Hated to have to miss her first start but they are playing in flordia. She pitched 4 innings with 1 earned run and 3 strike outs. Not to bad for only pitching for 3 years. Get to see next week if weather is fit.
A good start to the series we beat last years runner ups and tied with a team from Texas. Play tomorrow afternoon again. A lot of good looking team in 18u
Dd said she dove after a ball in hs practice and landed a little hard on her hip. Said it did not hurt. She pitched next night and after game said it really hurt. She went to her doctor and she thought she dislocated it. On to X-ray and then orthopedic doctor. He said she has good looking hip...
Well my dd played her last hs game ever. She started pitching the end of her freshman year cause we had no one that could pitch. We have both learned a great deal over the last three years. One thing I wished i learned sooner was to cherish every moment cause it ends up being a short time. At...
Tomorrow is my dd last home game. It has been a long 4 years with the way the team has been coached but I think it has mad her stronger both on the field and off. She gets to go to a small d3 school to play so its not the end of the road. Not bad for a girl that did not start softball till her...
Just wondering if d3 schools will sign girls. Dd has talked to coach on numerous occasion and he seems interested in her. Travel ball coach called last night to get her high school coach address for the college coach cause there good friends. College coach just called a few minutes ago but dd...
Have not been able to work alot with hs season going on but I hope we're on the right track. Let me know where we need to put more effort in.
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Dd working on rise ball would not want to throw in 3/2 situation yet. Has a screw and drop curve. Only two pitches she can throw in high school game is a her drop/fastball and change up. She threw a 109 pitches tonight with 64 strikes. She only threw less than 10 cu. after sixth they started...
Howard contacted us and said he would help dd out. We made the trip fri afternoon and what a trip it turned out to be. Everyone that teaches anything should be required to take a course from this man on just teaching. He not only taught us fielding,throwing, and hitting but more things about the...
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Think she coiling a little better maybe front hip needs to go forward more first not sure. Thanks for help hope going in right direction.
how important is highschool ball if you want to go to college? does it look bad if you do not play highscool ball because of the coach. i know at least half of the girls wanted to quit last year but stuck it out. thought it might be better got a new jv coach but still no better. pretty bad when...
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Hope it's looking better hard to practice a lot with highschool practice going on. They won't do no tee work it's for little kids coach says.
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video of dd not walking thru said she likes better maybe a touch more speed open to more comments. thank you all.
do not talk while recording lol.
new to the board and new to the game. dd started playing her freshman year and at the end of the season she wanted to start pitching. we found a guy to give her lessons. he teaches to open and close and finish with elbow. after reading thru here and after attending doug gillis camp over weekend...