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    Hitting coach using baseballs

    When it comes to my kid we use baseballs for probably 70 percent of front toss unless we are on an open field. It is by design, not for convenience or to save a few bucks per dozen. I buy the Wilson A1010S balls (5 dozen at a time with the 6 gallon bucket). These are a decent combination of...
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    Paticience at the plate

    I'll take you at your word that she knows timing and does the job in the on deck circle. Good stuff. Humor me as I trim and augment your post a bit. ( I hacked at it pretty good, I'll admit) but (... go with the outside pitch, etc.?) ^^^This is NOT as originally posted by D-DaD at all. It...
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    Paticience at the plate

    Dad, are you saying that she can time up slow pitching, slow front toss, etc when practicing, but can't do it in a live game? No timing problem with slow pitch drills at practice, but way out front in a game? If so, how does she do on the first few slow pitches during practice? Does it take...
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    Paticience at the plate

    It really is pretty simple and I'll expand after work/games if someone else doesn't. As Gunner implies, the advice would be the same if she could hit slower pitching but not faster pitching. Timing. The first step is to recognize and admit that there is a timing problem. Sounds elementary...
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    Paticience at the plate

    The short answer is to teach her timing. Hitting is timing. When she knows how to time, velocity alone will make little to no difference.
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    USFA vs NSA vs USSSA

    Very geography dependent. Ask teams and coaches who are fairly local to you, or call the org's TD and ask for a list of teams who entered recent tournaments. Varies by age as well. Many teams at 16u run around playing "showcase" events and less of the abc's.
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    Setting up HS tryouts

    A reasonable alternative if coach could network and get other schools on board would be to forego the IHSA state tournament and put together your own post-season city tourney. Make it a big deal for these less fortunate programs.
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    Setting up HS tryouts

    You have your work cut out sir. I applaud you and wish you well. Feed and water and support that MS program, and reap what you sow. VW PS: Pitching. Pitching. Pitching. Come up with a long range plan to supply depth at this position for future years. Support and help those MS guys to help...
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    Setting up HS tryouts

    Keep them all and schedule a few jV games as well. A few of the players who are of intermediate talent can crossover. If there are already MS teams in place, then having a jV squad this year will help with future growth, hopefully with bigger and better waves coming in each year.
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    Hitting is contagious

    From what I have long observed, dam near everything is contagious in girls fastpitch. Hits errors confidence bad attitude great attitude wins losses energy on and on and on...
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    CF8 or LXT -9?

    By the time they are swinging 33/24, she will have some preference. Ask her and buy accordingly. You know these are both good bats, so the only opinion you really need is hers. Enjoy!
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    CF8 Insane

    I have a CF9 that was just opened and hit a dozen softballs. 34/24 for $210, free shipping, & includes receipt if needed for the more than 300 days of warranty remaining.
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    Advice on swing

    This is why I asked if there was a view from the front on front toss. I think we would easily see that she is very vertical. If you can get her to tilt to the degree that the pitch height warrants, this will allow if not foster the better bat path that RDB describes. Something like this tilt...
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    Advice on swing

    Do you have any similar clips hitting front toss? Front toss view from the tosser's point of view would be useful as well.
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    Demarini CF9 or LXT Hyper

    Soph in HS: If she knows how to hit and also has solid swing mechanics, then either of these high end bats, among others, will do just fine. The hitter will make the bat look good (or not), not the other way around. Seriously, by this age, if she knows how to hit and also how to swing then...
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    Approaching recruiting when scholarship isn't needed

    ^^^^^Point missed. More along JAD's line, the schools who accept lower academic admissions standards from athletes have likely figured out exactly where the line in the sand needs to be drawn in that respect.
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    Approaching recruiting when scholarship isn't needed

    ^^^This is perhaps true, but let's take it a step further and consider whether you SHOULD be leveraging these doors open with softball. If a student wouldn't make it in based on academics alone, is it really a good idea for that student to attempt to survive academically while her (academic)...
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    Playing Down

    As with anything, there just isn't a 'one size fits all' answer. I generally agree that most teams should age up in the fall if for no other reason than "that is what most teams do." However, I can think of circumstances where it might make sense to stay down. I'll give a sort of extreme...
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    Sprint into slide on a gym floor.

    How has it worked for your team? Age 14-18. Nearly all have played for 4-12 years, but not all are proficient and graceful sliders on dirt. Improving sliding and the sliding reps is a secondary, with the main goal being 'practice like you play' while working on sprinting speeds. Edit to...
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    I don't understand....

    Large rosters in TB induce misery. There is nothing wrong with picking up a player as often as needed, as long as it stays within the rules of the a-b-c. There are SO many things wrong with having a row of subs/extras sitting the bench in TB. I won't elaborate because it would get very...

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