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    busted butt all winter, then...

    if there's ever a time i could use some support it's now. if there are any good reasons for this, now is the time to tell me... my daughter has been seeing what is widely known as one of the most reputable pitching coaches in the area since last september (we changed PCs. this new one is our...
  2. J

    team captains...

    i coach a 14U 'travel' team. i have an individual who is a leader amongst the rest both vocally and by example. i've toyed with the thought of going through the formal process of naming her team captain and placing a 'c' on her jersey to send a message to the rest of the team that she is our...
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    pitching surface

    hi guys. so, we moved indoors starting today. we're using the local elementary school gym to pitch in. in our first 'off-season' workout tonight, dd was all over the place. rather than give her an excuse of a slick gym floor, we just cut the workout a little short. should the surface be a...
  4. J

    fly ball practice...

    do you guys throw 'em or hit 'em? i like to throw 'em to the girls; i can place them better and am generally just more efficient when my staff throws them yet the girls don't see the ball come off the bat. i think there's some merit to both. thoughts?
  5. J

    Problem Parent - What Would You Do?

    edited post...thanks for the input guys.
  6. J

    12YO 12U DD Pitching...

    hi guys. thought i would share and get any input i could from this group on my 12 YO 12U DD. she's been at it for about 2.5 years and is in the middle of her first travel season. she's been seeing doug gillis since september. she does a couple mini walkthroughs in the video then goes into a...
  7. J

    leading with elbow

    hi guys. i've just acquired a new young lady to my 12U team. she's a great add but has a terrible flaw of severely leading with her elbow when she throws (throwing pies). we've tried a few drills to try to correct it. one of those drills works okay but not great (called the quiver...
  8. J

    how to spend team money

    hi guys. started a competitive travel team a little over a year ago and have run into my first real dilemma. of course it revolves around money. we fundraised our tails off and generated way more funds than what we need to cover costs this season. as the coach, there's a couple great...
  9. J

    indoor practice facility

    hi guys. we've managed to keep our costs low on the team i coach by being blessed with free indoor practice at the local high school. unfortunately, with high school starting monday, we're our of a practice facility and face the next month or so with the possibility of no practice...clearly...
  10. J

    fastball - 2 or 4 fingers

    so dd has been pitching for a little over a year. she's 11 years old, 5'7" with big hands. i'm a baseball ball and just getting into the mechanics of fastpitch softball. a baseball fastball you throw with two fingers. she's been throwing her fastball with four fingers but since she has large...
  11. J

    coaching 12U girls

    hi guys. so here's the deal; i'm coaching a 12U team in a start-up 'travel' team. i put the travel in quotes because the term is thrown around so loosely these days and were not really a team that travels. we play local competitive softball tournaments against the best teams in the region...
  12. J

    how do you catch a softball???????

    hi guys. i'm coaching a 12U fall team. i need help with something i've never actually taught before...catching the ball. we're 4 weeks into fall practices. my prediction was that we'd have terrible pitching and hitting but would play good defense. it's been just the opposite. i have at...
  13. J

    Are We Gold or Silver

    hi guys. need some help here... i'm taking my 6 best girls from my 10U rec team along with 5 pretty good girls that played 12U this year and forming a 12U fall/spring/summer team (hate to call it a 'travel' team because we're not travelling). we've been practicing for two weeks and i've had...
  14. J

    12U field dimensions

    sorry for the novice question guys... i'm moving my girls up from 10U to 12U. we were offered the luxury of practicing on the local varsity high school field and i swear it looks huge. i know the 12U rubber is 40' vs. 43' for high school but the bases look miles apart. so........ are the...
  15. J

    starting a travel organization - need input

    hi folks. i've been coaching rec ball since 2003 and recently moved up to coaching travel ball. this fall, i'm spearheading the beginning of a new travel organization in our town. i want to solicit softball parents specifically and ask two questions: 1. what 3-5 things do you wish your...
  16. J

    moving from 11" ball to 12" ball

    hi folks. my dd moves from 35'/11" (10U) to 40'/12" (12U) this fall. we've gone back and forth trying to get her used to the 12" ball at 40' but i'm not sure moving her back and forth is the right way to do it. any tips for transitioning to 40'/12", i.e. should we draw a line in the sand and...

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