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    Playing in College- DD's disappointment

    DD's college situation was similar. In many cases it is a crapshoot and what happens cannot be dictated by sleepovers, direct questions, or statistics. In DD's case, the team had a historically high GPA, winning awards for same, Coach had gritty work ethic, a my-way or the highway mentality...
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    College softball with a medical major?

    DD's D1 mid-major just had a player graduate from the nursing program and in 3 years (she had a # of AP/college credits going in from HS - DD has some as well which makes for 12 credit hours on the tough classes and usually one online just-in-case class compiling her semesters). This nursing...
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    Adderall and sports

    My son is on Adderall and Vyvanse for ADHD/Autism Spectrum. One thing I insisted on before any stimultant being used on my son was an echocardiogram - not just an simple EKG. He was not an athlete but even so young people drop all the time because of undisclosed congenital heart conditions...
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    Try lefty or stay righty

    Would definintely move her to the left as a 14U. Know a # of dd's friends who moved over at 13/14 to the left because of their speed. Know of one player who moved over as a soph in HS and now has a Big 10 commitment. You can work on a player's swing, but you cannot teach speed - college...
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    Your coach ever call this pitch?

    This turned into a great thread. Thanks for all the responses. Understand now!!
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    Your coach ever call this pitch?

    A ball. DD told me coach was calling this pitch a lot this weekend. What? I said what do you mean? She said he calls balls for pitcher to throw to see if batter swings? I said on purpose? Yep. What?:confused:
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    Mike Candrea's Holiday Softball Camp

    Search this thread for this topic before. We traveled from Midwest to camp last winter. For older, serious softball players it was not worth the trip. We would have been better off sending her to the intense week-long camp as you pay for the airfare anyway. There was approximately 175 girls...
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    Indiana Softball

    Yes. What happens next year? She and the other senior sensation Olson will be gone and the rest of the pitchers who are now soph/freshmen probably haven't pitched an inning all year. Rude Awakening there.
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    Chicago Weather

    It's been absolutely horrible. But I laugh at the teams lamenting they have only gotten 4-5 games in. DD's HS team has a coach who NEVER cancels if at all possible and we are 14-4. They played last night in at one point I can call a monsoon. They've played in wind, sleet and snow flurries...
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    good video of Ueno VS. Osterman, yesterday

    That was so awesome! Thank you for posting it. I loved how all the players had smiles on their faces throughout the game.
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    The Flip camera is dead

    Just bought 8GB Mino HD Custom Design For 2 hrs of taping time. The picture is absolutely wonderful. I've sent clips to dd's HS teammates and they can't believe how clear the picture is - the image stabilization is like its on a tripod -- but I'm holding it! I really love this camera - I...
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    Exploding Bat

    My dd's HS games start Tuesday. It is supposed to be a high of 35 (42 by Wednesday's game)! If she can't use her composite bat cuz it's too cold and we can't use her Rocketech (cuz it's too cold/could dent) what the heck should she use :) (PS - did I mention dd's dream college choices are...
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    Overhand throwing speed

    DD attended Arizona's camp and they tested all athletes and gave them a comparison of their scores with the average DI athlete. Their sheet said average DI athlete's throw was 56mph. Your dd throws very fast. Most Gold coaches in our area want a 60mph throwing speed.
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    Slapping resources

    Go to the Source... Lowe's slapping coach and pretty much the guru of slapping is Larry Ray at U of AZ. He was a player and, of course, long-time Candrea right-hand man: Softball Slap Hitting DVDs, Videos & Books -- Championship Productions, Inc.. DD has worked w/him at many camps - great...
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    article about Candrea's camp last weekend

    DD is 16. The Holiday camp is for 4th grade - 12th grade. The Elite Camp is only for serious High School players. The Elite Camp runs straight through till 10pm at night, you stay in the residence halls (no Mom&Dad), etc. - a college atmosphere. I attended a tennis camp such as this when I...
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    article about Candrea's camp last weekend

    DD attended the Holiday Camp. We had fantastic weather, met players/families from literally all over the country and had a great time. That being said, the first day DD said the camp would be really great if it were half the kids and that was exactly my thought. There were probably more...
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    Never put your camera away

    Simo - What college did she go to?
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    Never put your camera away

    DD's first high school game 3/30. I got off work early, ran home to get my Flip to record her 1st HS game so was late walking toward field as she was batting - only made it to the RF fence and had to stop to watch her at bat - where she squarely hits a home run to RF right over my head - did I...
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    Personalizing your glove

    I thought this was great and then when I went to order, on the information page where you put all your contact information in AND PASSWORD INFORMATION, it is not https encripted! I think I will try to call them instead of putting my info out there for all to access.
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    videotaping

    FLIP Fantastic I used my Flip in St. Louis exposure and the movie comes out great for how easy it is and how light and small it is. I am selling on ebay my sony digital camcorder we bought last summer and just using the Flip. We went to Div. I camp recently and the head coach told us parents...

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