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  1. smddad

    Newbie Coach - LBR Rule Nuance Question

    I would also have my 3rd baseman shadow the runner while SS covered the bag. Tag them out once or twice, and they stop the reindeer games.
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    Blocking at Home

    I second this.
  3. smddad

    Leap now legal in USSSA?

    Yikes, wanting to completely change the whole reason for the circle’s existence. Not in favor of that, at all. However, I have been patiently waiting for the elimination of the leaping rule to mach the men’s game and the IFS, now WBSC, rules. Hopefully this happens very soon. I was thankful when...
  4. smddad

    Arm Bands and 12U - Great Googily Moogily

    Years back, when DD was a sophomore, her and the Sr. pitcher approached their head coach and told him that they were taking over the pitch calling. Now he played BB on a college scholarship and was also a college coach afterwards. He came to me after the game and had told me what they had done...
  5. smddad

    Odicci Alexander...best play I've ever seen

    I've seen too many phenomenal plays by softball athletes over the years to call any one of them the best. This play was definitely one of them, and she's to be commended.
  6. smddad

    Public service announcement for AZ

    Bingo! Also, why is it in the women’s game the coaches insist on calling the pitches from the dugout!? Let the catchers call the games.
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    Pitches and CWS

    Thanks Ken. That’s them!
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    Pitches and CWS

    I was just noticing everything by Montana Fouts is bullet spin. However, in typical announcer fashion, up and it’s a rise; down and it’s a drop. Both were bullet spin. I think it was s pitcher from OU a couple years back that threw as close to 6-12 rise as you can get, and also threw a drop...
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    Dead Period Extended until 5/31/21 but....

    Just came out in the press. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ivy-league-cancels-spring-2021-sports-season/ar-BB1dNWOA
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    “The New Bats Are So Fragile”

    I used to hit infield with my DD's RT. Great bats, even today. The NT, though, would vibrate and send stingers up your hands if you missed it's postage stamp sized sweet spot.
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    What's Your Mental Approach When Stepping Into the Box?

    I haven't posted in some time, but I just recently got pulled out of coaching retirement to go to AZ last weekend to help a friend coach his team. He had told me recently that one of his top hitters hasn't been hitting well for quite some time. After our first two games, I had taken note that...
  12. smddad

    FFS

    Did he break the rules, or just hurt someone’s feel bads?
  13. smddad

    How about that an illegal pitch!!!

    They already have been down the road of enforcement against future hall of fame coach, Mike Candrea, when they called IP’s against Kenzie Fowler during the 2010 WCWS. They lost viewers over it, because it was so painful to watch. Don’t expect them to do it again at the WCWS.
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    How about that an illegal pitch!!!

    ASA came out several years ago with a rules clarification that said they found it not possible to push-drag-push. So as long as the pivot foot didn’t leave the ground, there was no violation.
  15. smddad

    How about that an illegal pitch!!!

    Move to ISF rules for pitchers. Let them hop, skip, and jump and it’ll stop the whining. Speaking of illegal pitches, why does nobody ever complain about Taylor McQuillin, who is illegal every pitch? Her right foot is outside of the 24” area of the pitcher’s plate before the pitch. A violation...
  16. smddad

    Wristband sign chart

    My only advice is to teach your catchers how to call a game, then you only need them for offense.
  17. smddad

    Disappointed in University of Houston Softball Camp

    College camps are used to generate income for the team. They are also a chance for the colleges to bring in recruits with all the other (paying) camp kids and not count it as a visit. Wanna guess who the coach is going to spend their time with? While the younger girls are having fun spending...
  18. smddad

    Success with Barnhill “style”

    Relax and enjoy the game. I was told many years ago, when I cared about IP's, that I should only worry how our pitchers pitched, and stop worrying about how the opposing pitchers pitched.
  19. smddad

    Perils of TB

    I am very open and realistic with parents during tryouts. I will train your kid in the proper fielding & throwing techniques. We will learn proper base-running fundamentals. We will work on proper hitting fundamentals. We will end the season a fair bit better than we started. And, hopefully, it...
  20. smddad

    Hitters in front of the box

    I've always coached my batters to be up in the box. Back foot was even with center of the plate. For the same reason you describe.

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