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    Playing Up & Skipping Years 14U to 18U - Your Experiences

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    Is Travel Ball the best way?

    HS ball is great for stats and news articles but the competition is typically low and the season is at the same time as college - coaches will not see her! TB with college showcasing is a way to get her seen but she must tell the coaches she is there and when. As another responded those 200...
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    No Power In DD Swing

    Put a slightly deflated volleyball or soccer ball on a tee and have her hit that. It will help her build muscle mass, develop the hit through at contact and it will not go very far so easily done anywhere. You can also work on mechanics and check things before, during and after contact...
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    College pitcher needs a summer pitching coach in Baltimore

    My daughter pitches in college and cannot be with Hillhouse during the summer. If there is a pitching coach in the Baltimore area that can work her in she would appreciate it. Gbucz
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    Different shoes

    Here is a different one. My DD were noticing an old place kicker who wore different shoes on his feet and she posed the question could a pitcher wear a metal cleat on one foot (landing) and a plastic cleat on the other (push off)? She didn't think it would be allowed I think it shouldn't matter.
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    16 year old pitcher -- back injury -- need advice!

    My DD had back problems from overloading her throwing side. Since doing core training she has balanced herself out and never had a reoccurrence. Get with a good strength and conditioning coach and always look to balance out her left and right sides.
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    Problems with the change-up!

    Just thought I wouldchimein on this. My DD has tried all types. Least controllable was flip. Horseshoe might just be a grip where the thumb and fore finger make a circle on the 'horseshoe' portion of the laces. DD holds her like that, while digging the middle finger into the lace next to...
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    Pitching circle conditions

    Just to bring this up again, how much grooming is a pitcher (or team dad) allowed to work the dirt? Recently my DD pitched a tourney with huge ruts on Saturday. When we returned for Sunday games I brought a hammer and mallet to pound in the dirt. I got reprimanded by the other coach (tourney...
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    Hypothetical pitching rotation question.....

    If both girls are in the field you can substitute. Our #1 and #2 play 1B and P so they are both out there. If one is more effective against a portion of the order then we can swap them during the innings with no problems. They only get one warm up time per inning so they do not hold up the...
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    2 questions on pitching (sort of)

    I hope this is a joke because the guy is adding a few mph's by lunging into the ball.
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    Turnover Drop Technique

    My DD had a peal for a long time. Last year tried the rollover and was getting good results but hurt her elbow due to overuse. Abandoned the roll over and reworked the peel. She sticks with the peel because it looks just like every other pitch. Batter must be able to pick up spin to tell...
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    Flip change help.

    As a hillhouse convert from a Finch Hello Elbow I'll tell you why - maxing out! My DD maxed out her speed using HE method. She always had movement and some speed but as the battrs caught up to her @ 15 we began looking for more speed. She had good stride, great core control of her body and...
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    Stay in 12U or move up to 14U?

    I would disagree with this. My DD at first year 12 was starting to get good movement. She was 5'5" and throwing hard but still getting hit at 40'. We got on a 43' field to do some practice and found her fastball sometimes had a wicked drop to it with the extra distance. That is when we...
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    New respect for the knuckle ball...in search of the ball that breaks twice

    I agree totally. His humor matches perfectly with my daughter and me. We love going to lessons.
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    New respect for the knuckle ball...in search of the ball that breaks twice

    Hillhouse throws one back during pitching lessons that does not spin at all and can throw it behind his back. DD gets a kick out of it every time he does it. She has tried it and got close but could never use it as a pitch. Don't know if BH has ever thrown it in a game but it sure looks...
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    Summer ball survivial kit

    Great ideas. Instead of loctite we have the girls use their least favorite/cheap nail polish. They back the screws out and then paint the threads and put them back before they dry. Along with saline we make the girls provide a pair of contacts so the team always has a spare. The mister is a...
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    International tie breaker scoring

    If the runner on second scores in the tie breaker is it an earned run against the pitcher? :confused: My thought is since she was placed on second the pitcher is not at fault and should not count as an earned run. Others either don't know or say an error must occur to make it an unearned run.
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    pitcher parent advice please

    Love all the advice and methods here. Just to add my two ideas - the phrase 'I don't know..." and video tape. I gained incredible respect from DD when I used video to analyze and question things. I would approach things with her from a 'this is what it looks likes you are doing, is that what...
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    Late Breaking Pitches (Respect for Junk Ballers)

    I thought the same thing until I thought about the NASCAR deal. Each time a lace hits the air it produces a reflective bump in the air. This bump pushes the ball. The opposite side of the ball has the reverse affect so it pulls the ball. The ball moves toward the less rough side. More of a...
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    Late Breaking Pitches (Respect for Junk Ballers)

    My DD just turned 17 today! Until we worked with the rev fire we just used a camera that shot video at 240fps (canon elph 520). We could see path and ball rotation. We would study film and make adjustments. Rev fire gave us rotation speeds. We only used it for two days but it helped her feel...

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