What are you talking about?!?!?!
All 3 of these girls are playing big time D1 softball.
If you don't get the purpose of this you are harming young players.
This is an essential tool in the 'toolbox'.
Fielding, squaring up and then throwing over hand is an ideal situation which never happens...
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I agree with some of this. I have seen some very well respected coaches who teach very out dated and "wrong" skills technique. A well respected coach with a lot of international experience is still teaching "throw your hands at the ball" and "field, set your feet, and throw" for infielders...
This thread is particularly amusing to me.
A great number of college coaches at D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and JUCO coud not identify a high level swing if their life depended on it.
Finding that like every other employment field there are a great number of fakers and coaches who get by with very...
Not sure I agree with that statement.
LXT is stiffer in the handle with more solid feel like a traditional Easton bat.
The Xenos are more flexible in the handle and more bounce off the barrel. More like a Demarini.
Daughter's college team swings LS and you can see The former Demarini girls...
You can call them anything you want but the throw is coming from down low.
That group right there is comprised of a freshman at USF getting considerable playing time and the #1 ranked SS in the 2015 HS class.
The other goofball is my FL JUCO daughter.
The SS will be in the SEC so you guys...
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This is reality.
To think otherwise is shear fantasy.
Happens at every level.
The other huge problem is the early verbal commits which never develop or regress.
I see no reason why a coach needs to stick with a kid who becomes 'satisfied' with their place at commitment time. I have seen...
My daughter does something I see in your video.
Her front foot opens too much with toes pointing at the pitcher. It opens the hips too much and results in teh front shoulder 'leaking' or 'opening' to much. This results in pop ups and hitting the ball of the end of the bat.
The 'get started early' advise is against every MLB or high level swing instruction I've ever been around.
In MLB, the concept is 'let it leave the hand' and 'the last ten feet'
Most girls I've seen at 18 gold level have the athletic ability and quickness to launch(uncoil)the upper body even...
Move on.
I've been at this for years and either:
a) coach does not feel your daughter can compete
or
b) coach is a jerk and always wants the pitcher he doesn't have currently.
Either way, it's time to move on because it is difficult to have a relationship with that coach from here on.
Monica Santos is 4' 10" and plays D1 ball for University of South Florida. I'm not sure the 4'10" is even accurate.
I wonder if the opposing coach protests to the NCAA when she goes yard?
Strictly a timing and load thing. Most of those girls wouldn't bunt. Ever.
Hitter, whether MLB or college softball or HS softball, etc tend to be early. This is one way to get the load and keeping movement during the AB.
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