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    Miken -12 bats

    I have a player that uses the Halo Light and loves it. She even liked it through the break in stage, she is even thinking of getting another since she used it all high school season and then all summer and doesn't know how much it has left in it, and wants to start breaking in another.
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    Miken Rain Light or Halo opinions

    I have a player who has the Halo light and she uses it and now a couple of other players on my team use it as well and all seem to be effective with it. I purchased a regular Halo for the team and use it every now and then when hitting infield-outfield and it is balanced and the ball jumps off...
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    Who catches your pitchers in practice?

    What we do is as the pitchers are warming up (i.e. not throwing from distance or speed) we have them throw to one another. During this time the catchers are warming themselves up and get to work on catcher specific drills. Then as both finish we come together again working together. So they...
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    Defensive Signals

    We use a combination of both verbal and hand signals. Our first and third situational plays are communicated by me using hand signals to the catcher and the catcher then relays a set of signals to our defense as a whole. We have a couple of trick plays that are verbally communicated by me and...
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    swingaway

    I purchased one for my high school team last year and while we were inside (which was most of the time last year) we used it as a station to bridge between tee work and live pitching. I like it because it gives them repetitive swings without using several people to shag or throw, etc. It also...
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    out of base path rule

    If I understand your scenario correctly, you are describing it from the look of home plate so the ball that you describe as moving way to the right is on the first baseline side of the field, if that is correct then your player was correct in what she did. I believe that the umpire crew missed...
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    Statistic software

    I have TurboStats, it is a little on the pricey side if you get the version with all the bells and whistles but I have found that stats and charts that took me two or three hours to complete after games now only take about as long as it takes for printer to spit them out. I also have a the palm...
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    Fun things to do at practice

    We have been known to play Ultimate Softball. This is like Ultimate Frisbee but with gloves and a softball instead of a frisbee. The team is split into two teams and the rules that apply to Ultimate Frisbee apply to Ultimate Softball. This game takes them out of the normal softball...
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    Helmet on or helmet off...

    I actually teach both methods to my catchers. Some like to have the hockey masks and that was one of the points of having them made that way, was the better vision so it would not have to be thrown off. But I let them do whatever feels comfortable to them, whether they have a hockey style mask...
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    Choosing a mitt

    Akadema I personally have had good luck with Akadema fielding gloves. Have never used a catcher's glove but did some quick research on them before this post and they seem to be made in a similar fashion. Some of their fielding gloves are already broke in so they can be used right away. Not...
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    If you have no real catchers, who do yo send?

    I actually had this situation when I hired into my current position. The previous catcher had graduated with the last class and the former coach did not prepare anyone at the JV level to be the full time catcher. I was unfamiliar with the team at the time, I knew that they had a very good...
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    Throwing mechanics

    Saw this article from I think Spy and looked it over. I don't know really how anyone else's teams are but I had 4-5 incoming high school freshmen last year with the poorest throwing mechanics I have ever seen. We worked more on throwing mechanics/fundamentals at the beginning of the year than...
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    high school pitching distance - 40 or 43 feet?

    At the NFCA Convention in November of last year the high school caucus meeting also discussed this and I if I remember correctly, supported the idea of the pitchers moving to 43' in high school. Just like many of the comments being made there is too much inconsistency with the various...
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    Go to 2nd on a walk

    We ran this play quite a bit in our high school season with 100% success. I had never seen it defended to stop it either in high school or JC using it with the teams that I have been a coach on so the defense that has been suggested here would seem to get the job done and now I will prepare my...
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    overcoming nerves

    Music is also a good way to control nerves or anxiety. Think of a song that when you hear calms you down even when you are not so nervous or anxious. Then when you start to feel yourself moving in that direction play that song in your head, hum a few bars, or even lip sync a little to it if...

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