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    Two kinds of softball players ...

    Been thinking about this lately as it pertains to my DD's motivation for playing. Which is more like your daughter? Type 1 -Very competitive. Wants to win. Wants to be the best hitter, pitcher on her team. -Inwardly motivated. -Also motivated by doubters and haters. Loves to prove people...
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    14U team DQ'ed at LL World Series for social media post

    Team gives the middle finger to defeated opponent. Coach calls punishment a 'travesty.' UPDATE: Atlee softball team releases statement about Snapchat controversy | Sports | richmond.com
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    Where to stand in the batter's box: Up or back?

    We haven't had this argument in a while. I'm puzzled at the extremely high percentage of TB players who bat at the front of the batter's box. I prefer back, or keep the front foot no closer than the front of the plate, and give yourself more reaction time. One major argument for being up in...
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    Texting your (not-softball-savvy) wife for updates

    It's always funny when I can't be at DD's game and I'm depending on DW's illustration. Following on GameChanger, and I see DD hit a sac fly. Text to DW: Was it a line drive, or fly ball, or pop up? (none of which she understands, but never hurts to ask). Reply: "I'd say line drive married to...
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    Controversy in Georgia baseball game over bases-loaded walk

    Curious if anyone knows the national federation rule on this. High school state semifinal game in Georgia yesterday, tied 3-3, bottom of the 7th. Bases-loaded walk. Runner at second never touches 3B. ''Winning'' run is nullified, game continues. Penalized team loses in extras, now appealing...
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    App State coach is let go

    Guess this is the time of year for coaching changes. DD is teammates w/ an App State commit. Hope those verbals are honored. Scary thing for commits. Savage will not return as App State softball coach - The Appalachian Online
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    'Conceal the bat knob' ... Good objective?

    DD done w/ HS ball, starts today on goal of further eradicating drop-barrel-swing-flat (DBSF). Going to approach it from this direction. When viewed from the side, the best hitters in the world will show less of the face of the bat knob once they have launched the swing. Can't see Cabrera's...
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    Bat angle at launch

    Should a hitter's bat angle (at the point of launching the swing) be the same regardless of the pitch? Or might a good hitter adjust/measure the pitch during the load in a way that might produce a higher or lower bat angle at swing launch?
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    Hitting/pitching league

    Have this idea, want to get feedback on feasibility. Let's say I rent a couple of softball fields during the summer for live pitching/hitting. Advertise it. Once/week, say Tuesday at 6 p.m. Or for older high school kids, I could make it during the day, like 10 a.m. This would take place on...
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    Hank Aaron statue fails the Hanson Principle

    Unveiled this week at the Atlanta Braves' new stadium.
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    What is your DD's ''journey"?

    Any softball parent who has been at this very long has heard the cliche - ''It's the journey.'' Yet most of what we read here is not about that. It's typically about performance, the quest for the elusive high-level swing or IR mechanics, how to get better. We even had a brag forum for days...
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    Frustration from a professional softball player

    Interesting comment from Emily Allard. What are your thoughts?
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    Ideal number of tournaments/games

    What's the ideal number of tournaments to play for player development, IYO? Most parents/players don't pick teams based on this, and most teams play around 15 (+/-3) because that's what everybody else does. DD is a HS junior who is on track to play college softball. Her TB team is full of...
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    Best 50 pitchers in college softball

    Fun list if you follow college softball. What this least can't anticipate are freshmen, and also pitchers at the top schools that will play bigger roles this year. Florida has 3 of the top 4 pitchers, per this list. FPN 2017 Preseason TOP 50 NCAA Softball Pitchers
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    Does your college really matter?

    We've discussed this before, but here's another take on it, discussing the psychological advantages of being a top student at a middling school vs. a lesser student at an elite school. Also food for thought in softball regarding whether it's better to be a top player on a average team or a...
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    How should a ball spin when hit off a tee?

    Been working w/ DD on barrel turn and swing path. One goal is to reduce her tendency to slice. She swings slightly down at times and gets too much backspin or side spin, IMO. Noticed yesterday that she was hitting some balls off the tee that had hardly any spin at all. Looked like a knuckle...
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    What a girl wants

    DD's experiences this fall have had me thinking about what players really want in a team. This is a subject that has fascinated me from the time I formed a team and coached it from 10U through 12U. (Just a bleacher parent these days). It's an important question, IMO, because too many...
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    More questions on DBSF and the 12-to-6 swing

    So in this gif below from Noontime's site, we see Miggy performing a 12-to-6 swing (like the hands of the clock going counter-clockwise from 12 to 6) on a low ball. Pretty easy to see what that looks like. Does anyone have a gif of somebody hitting a high ball? And what does the hitter do...
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    Did Lou Gehrig DBSF?

    Check swing
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    HitTrax

    Just curious if any of you have seen this machine. It tracks the exit speed and path of balls hit in a cage. My DD has done that. Pretty cool. They have a website that has leaderboards for exit speed and distance of the facilities that use and track it. Not enough users at this point to make it...

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