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    Shoulder Pain in Throwing Arm

    My dd has been experiencing pain and tingling in her throwing shoulder (in the back and in the joint). She is 16 and is a utility player, playing primarily corners, 2nd, and some pitching. She is NOT a regular pitcher and has only been used to chew up an inning or two here and there until...
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    First Base Footwork

    My daughter plays a lot of second base, and has played first base on a previous team. We are currently 14u. When she runs over to cover 1st base, say on a bunt, she goes directly to the typical throwing side foot on the bag and stretches to the ball with her glove. Her current coach is...
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    Throwing Work

    My DD has started to throw with her wrist bent back (with the ball on top of her fingers). This, in conjunction with the elbow dropping I'm sure, is making for some very weak throws. Obviously we need to focus on elbow positioning. With the wrist, does anyone have any ideas? I thought I had...
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    Can't I just be a fan of the game???

    We're a second year 12u team playing league in the 14u bracket. Last night we were up against a couple second year, soon to be 16u teams, and we're getting CLOBBERED! Honestly, exactly what I expected. No worries there. So last night I'm into the game, and the opposing batter smoked one to...
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    Corporal Punishment

    I'm not sure it's necessarily "corporal punishment", but depending on who you ask it might be... DD's coach likes to make the girls run and do push-ups for mistakes. Shank a ball in the infield, you get 10 push-ups. Drop a pop fly, you get 10 push-ups. Lose the game b/c of a few errors, the...
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    Schedule Changes

    I got an email last night that my DD's coach is changing two of the tournaments we are scheduled to play in. The issue is that, based on the tournament schedule we agreed to, we simply are not available on the new weekends. One of the new tournaments will require travel in two weeks. The...
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    How many games?

    DD accepted a spot on a team with a 75-ish game schedule for this spring/summer. Seems a little high to me for a B team. Got me thinking...what is a typical number of games for a second year 12u B team?
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    Another "What should we do?" Post

    For a number of reasons, we have found ourselves without a team for 2012 (last team just disbanded). My DD has an offer to play on a lesser team in an overall good club that happens to have two 12U teams (a 1st year and a 2nd year team). There is the possibility of moving on to the 2nd year...
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    Pitching Coach Recommendation in STL Area

    We're looking for a new pitching coach for my 11 year old DD. We're on the MO side of the river in St. Louis (south). Any recommendations? We've been with a couple over the past couple years that teach the George Jones method and it just doesn't seem to work for my DD. Thanks in advance.
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    followthru

    i'm looking for some ideas to help my 11yo dd on her followthru. she wants to finish above her shoulder and lets the bat hit her on the back. I teach finishing around the shoulder, but i'm struggling to get her there. oddly, her hand path is pretty much right on to finish correctly, but then...
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    not necessarily softball related...

    thanks to all of our veterans. you are our nation's heroes.
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    12u and positions

    12u travel coaches - do your players have set positions, or are you still rotating them around quite a bit? i generally fall into the "you earn your position" camp, but don't want to unnecessarily pigeon hole a player into a position she might not like b/c i have better options for their...
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    catcher equipment costs

    this post relates (sorta) to rulemeister's post on the "who pays for the catchers' bags?" quetion...didnt want to hijack his/her post. im taking over a new 12u travel team. the roster was 99% in place before i agreed to take over. some of the girls are straight out of rec (they do show some...
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    3rd base coverage

    i'm curious what some of you have your 3rd baseman do when there's a throw from the catcher to 3rd and the ss is covering, and when there is a rundown situation? i'm talking first year 12u.
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    stats question

    do walks and/or HBPs count as at-bats in the scorebook? and if i had a girl turn a double into a HR on a throwing error, do i score that a double and a run on the error, or a homerun on an error?
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    idle threat, or real possibility?

    i have coached my dd's team for 4 years now. i'm getting worn out (i also coach my son's baseball team - see my post "how do you do it???" if ur interested in more info) so we started looking for a new team for my dd and several of my core group of 12u girls that i didn't have to manage. we...
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    How do you do it???

    here's my situation - i manage both my son's and my dd's travel baseball and fastpitch teams. i started with the boy's team, and then started my dd's team a year later b/c she had a bozo coach and honestly got next to nothing out of being on the team. i was naive - i had no idea how big this...
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    DTS Question

    im having a moment...dropped third strike - if there's a runner on 1st, batter is out, correct? otherwise a good catcher would intentionally drop the 3rd strike and double-up on 1st.
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    DeMarini Bustos

    Any comments on the DeMarini Bustos?
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    team insurance

    where are people getting their team insurance through?

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