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    1 and 1 count for a showcase?

    For a local showcase the tournament director is making pool games start with a 1-1 count which he assures the players and college coaches like....the players I've talked to it hate it but anyone played in this format (except slow pitch of course)? My pitchers are not going to be happy with this...
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    Anyone watch the Little League Softball World Series

    Was going to watch the Olympics then sure enough got sucked into watching softball. LLSoftball is pretty much a non-entity in Colorado so was wondering what your thoughts were. I was impressed how the Texas team got out of a bases loaded no outs jam. I didn't hear any talk about how these teams...
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    Questions before verballing/Div III/NESCAC

    Hi, for those that have been through this before, my DD could use some help. She has a call scheduled with her fav school/coach this Friday who seems to be very interested and will likely invite for an overnight which would result in a verbal. This would be a significant expense and she'd miss...
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    Part Brag, Part Angst...first Varsity no-hitter? Not!

    Ok mostly brag but I'm still fuming: So DD who has struggled with accuracy so far this h.s. season pitched a gem the other night. In the bottom of the 4th we score a bunch (including her 2nd 2 rbi double of the game) and are up 11-0. We give up an error on a bunt, and with 2 outs and 2...
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    Avoid Softball.com

    I don't often post negativity but out of respect for your sanity I would suggest avoiding softball.com Two weeks ago I ordered a LXT for a low price of $149 with no shipping. The saying is you get what you pay for but in this case its you don't get what you pay for. Hadn't gotten a shipping date...
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    Question for you Texas types: What's the Scrapyard/Ronald McDonald like?

    Wondering what the Scrapyard is like as we heading to Houston this weekend for the Ronald McDonald and most of the girls have never played on turf before. The tourney director says no limitation on cleats but do girls play with metal cleats on turf there? Any other tips on the fields there or...
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    How's the 2015 Xeno?

    So DD's 2014 Xeno finally busted (ist band I think). Can't complain as she hit the heck out of the old one (47 extra base hits this year) and LS sent out a warranty replacement pretty quick. She was excited to get the 2015 yesterday. Sounded a little different, def has diff textures but can't...
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    16U pin trading

    Do your 16Us still trade pins at nationals? Kind of a silly question, but I don't have a team parent that wants to do them, I took a bath on them last year, but the girls say they like them. But is there still a lot of trading at 16s? I've heard it kinda diminishes after 14s. Thanks!
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    Do you protect batters/pitchers during indoor live hitting?

    Going live in a week or so and wonder what you think about providing L screens to protect batters from errant pitches and pitching nets for the pitchers for the screaming shots up the middle. I think the nets can distracting to batters/catchers and placing the L screens just right is tricky (and...
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    What pitch is a must have?

    Having a disagreement with my DD. She wants to start working on off-season strength to add MPH. I think she needs to add another pitch first. Besides the fastball and change, what pitch is a must-have, especially to be recruited? She has 6 pitches by the way but is missing one key pitch in my...
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    Which states play high school in the fall?

    Hi, Trying to find a warm-weather tourney in the spring to avoid the CO snow here. We went to AZ for Spring Break this year which was great but we're moving up to 16s so I need to know where the fall high school softball states are to plan? Thanks, Pete
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    Ready to let my catchers call pitches - 14UB

    We're about halfway through our tourney season and been doing pretty well. In the past I've been reluctant to have them call because they don't like calling drops and change-ups because they are harder to block. But lately the catchers have been blocking better and pretty much noone is trying to...
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    How many swings per week?

    Hi, I coach a 14U tb team and we just switched from machine to live in our winter workouts so that reduces their swings at practice quite a bit. How many swings away from practice would you like to have from your players? I was thinking 500 but not everyone has a bownet or tunnel at home so...
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    Good Swing Speed MPH 12-14U

    Christmas came early for this coach and I'm trying out a new pocket radar. Certainly know what I'm looking for with my pitchers but what about hitters? I was wondering what some good swing speeds are to measure kids in the 12U-14U range? Thanks & Happy Holidays!
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    Spreading out the uh...poor hitters

    Any ideas on how to spread out the struggling hitters in 14U? Go for broke in the 1st inning then suffer a couple innings of Ks & easy outs or spread them out. I've got 3 amazing sluggers, 3 consistent singles hitters, a couple of weak hitters that can bunt and 3 girls that really struggle...

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