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  1. Huskerdu

    Firing a Coach

    You had me at my daughter... I have read alot of posts here and if I were that coach, I would have probably done the same thing. I have a question, did he ask you to track batting averages, or did you do it to develop evidence to use against his batting lineup logic? Batting averages are just...
  2. Huskerdu

    Politics and Pillaging Shenanigans--What's Your Experience?

    This is an issue in most every organization. There was a senior coach in our org that did the exact same thing as you are describing, however, my rag-tag bunch of rec kids after 3 years were coached up to the point where I had a better team. He folded his team and I was able to pick up, and I...
  3. Huskerdu

    Anyone from Colorado

    Hi Everyone, There is a remarkable thing happening in Colorado Softball. Pitching has become an endangered species. Teams all over our city are folding because of pitchers changing teams, playing up, etc. It is an epidemic when some of the most established organizations are losing teams...
  4. Huskerdu

    Cut or keep?

    Here is a letter I wrote to a family in this exact situation...Right after State, he came up to me and thanked me for crushing his daughter's dreams. She is a great, humble kid. Dear R-, R-, I was disappointed with our last interaction, but I need to talk to you in person or we can email. It...
  5. Huskerdu

    In practice for hitting.. Live or machine???

    I use the heavy balls to warm up before games where most of the time space is limited. I've never used them in practice. I like for the girls to get full swings hitting with full effect. I pitch to them myself live...and I'm not too proud to say, I have pitching lessons so I can use the windmill...
  6. Huskerdu

    Call a dang timeout!

    At 14U one time after a particularly ugly set of errors, we were still ahead but then by less of a margin. The girls were getting tight and frustrated and worried. I called time and walked to the mound and just started speaking Spanish to them as fast as I could, I didn't really even know all...
  7. Huskerdu

    How do you conduct your tryouts

    Time 9:30-9:45 Registration and warmup and Intro 9:45-9:55 Stretching and running 9:55-10:00 5-minutes to change gears 10:00-10:20 Infield Drills: Infield Bucket Drills, Star Drills, Small Infield Outfield: Ball to all fields, two lines calling pop flies, two-ball drill...
  8. Huskerdu

    Base-runners --- running to midway to get the catcher to throw

    This is a delayed steal and you are right, a savy team will not allow you to do it. They will throw down to third to cut it off, and rarely will they get baited into it. It might work at the end of a long day where kids are tired and not that sharp. The key is to keep the kid on second at a...
  9. Huskerdu

    Advantages of joining organization

    This is what I was going to say... When it comes to softball, I am finding that economies of scale and marketing are two huge aspects of being part of an organization, insurance costs, practice fields, care of those fields, etc. I would not, under any circumstances, join an org where there...
  10. Huskerdu

    Other Position for pitcher

    I get such a kick out of a dad saying his daughter is slow, it doesn't make me feel so bad. My DD is our #1 pitcher and she plays first. I don't like her throwing in the outfield.
  11. Huskerdu

    Thinking about having my quit for a while...

    I can't begin to tell you what a relief it is to read this post. My DD is 14 and our ace pitcher, 5-hole hitter with 3hr etc., and she is starting to realize that if she doesn't pick up some power and speed on her fastball and footspeed, the game is going to leave her behind. Her room, her...
  12. Huskerdu

    Intermediate-Advance all around drills on DVD

    This is exactly the resource I was looking for! Thanks
  13. Huskerdu

    Is there more drama in softball?

    She is not better because somehow along her journey, she lost the passion and instead of improving and becoming a competitor, she turned into a softball player, I think some if it started at home.
  14. Huskerdu

    Infield Fly Rule Question

    I gotta tell you eddieq, yours is probably a very good policy, but I had a solo umpire do that and it looked like he was talking to a phantom partner out there, needless to say the girls asked me who he was talking to. :D
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    Infield Fly Rule Question

    Oh and another thing...I watch the umpires when I have kids on 1-2 with less than 2 outs to make sure they know the IFR is in effect and usually if there is a mistake one of the umpires catch it in their signal or no signal.
  16. Huskerdu

    Infield Fly Rule Question

    On the IFR, the plate umpire signals to the base umpire by holding his arm out in a fist and his other to his chest to agree it is in place. As soon as the ball is hit in the air with runners on 1-2nd, it is called out with the extended fist, "INF Batter is out (if the ball is hit in foul...
  17. Huskerdu

    Starting A New Travel Club

    What is the age group? If they are 12 or older, why do you feel like you need to start a travel team? In our region, we have dads starting teams and organizations because their DD is disgruntled with her team/coach/brand, DD is usually a good if not the best player on the new team, and she...
  18. Huskerdu

    There's No Crying in Baseball

    If we could only know now what we thought we knew then, we'd be really really dangerous. :D
  19. Huskerdu

    Is there more drama in softball?

    Using batting average is not always the best judge of performance...although it frequently is. I have a kid who walks an incredible amount, she is a great bunter and she always seems to have a key hit in a key situation. She is a great kid, but yet her batting average is not indicative of the...
  20. Huskerdu

    Is there more drama in softball?

    If a parent were to come to me and ask, "what does my daughter need to do to get better?" I'd just hug the guy, instead, he sees his kid not even hitting her weight, cans of corn being dropped and balls ticking off her glove in the outfield, and yet he has the audacity to ask why she is being...

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