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  1. CalvinBall

    Travel uniform for high school tryouts?

    Depends on the school and the coach. Freshman year, every girl showed up in travel ball unis. First thing they were told is they should only wear school spirit wear. I think the goal was to foster team unity.
  2. CalvinBall

    Team Manager vs. Athletes Go Live

    No idea on that one. Streaming works fine on Android but scoring is junk because they had not updated the app in a while. Substitutions were especially painful. I just checked the Google Play store and it does look like they finally updated it 6 days ago. WHAT'S NEW New Features: - Option...
  3. CalvinBall

    Team Manager vs. Athletes Go Live

    FWIW, AGL’s development roadmap does include being able to score games without being connected to the internet.
  4. CalvinBall

    Team Manager vs. Athletes Go Live

    Was scoring done on an iPhone or Android? They have not been updating the Android version of the app so it is still a mess. Even they admitted you should avoid the Android version if possible. I switched to my wife’s iPhone at our last tournament and it was muuuch better. Still some issues but...
  5. CalvinBall

    ESPN+ Softball

    Not happy that the only way to get SECN+ is with a cable subscription. We cut the cord a while ago and are subscribed to the Hulu bundle that comes with ESPN+ but can’t watch Bama play.
  6. CalvinBall

    Gear of hypocrisy

    My daughter took a shot in the throat from a ball and she was wearing full catcher’s gear. Throw from the outfield took a funny hop and got up under her mask. Fortunately, no serious injury.
  7. CalvinBall

    Gear of hypocrisy

    I think it's just playing the laws of probabilities. Getting hit in the face while at bat (whether by foul ball or pitch) is exceedingly rare at that level and players would rather not have their vision obstructed. Taking a foul ball off the ankle or getting hit by a pitch in the elbow is more...
  8. CalvinBall

    Dead Period Extended until 5/31/21 but....

    Basically, they said they had talked with a couple of college coaches who said they expect that the dead period would be extended to July 1st because they can’t start recruiting until after the WCWS ends. That was pretty much the entire gist.
  9. CalvinBall

    Dead Period Extended until 5/31/21 but....

    Was on an AGL call the other night and there was talk of this possibly going out to July 1, after the WCWS
  10. CalvinBall

    Live Streaming from GC Team Manager

    I have a 13.5" Smatree gooseneck clamp as a backup. Clamps on the the rail of most fences easily. Used it when one of my articulating arms got messed up last fall and kept on using it because I actually liked it.
  11. CalvinBall

    Live Streaming from GC Team Manager

    I think it is more like that games have to be scored on AGL for official results/book keeping. I doubt they will be policing streams.
  12. CalvinBall

    Live Streaming from GC Team Manager

    Get a couple of 11” articulating arms and phone mounts. I use Smallrig for the arms and Ulanzi phone mounts because they have a cold shoe on them. Whatever phone mount you get, make sure it has a V-shaped groove on the top and bottom to securely hold your phones. Otherwise, a foul ball may...
  13. CalvinBall

    Live Streaming from GC Team Manager

    Each device runs individually. That way they can stream via LTE. Not streaming via LTE results in a bad stream in my experience.
  14. CalvinBall

    School ball

    Yes. They got a full season in.
  15. CalvinBall

    Live Streaming from GC Team Manager

    That is much the same what our team uses. GoPro to record in 4K to make highlight videos for the girls. iPhone to stream to FB and 2nd iPhone to stream to AGL. All mounted on a LynkSpyderplus a gooseneck mount. AGL has been very aggressive in doing deals with tournaments to get its name out...
  16. CalvinBall

    School ball

    Not until August. 😀 Softball is a fall sport here in Georgia. Our spring sports are starting on time though.
  17. CalvinBall

    Camps that measure a kids metrics

    We use measurables as part of our player profiles for recruiting purposes. If you can do a camp or tournament that does measurables once or twice a year, it gives the girls something to share with college coaches in emails. I think it also helps to gives the girls/coaches a baseline to identify...
  18. CalvinBall

    Weather to play competitive vs rec

    We hit a point where our rec league wasn’t competitive any longer even with my DD playing up an age level. Most of the talented players, and pretty much all the decent to good pitcher left for travel teams. It made games painful to watch so we ended up moving to travel just before middle school.
  19. CalvinBall

    Live Streaming from GC Team Manager

    You can use your own phone or tablet with AGL. They offer a ruggedized tablet that has a higher threshold before it overheats. I have not had any complaints about my camera setup at fields and it can get ridiculous with two phones for streaming and a GoPro mounted on a LynkSpyder.
  20. CalvinBall

    Streaming - Mevo and General

    AGL has said they are working to make the service compatible with the Mevo. No timeline on that though and they have bigger priorities. I typically stream using my phone(s) and record with a GoPro. Really good quality with an iPhone and you don’t have to deal with the issues of trying to...

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