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    Other Parents Ripping Your Coach

    Just venting here a little bit and see if anyone else runs into this. My DD is a pitcher. Seems like every time I talk (last nights was the worse) to a parent about pitching they ask who are pitching coach is and then if they don't use the person the jabs start coming. Last night it was the...
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    Seton Hall Softball Coach

    This is just sad. Y! SPORTS
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    What Does an Offer Really Mean?

    If you get an offer from a "club" team for your daughter to play what does it actually mean? Case in point. We were offered, was with the team for 5 months and then for all practical purposes cut. Come to find out that the only reason we received an offer was the coach was desperate to fill a...
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    Lastest ESPN Poll April 2, 2012

    #ESPN.COM/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25# ----------------------------------------- ESPN.COM/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 (Records through April 2, 2012) TEAM PTS PVS ---- --- --- 1. CALIFORNIA (20) (33-1)...
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    TV Schedule(s)

    A couple of TV Games were announced. The Big 12 announced their FSN (I assume that's Fox Sports) baseball and softball schedule. Only two softball games but it's a start. By the time we have the ESPN and Big 10 Network schedule they'll be tons of softball games on TV nationally. Big 12...
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    Season is Almost Upon Us

    Minnesota Golden Gophers Report to Camp for Softball Season
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    College Pitchers using Step Style

    Is anyone aware of any college pitchers using step style?
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    Overheard at the game......................

    DD was pitching tonight. Overheard on the opponents bench was the coach yelling at her players saying, "That's the slowest change-up I've ever seen. You gals should be smacking that thing!" They hit it once. A pop up to the pitcher. Which was caught. :D
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    At What Age Do You Teach a Softball Pitcher a Movement Pitch?

    Drop Screw Curve Rise I imagine they're all different. But, what ages do you start these pitches? Or don't you bother? I've heard from some folks the last week that in Minnesota our High School pitchers only need a fastball and a change-up and it's ridiculous to learn to throw anything else.
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    Coach Won't Let Kid Do What She Can Do

    As some of you know I posted about how my DD was told she can't pitch by numerous coaches in the past. So, we hired a very experienced qualified pitching coach for what seems now to be the long term. Things are going very well. She throws harder than ever, is as accurate as anyone in the...
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    Talent vs. Practice

    This came up in the case study thread and I wanted to know what peoples thoughts were. There's a lot of books on the subject, Expert Performance in Sport, Talent is Overrated, Bounce by Matthew Syed. This could go many different directions, but the question is do the want the kid who practices...
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    Best Way to Mentally Prepare for Tryouts?

    Tryouts for our 12U program are coming up and I was wondering what others have done to mentally prepare their kids. She's done her offseason work, etc. But I want to alleviate as much stress as possible about the "evaluation" piece of the tryout. What should I say or not say? Etc. Any ideas?
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    Talk About Stride

    I've seen pitchers who use a short stride and pitchers who use an incredibly long stride. What are the +'s and -'s to each? If you coach pitching which do you teach or does it depend on the kid?
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    What do you do when no one believes in your kid?

    This came up because it appeared when rosters were being put together for fall and a best friend family chose another kid over ours and the kids are somewhat comparable although the other kid is a year older and admittedly stronger, faster, better overall player at this point. But, the thing is...
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    What's the first movement pitch to work on?

    Daughter throws your basic fastball and a flip change. What movement pitch is the easiest and best to work on for a young pitcher? 10U now, 12 U this fall. Screwball Curveball Rise Drop? Or, doesn't it matter?

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