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    Brown Dimpled Machine Balls

    Anyone have any advice on how to rejuvenate machine balls back to optic yellow once they get glazed and dirty…thinking a solvent of some sort but curious if anyone has tried this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Are the announcers not permitted to call out the coaches?

    My understanding is It’s only an out if the touch aids the runner in anyway, either a push forward or helping them stop etc …that contact did neither Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Turf shoe and Cleats wearing out too fast in the toe area!

    Better mechanics!!!! Lighter drag longer shoe life Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Diffrent pitches 12u pitchers should know

    They should know what they’re ready to know, demonstrated success means additional skills. 12u IMO should have at least 3 FB CU and some type of movement pitch ....I also encourage my students to use multiple grips to alter spin and velocity in smaller increments on the pitches they have in...
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    Help with timing.

    Keep in mind she’s 11, the process is long one and some things cannot be rushed even when you identify it. Beyond drills with timing as the goal queue her by telling her to reach for her target, get her focused on that will often make that subtle change needed without having to think anything...
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    Help with timing.

    She looks pretty good, fixing something that happens in 100ths of seconds is exceedingly difficult intellectually. Encourage rhythm and timing and feel, I’ve actually used a metronome on occasion, free guitar apps usually have one and played through a speaker loudly it can help. Two other...
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    Nightmare

    Catapult? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    My DD lost her 4 seam spin after a bike crash

    Then by definition it’s a drop ball ....more like a peel drop Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    At what point does chanting go from annoying to un sportsmanlike?

    Been coaching a long time and have begrudgingly accepted the chanting, I feel it diminishes the game and makes girls look less like serious athletes though IMO.... it can turn into a complete circus occasionally .... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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