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    Coach Jenn Starkey-Mental Toughness Clinic- Southern Illinois

    Experts say the game of softball is 90% mental, yet we spend more of our time, money and energy on the physical skills sets of the game. At this Mental Toughness clinic, your athlete will learn the secrets of the mental game usually taught only to elite athletes at the collegiate or...
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    Jr All American Games

    Has anyone had any experience with this? DD received an invitation and I wanted to do my due diligence before disregarding. Game Day USA JR All American Games Powered by Gatorade https://gamedayusa.com/allamerican/fast-pitch.cfm
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    Team Building Ideas For Rained Out Practices

    Haven't posted in a while, but I'm still lurking around. Well, I got myself volunteered to coach a 14u team this year for a local organization. DD plays on the 18u team. I took the team because I help coach our Jr High team and we have 5 kids that are above average and needed a team. I haven't...
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    Freshman Season

    Haven't posted on here in a while, but when dd was young this forum was more like a support group for me. I posted many videos of her hitting and pitching as well as shared stories of success and heartbreak. Well now, dd is a freshman and about a month into her first season. I feel guilty...
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    Camp Siuggestions

    Since there seems to be a lot of people discussing college camps and looking for suggestions to help their DD get the exposure they need, I have a few questions. Here is a little background info. I've been a member here for some years and we are finally getting to the point of...
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    USSSA World Series

    Our 02 team is planning a trip to the USSSA World Series in Orlando next summer. I know some will scoff at this because of competition level, or whatever, but we are going for the vacation and to enjoy the experience. We are going just this once and in the future will be looking for more serious...
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    How to begin helping girls with recruitment.

    As I've stated in other recent post I am charged with managing a 14u team in rural Southern Il. We are an 02 team and belong to a loarger organization. One of my growing responsibilities as our athletes age, is to put them in a position to be recruited. We are not a showcase/exposure team, but...
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    Southern Express 02

    Southern Express is one of the longest running travel organizations in Southern Illinois. With a long list of athletes that have played and/or are playing in colleges through out the Midwest. Southern Express 02 is looking for one final player to round out our talented 2016 roster. With the goal...
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    Where to play this upcoming season

    We live in Southern Illinois. For the past couple years I have run a small independent 12u team. We just closed out a very successful year, one that would've seen us registering as a B team this year had we continued. At the conclusion of the season it was decided that our families wanted...
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    Moving to 14u!

    My dd is an 02 and moves up to 14u this fall. This will also be her first fall playing Jr. High ball. I also play a role in managing her travel ball team. I do the scheduling and such. From what I've read next season is when my dd should begin to plan for college. I know it's been discussed on...
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    UGA corners wearing masks

    Watching Sundays UGA/Tenn game I couldn't help but notice Georgia's corners were wearing masks. We've all seen Nunlee wear one in the circle for UK. With some of the best players in the country in the best conference in the WORLD wearing them, it blows my mind some times why there is even a debate.
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    Noaah Hitting 5/24/15

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IiG-zfE_qhI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pR73W8of17c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> So I posted a few videos a couple weeks ago of...
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    Noaah Hitting 3/10'15

    I haven't posted any video of Noaah hitting in a few years. No real reason just haven't been videoing her as much as I did in the first few years. Anywho, we were at hitting lessons last night so I took a couple videos with the intentions of sharing one on facebook. Killing time this morning I...
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    What level are we?

    I've been following another thread about too many teams. Instead of posting a comment about what level we should play at, I figured it best to start another thread. We are an 02 team based in rural Southern Illinois and this is our 3rd year playing. We are a small independent team and I've...
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    Catcher struggling to catch

    We have a catcher that is very athletic, has a tremendous work ethic, and great heart. She has been taking catching lessons and is working her butt off to secure our starting catcher job(this is one of our biggest positions we struggle at). She has improved dramatically and it is evident that...
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    Looking for practice/warm up ideas

    Thought about starting 2 threads, but didn't want to become redundant. 1. We currently rent practice space during the winter for 2 hrs. We work our girls pretty hard. This season more than before because we've incorporated about an hour of circuit conditioning and ladder drills. We plan our...
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    Holes

    Let me begin this discussion by saying that I am not a hitting coach nor did I stay at a Holiday Express last night. I do not pretend to be. Most of my players have hitting instructors so during batting practice I try to keep my instructions basic so as not to interfere with what their paid...
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    A dream coming to fruition: Southern Illinois Fastpitch Softball

    Several years ago I began to speak with other coaches around our area about what they thought about forming a travel league in our area. Yes, there were already a few leagues, but many of which charged exorbitant fees and expected each team to travel to their town to play all league games. But...
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    Why we do what we do.

    I ran into a mom from my summer ball team today and asked her how her daughter was doing. At the end of our season the daughter began taking softball lessons from a local instructor. Like many families in So. IL. finances are tight and things like ball lessons are viewed as too expensive. After...
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    Rick Pauly named UGA assistant coach!

    Aug. 4, 2014 ATHENS, Ga. – Head Coach Lu Harris-Champer has added Rick Pauly as an assistant coach for the Georgia softball team. Pauly comes to Georgia having spent the last three seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at USC Upstate. “I am thrilled to have Rick as a member of the staff,”...

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