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    NAIA ruling on Transgender athletes

    The article actually provides proof of an advantage. “A further cross-sectional study examining muscle strength using a hand grip dynamometer in trans women who had completed an average of 14.1 ± 3.5 years GAHT found that, on average, the muscle strength data of trans women fell below that of...
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    Ideas and tips for tournament weekend energy food

    Pop tarts.
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    NAIA ruling on Transgender athletes

    Are you against Title IX? Women’s sports all together? Truly do not understand but not wanting to assume. Human vs Human does away with women’s sports.
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    NAIA ruling on Transgender athletes

    Are you denying that men are better at sports?
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    NAIA ruling on Transgender athletes

    Just wanted to clarify. Title IX guarantees equal opportunity for women athletes. To achieve this you must have separate arenas for competition. The exclusive portion of this is Title IX . Title IX is great BTW.
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    Dropped third strike play

    A retired runner is a retired runner. Thus the distinction between the two in the rule book. A runner has a right to an unoccupied base. If in this case you treat as a runner the then wouldn’t they be safe or out when they reach first?
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    Dropped third strike play

    Before you apply any rule, you must determine what the player going to first is. Is the player a runner, a batter runner, a batter, or non of them? IMO, the player is not a runner or batter runner. Applying rules that references them is not correct.
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    Dropped third strike play

    So what is everyone calling if the throw to first hits the runner?
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    Improving consistency

    One thing DD has taken to heart is just make the next pitch. You can’t go back in time. The other thing is to make sure it is a team game. The W or L goes with the team. If they are facing good hitters with a tight zone, probably giving up some runs. Their team should also be able to score...
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    Dallas Morning News article re Portal and Recruiting

    Thank you. Can’t believe I left that out.
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    Improving consistency

    Remember pitchers have bad days. MLB pitchers will have 3-4 bad starts a year. Best remedy is for the team to have deep pitching so when they have a bad day they are not taking one for the team. A few not trying to locate and be perfect practice days do wonders for DD
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    Dallas Morning News article re Portal and Recruiting

    It will be interesting to see if the last COVID year creates a temporary higher demand. In sports like softball where many do not get full scholarship, it may stay brutal as I imagine most transfer results in net loss of scholarships available. Edit added not.
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    Pitchers With Less Than Perfect Mechanics

    I watched a lot of video of different levels and 45 degrees +/- 15 degrees was what I saw with women. The few men I watched appeared about 10-15 degrees less. The men get more open on the leap, so I came to the guess hip rotation from landing to release about the same. The hard part of all...
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    Pitchers With Less Than Perfect Mechanics

    The thing I have wondered about Cat’s motion is at 3 or 6 o’clock (not sure) the ball disappears behind her body. This is great for deception, but is that ok for younger pitchers? Attached a pic to clarify.
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    Is my DD considered fast...…for her age?

    Not trying to begrudge fast times they ran the fastest they could with no control over timing method. For comparison it is fine. You are right it is close .1s is probably just under a yard of separation, that is why how you time really matters. 2.65 is the fastest of the 2 splits. 1.78s is...
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    Is my DD considered fast...…for her age?

    Sadly no one can say. Timing (even laser) is horrible flawed. For example the fastest first 10M in women’s track 100M is 1.78s. Converted to yards about 1.63 seconds. One leaderboard 1.63 is slow on their top performers (other items beside running). 2.65 for 20 yards is Flo Jo range...
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    Is my DD considered fast...…for her age?

    I sweat my daughter runs faster off the fields when a curtesy runner comes in for her than to the bases.
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    Swinging under the ball

    When DD does this it is usually one or more of a few things. 1. Timing issue, doing dumb stuff to try and be on time. 2. Not firing the hip. 3. Losing the bat location in the zone. Can be frustrating when they do not replicate game swing in lessons. Maybe video tape her and see what is...
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    5 Simple Rules for Surviving High School Softball

    If I was to address this it would not be a softball discussion. Might consider discussing with HR vs AD. Log events, and document. Only speak on what you are right on, be nice, avoid the grey, avoid anything personal.
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    5 Simple Rules for Surviving High School Softball

    Glad someone likes it. I was looking forward to it next year. I really enjoyed the jr high league. DD has played with or against many on the other teams. Seems fun to compete against current and former teammates.

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