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    How much does 10U travel softball cost?

    Welcome to the end of your life as you know it! Honestly from second year of 8U through 14's we never paid a dime for any softball expenses. We might chip in for a tourney or two if our fundraiser wasn't as good as normal. We sold beer at the Talladega races twice a year and made enough to cover...
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    Just when I thought it couldn't get stupider...

    We did the same thing minus the first look camp. We always held "tryouts" for every age and for basketball as well. It wasn't necessarily about stacking a team but trying to get them as balanced as possible. Granted we followed that up with pre and post season tourneys and USSSA had 6U All Stars...
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    Helping a very raw DD#2

    We will start with lessons with DD#1's instructor after Christmas once I know she is 100% wanting to do this. I don't want her thinking for a second I am pushing her.
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    Helping a very raw DD#2

    Definitely more about hitting.
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    Helping a very raw DD#2

    I have been on this forum for a very long time. It was a tremendous help for me and now DD#1 just wrapped up her first fall as a college player. DD#2 has decided she wants to give softball another try. She played one season in 6U and didn't like softball. She got bored because she did not know...
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    DD1 just verballed

    Congrats
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    Please sign up

    Or be like myself. Changed computers and forgot the password I set up 10+ years ago. Somehow I just figured it out!
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    Worst Non Softball Sport for Softball Players

    It was good for her and I honestly enjoyed volleyball because of the fast action. Playing volleyball, basketball, and softball was tough on her physically. She was in great shape but beat up constantly.
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    Worst Non Softball Sport for Softball Players

    DD at 5'3" was a libero and she was beat up at the end of the season from hitting the floor so much. Defense can be brutal as well but it definitely is better than being a front row player shoulder wise.
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    New to HS ball

    I feel for the ones that have HS programs that are below par. It's one thing to be pushed to win and not have the talent but another for the coach or admin to simply not care or let politics run things. HS softball should be a fun experience with friends at minimum and chasing championships if...
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    Worst Non Softball Sport for Softball Players

    Volleyball can be bad on the shoulders as well. For DD is was more basketball. Girls basketball up through MS is basically the WWE without an actual cage match.
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    Batter hit by pitched ground ball.

    I don't understand why no one has stated the obvious. I am actually a little dissapointed in my fellow DFPer's in not helping a newer member out. The first step you should have taken was calling time in a very loud voice while jumping and holding both arms straight up. Some of the following...
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    Advice for every parent and player out there.

    Soak it up. Not just the good times but the challenges as well. I know this has been said many many times but do not take a day for granted. DD is a senior this season and she is winding down her HS career. Last week at regionals we were 6 outs from watching her play in HS for the last time...
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    Oklahoma

    Not that athletes in the past didn't work hard but the advancements in training players have available today has taken them to another level. I would guarantee the percentage of them getting private lessons has skyrocketed the last 15 years. Add in strength and conditioning and the great hitters...
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    DD scared to get hit while batting

    In a camp at a very young age DD was taught how to get hit by pitches. Not to get in front of them but rather how to lessen the impact when it can't be avoided. That isn't taught enough. They simply flipped plastic balls at them and showed them how to move or turn to avoid solid impact. She...
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    Does 8U typically go coach pitch?

    Our league when DD was that age used both. It was a local league rule for helping develope kids. All stars was all coach pitch. We had player pitch the first two innings then went 100% coach. A pitcher was pulled after 4 walks/hit batters in an inning and a coach took over. It could be...
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    Recruitment eyes still on 2021's

    If she has an eye on one for the future a JUCO is not a bad way to go. DD had a JUCO offer and a couple fo DI's that wanted to see her one more summer going into last spring. She fell in lve with the JUCO and committed in February. Good decision not to wait until the summer on her part. Those...
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    Glove for Leftie Outfielder

    My left handed DD got her first Worth Liberty Advanced just before her 7th grade varsity season. That glove lasted through countless games and practices for school and TB. She is playing her senior year now and it has held it's shape to this day. She has taken care of it but it is one of the...
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    How many positions can you play well?

    One thing we did when our teams were young is practice every single kid at every single position. We would rotate them as a group to take balls at every single spot. DD is left handed but she learned how to field a bunt at 3B and turn a DP from SS and 2nd. You never know what could happen the...
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    Is there a place for tiny girls in softball 12u and beyond?

    There are plenty of opportunities for smaller kids. My DD has gone through the same thing as her as well as several of her freinds. We were told early on to look at rosters of schools she may be interested in and see the type of player they have. Some schools will not touch a kid thats not 5'6"...

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