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    Playing up (School Ball) ???????

    In Florida middle schoolers can play. I believe the schools have to be on the same campus. That includes some small rural public schools and most private schools that are k-12. I think many of them would struggle to field a team if they didn’t have the ability to use middle schoolers. My DD...
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    Scheduling Etiquette

    Interesting topic. I try and reschedule when possible. I want to play as many games as possible. I might lose a game this week with a really bad forecast on Friday. Looking at my remaining schedule there isn’t a great time to make it up. One or two dates might be off days for both teams but it...
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    Interesting finger control~can you do this?

    I can do it rather easily. Wouldn’t think that is a 1% type of skill. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    College has some

    Those are fair arguments. I would just think it would be easier to build the nucleus of your team with players that are within 3-4 hours of your school in places like California, Florida, Texas and other softball hotbeds. You have the ability to evaluate those players more often and get them to...
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    College has some

    I have always wondered why many schools don’t take a more regional approach to recruiting. Seems they often go across the country when it wouldn’t be hard to find a comparable kid a few hours away. Now I do know one successful college coach in Florida told the head of our organization he...
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    What to do about pitching line up? (8u rec)

    My suggestion for coaches with new pitchers at young ages is to only use them one inning at a time when first starting out. If they have success in the one inning they pitched they can go home feeling great about that. If they struggle they only have to struggle for one inning. You never know...
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    Eeny Meeny

    Can’t decide positions just knowing the ability of one player. You’re always trying to come up with the strongest combination of 9 players. Player A may be your best shortstop but player B is pretty good there also. But player A is a much better third basemen than everyone else you have. Then...
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    HS Softball Started

    In Florida we can only schedule 25 regular season games. The 50 you can do in Texas seems like a lot. If I had more pitching I wouldn’t mind somewhere around 30-35. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    College rule about getting hit by pitch that is over the plate?

    I think he got half of the call correct and the other half wrong. He correctly decided the player shouldn’t be awarded a base. But he awarded the batter a ball instead of the pitcher a strike. I believe that should have been a strike as well. Probably the pitch before that also. Sent from my...
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    Pocket Radar?

    Ask a dad what speed his daughter throws. Then measure what his DD actually throws with the radar gun. If the radar gun shows 5-10 mph slower than it is probably accurate. In all seriousness use it next to someone else that has one that works and compare readings. Sent from my iPhone using...
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    College rule about getting hit by pitch that is over the plate?

    Here is the second pitch in a row that hit her. This grazed her elbow. Feet aren’t in the box and it clearly looks like a strike. Here is the full video go to about the 32 minute mark Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    College rule about getting hit by pitch that is over the plate?

    I agree. But was surprised they were ruled balls. The second one was easily a strike if not hit by the batter. Sounds like it is umpire discretion and maybe he just missed that one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Dad with some questions about my new pitcher?

    This is kind of where my DD ended up with things. Her “fastball” has natural top spin like many others and that isn’t ideal when trying to throw up in the zone. When she gets backspin on a pitch it slows it way down. That is essentially her change up now. She throws a bullet spin pitch when we...
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    College rule about getting hit by pitch that is over the plate?

    Watching the Tennessee game vs Stanford and it looked like the ump correctly didn’t award the base to the batter. But both times the pitches were given as balls. They looked like strikes if not hit by the batter. Is it the umpires discretion to rule ball or strike when a base isn’t awarded. If...
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    Not the best start for Jordy Bahl

    I know in basketball the number of ACL tears is significantly higher for women. Now that rules basically allow girls to pitch like men’s fastpitch, I wonder what the consequences may be. Probably be a few years before we really know. But it makes me hesitant to want to change too much with my DD...
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    Not the best start for Jordy Bahl

    I hope she recovers fast, she is good for the game. I can’t help but wonder if the new leaping rules might lead to more injuries for female pitchers. Girls have ACL tears at a greater rate than guys. Landing like that has to put you at a higher risk I would think. Sent from my iPhone using...
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    Does your HS team stream games?

    I did know recording playoff games is prohibited in my state. They want the money from ticket sales! Guess I will just nicely try to have someone put it up at away games and if they ask us to take it down I will. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Does your HS team stream games?

    That’s interesting to me. We were planning on streaming all are high school games this year. Never considered some teams might not allow it. It is just so normal in travel ball I didn’t even think of that as a possibility. Did anyone give a good reason why they don’t allow it? I understand some...
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    Chelsea Wilkinson

    That is what my DD uses as a change up as well. She kind of stumbled across it messing with something else but can repeat the action. It is probably her best pitch. We used to describe it as a slow rise. But that just confused people. It does have true backspin but we just call it a change up...
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    Is crow hopping now legal

    Yeah I finally got to see a video from NFHS and I am a little disappointed with what they came up with. Their example of legal was basically what most have always considered illegal this whole time. They only seem to care if the front foot moves forward again. They don’t seem to care if the back...

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