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  1. 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...
  2. Huskerdu

    Intermediate-Advance all around drills on DVD

    Anyone have advice on some college level practice and pre-game drills on DVD? I used to get this catalog in the mail and I can't find it now that was chock full of nothing but these kinds DVDs for drills and such. Doing a search here and on YouTube didn't yield much. Of course I am inundated...
  3. Huskerdu

    Renegade coach and My organization

    There is a trophy hunting coach in our organization who coached a 1st year 12u and a 2nd year 12u team at the same time...in 2014 he stayed with the younger 12u team for their 2nd year which will move up to 14u in 2015. He doesn't have daughters on either team. Last year he walked away from...
  4. Huskerdu

    What makes a great coach?

    I have been thinking about this for the past few days. Not that it matters, but for context, I have an MBA in Strategic Management, I am an executive director in real life with close to 60 employees, 90% of which are women, nurses and such. I was a college baseball player, and have been...
  5. Huskerdu

    Puss pockets

    I have three issues I need some advice on. I am the coach of a 14u TB team that has been playing for about 5 years, half my girls came from a disbanded team in our assn and the other half I've had since rec ball, and one player I picked up. 1. That one player has been on 3 teams now in her...
  6. Huskerdu

    DD Smacking her side video

    I was able to film my DD, it looks like she is closing too early or not opening up fully leaving he oblique in the way http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=buruPYOGKks&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DburuPYOGKks%26feature%3 Dyoutube_gdata_player
  7. Huskerdu

    DD is smacking her side on her down motion...and behind her back on the backswing

    I've been doing my best to help my daughter as is her pitching coach, but she has started hammering her side with her forearm and we have modified her motion to keep her from even having a back swing, but she loses velocity doing that. I am worried she isn't going to rebound. She has been an...
  8. Huskerdu

    Uniforms with an optic yellow softball logo

    Hi Everyone, I have an urgent question for you. I have checked the ASA and USSSA rules and haven't been able to find any information or guidance, but we just designed a new organizational logo and it has a small optic yellow softball flying across the team name. Is anyone aware of any...
  9. Huskerdu

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I need help coaching

    I just accepted a HS position as an assistant varsity coach, and I still have my 14u team and if I understand it correctly in CO the Colorado HS association prohibits me from coaching any games on Sunday if any players are there from my HS team. That being the case and even if that doesn't...
  10. Huskerdu

    Anyone out there Moving to Denver?

    If you are moving to Denver and looking for a competitive softball team, due to injury, I am looking for an experienced 12u pitcher. I am thinking the planets would have to line up for this to happen, but hey, I am trying to be resourceful. :D BB
  11. Huskerdu

    Players sitting on Sunday

    I am sure this has been asked before, but I have a decent catcher who isn't hitting, she misses signs, she refuses to bunt and her mom was the one who came to my dugout to tell me why she couldn't bunt (that was a different Oprah). She has a private hitting coach that has her all tied up with...
  12. Huskerdu

    12U and talking about High School? Really?

    My AC is intent on just drilling our kids and our parents about where they are going to high school and where they are going to be playing next year in TB. Keep in mind, this coach has been on a different team and different organization the past 3 years so he doesn't believe in continuity...nor...
  13. Huskerdu

    Mom, cmon, really?

    So I give the bunt sign to my 12U player in a pivotal situation (who has really only 4 hits all year), she squares and pulls back like she knew she was going to fake it, and it was a perfect strike. Now with two strikes on her, she proceeds to swing on the next pitch never coming close, and...
  14. Huskerdu

    Speaking of another coaching-parent-DD drama trend

    So, I have this guy I've known in the coaching circles for a couple of years, his daughter needed a team, I needed an assistant coach and a shortstop and it seemed to be a match made in heaven. The kid is a good athlete, but man, this thing has turned into a drama I wish I would have avoided...
  15. Huskerdu

    How do I tell our pitching coach we are switching?

    We have been working with a tremendous coach for two years and she has done well by my daughter. However things have become a bit stagnant and I don't like how she takes calls and texts during our lesson. We were accepted by the top pitching coach in the state and now I need to tell the current...
  16. Huskerdu

    My Lombardi Speech

    I am a HC of a 12U competitive team and on those days when you are the nail (some days you are the hammer) the girls know they are flat, or when indifference or laziness has infected the team, and they need to see the coach passionate and that you are going to live up to the expectations that...
  17. Huskerdu

    OK Fellas, the coach needs some help...Bad!

    Well, it seems that our organization has adopted a Rotational Hitting approach and every single girl on the 12U and 16u teams step in the box, their toes are pointed slightly in and they shift their weight slightly back and forth waiting for the pitch...and then they hit the snot out of the...
  18. Huskerdu

    Different-toss from behind...drill

    I was watching the HS state tournament and the team who eventually won was doing a drill where the coach was sitting on a bucket behind the hitter in the spot of the catcher (who was in their normal stance facing the field at home plate, and the coach soft tossed a ball from behind the hitter...
  19. Huskerdu

    Tunnel Drills

    living in a cold weather state, and with all the gyms being taken for basketball, we are confined to off season practices in hitting tunnels with turf. The tunnels are about 10-12ft wide and about 50ft long. I just went out and bought an additional 4 hitting Ts while we hit in one of the...
  20. Huskerdu

    Winter workout and practice facilities

    Does anyone have any suggestions or outside the box ideas on how to find practice facilities in the wintertime. Finding a gym anywhere is almost impossible because of fall and winter basketball. Thanks!!!

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