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  1. 3'sDad

    YES! High School Softball discussion!

    The DD's team has Sunday workouts with two adults (no coach contact until the 1st Friday in March), then practice, spring break trip to Florida for training, back then the season runs from April 1-Memorial day (for most teams) with Satet Finals the 1st weekend in June. This is DD's senior...
  2. 3'sDad

    Fishing

    DD & I in Manitoba back when she was younger. This Northern came up and hit a smaller neothern she hooked and was reeling in. She earned a master Fisherman Certificate from the Province that year for reeling this guy in.
  3. 3'sDad

    Fishing

    Speckled trout are called weakfish up here in NJ. The in-laws live in Houston.....been to Galveston. Landry's on the Seawall for a bite to eat.
  4. 3'sDad

    another brag thread - verballed!

    29dad: You're one of the few parents who are sending their kids to Michiana for the weather, coming from your neck of the woods! Congratulations!
  5. 3'sDad

    What worked / didnt work for your daughter

    Grades, test scores, grades & test scores. DD is playing this year on a team with 5 girls who can & will play at the next level, if they want to. The top recruit is a 6'0" pitcher with a 4.0 GPA, 33 ACT score and a 65 mph FB with great movement pitches who wants to study neuroscience - and who...
  6. 3'sDad

    fall sports

    Field Hockey for my high school senior. The Field Hockey team won the State Prep School Tournament the past two Falls so its certainly worthwhile.
  7. 3'sDad

    So what does a college SB player do the summer back from being a freshman?

    Last summer my niece did a summer course in England, Ireland & Scotland for 3 weeks since a semester abroad doesn't work well. She guest played a few weekends with her old team as she was still 18U eligible. This summer she took two additional courses (Physics I & II) and played in a 23U league...
  8. 3'sDad

    Pitchers Parents

    The DD is quickly coming to a close of her pitching career, being a rising senior in HS. Given her size (5'3" 115 lbs) she'll never be the power pitcher most collegiate coaches are looking for. She had a great HS season and has pitched a few times this summer in showcase events - the first was...
  9. 3'sDad

    College Student Athletes get Paid???!

    This topic is mainly for football and basketball, the revenue sports; since many of the kids on scholarship @ the Big D1 schools can't afford to go home or purchase extra meals if hungry becuase they simply can't ask their parents for extra money - it doesn't exist. For non-revenue sports, this...
  10. 3'sDad

    What's the Worst Thing An Opposing Team Did?

    12U and under - the kid who sounds like a screaching cat screaming at the top of her lungs on every pitch until your teams gets up 6-8 runs was always annoying. Add to this a team using their batting practice bats to beat on the dugout fence and benches. The coach who had his kids lick/spit...
  11. 3'sDad

    Flamethrower and the other 8

    Playing up is nice but there is a big jump from 12U this year to 14U next year. In 14U things begin to even out. The high school girls come back to play on their club teams once their season is over. If they are varsity girls, they'll be used to seeing the velocity from a 13 y/o pitcher, so may...
  12. 3'sDad

    Slipping out of work for a game

    IP: lots of pressure when there is a dedicated audience. As a reminder, they are only 15-17 years old.
  13. 3'sDad

    Slipping out of work for a game

    Inside: The DD just finished her two games in Quakertown. She & Mrs. 3 are off to the 1 PM tour/info session at Lafayette College.
  14. 3'sDad

    College softball "farm systems".....

    My kid is busy completing her community service hours required for graduation, studying for the ACT, doing her conditioning training for field hockey which begins in 5 weeks, prepping to take AP Calculus, visiting colleges, writing her Common Application Essays and playing 18U showcase softball...
  15. 3'sDad

    Conditioning?

    My kid plays field hockey. Her high school pre-season begins in 6 weeks. She out running 3x a week to get in shape for FH season. She is also a P/OF and when not playing is used as the pinch runner for the P/C. Supervised conditioning is a great idea IMHO. best of luck.
  16. 3'sDad

    What is an ideal softball parent?

    Be the picture taking parent (who shares the pix with the other parents) that watches the game from the outfield with sunflower seeds in your mouth and pay your dues on time. You're family will be recruited to join more than one team provided your D is an average or above player. Best of Luck.
  17. 3'sDad

    Who went to Pennsbury and How did it go?

    At the Pennsbury Academic Camp, though it was also inside (boo), there were lots of coaches showing lots of interest, especially with the D III coaches following a majority of the rising seniors from station to station , since those are the girls they will be recruiting this summer. DD sent out...
  18. 3'sDad

    Who went to Pennsbury and How did it go?

    DD went Wednesday afternoon for the Academic Recruiting Camp, which isn't as crowded. She's a pitcher and not a very big kid; she was pitching between 3 monsters - visually it tooked like someone brought their little sister along....if it wasn't my DD I would have been crying bacuase I was...
  19. 3'sDad

    Everyone can play college softball?

    Amy was really spot on. Score 30 on your ACT or 2000 on the SAT and your options to play (not sit the bench) at many academic D III schools increase. They have to field teams and the number of players with these test scores is finite, so the odds of playing increase. At many of the academic D...
  20. 3'sDad

    Big Mouth First Base Cioach

    10 C game....like little league.....the parents and coaches all take it very seriously. It gets better as they get older; promise.

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