...
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    Injuries HE vs IR

    thanks for the reply....was your soreness in that area? i'm caught....later in practice i took the catchers and we worked on receiving/blocking with them behind a screen. i was feeling great and letting it rip...not 100% but a good 75% "K" with a step...i felt the tightness then and went back...
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    Injuries HE vs IR

    i'm a team coach and my 10U daughter pitches..we are transitioning to I/R. she is a strong HE pitcher but want to play the long game, take 3 steps back to take many more forward. we had our first session playing catch under hand yesterday. we progressed through lock-its to 12 o'clocks. did not...

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