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    Catcher’s Thumb Consistently Hurting

    I second evo shield thumb guard. Read the directions when you get it, you only have one chance to shape it to her thumb.
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    There is hope for the Short players

    For every nice story like these there is 100s of stories about high school coaches that play girls based on body type/size etc. My 5'2" freshman daughter pitched a no hitter in her only Varsity start. She also pitched virtually every inning on the JV team that year, I believe they were 9-1. The...
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    Looking for IR pitching lessons

    I recommend Hillhouse if he's within your range of travel. He is in PA, somewhere in north western part of the state I believe. Bill is without a doubt a master of the IR pitching method.
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    How would travel ball change "If pitchers were put on a pitch count"?

    Pitch counts are a must to protect young arms...Unfortunately we depend on travel ball coaches to police this on their own. Which becomes a balancing act between trophies and development.
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    pitching help

    Good choice, good luck. Hillhouse is a great guy and very knowledgeable.
  6. M

    Switch hitting help

    If she is comfortable hitting from the left side that's what I would concentrate on, especially if she is a fast runner.
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    Riseball resources

    Use Hillhouse double ball tool, instant feedback. You can make your own.
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    Regressing with practice

    Too much practice for her age, not enough time with PC. Try to see PC once a week and work during the week to reinforce what PC see in lesson, maybe 4 times a week for 30-40 minutes max (she needs time to recuperate) practicing with overworked or very sore muscle will reinforce bad habits. Just...
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    Teaching IR Pitching.

    Hillhouse videos are the way to go. Start there and don't look back.
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    Wrist Snap! Young Cat!

    Hey Bill, good to see you're still involved with fastpitch. Not sure you remember us, you used to come to NJ to give my daughter lessons. I hope you're doing well. Mike MacMullen (Sam's dad)
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    Illegal pitching-no call??

    There is no competitive advantage gained by crow hopping. By the time the pitcher "replants" the ball is out of her hand, So no physical second push off happens than would impact pitching performance.
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    Little Pitcher

    In my DD freshman year of high school ball the umpire who just finished calling the game that my daughter pitched was walking to his car at the same time we were turned to me and said she's really good but too small to ever pitch in college. She had just basically mowed down the entire line up...
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    Tincher Pitching w/o a backswing

    My 2 cents for what it's worth. My 18 yo (now retired) DD has been to 3 pitching coaches in her pitching career (9-17). Bill Hillhouse was her second to last one (yes, in person instruction), Bill's reason for "no backswing" was to hide the ball from the 3rd base coach and the batter for as long...
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    Injuries HE vs IR

    My now retired 18 yr DD is/was an I/R pitcher. I/R came naturally to my DD, her first pitching coach was a H/E coach but to her credit realized my DD was not going to change. We eventually moved on to a coach that was more in tune to I/R, she actually was going to Bill Hillhouse for a while. I...

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