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    How to Recruit an Assistant Coach

    The coaching staff for our 14U travel team consists of myself and 2 other gentleman that all have daughters on the team. I would love to add a former college player to the staff but not sure how to go about finding one. Any suggestions would be helpful.
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    Valley Forge PA 12U Fathers Day Tournament

    The 12U Valley Forge Patriots will be hosting an invitational tournament on Father's Day weekend, June 17 & 18. Due to a cancellation, we are looking to fill 1 more spot. We have great facilities at Heuser Park in Valley Forge, PA including centrally located fields, concessions, indoor bathrooms...
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    Does the run count?

    With 2 outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd, a ground ball is hit to SS who bobbles the ball and follows that up with a bad throw to 1st. After running through the bag, 1st base coach tells runner to go to 2nd where she is thrown out on a close play. The team on defense claims that the 2nd run does...
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    10U House Rules

    House rules can get you in to trouble when situations create loopholes. For instance, our LL Minors division uses a machine after the 3rd walk in an inning and after ball 4 when the bases are loaded. However, what if ball 4 gets away from the catcher and the runner on 3rd steals home? I would...
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    International Tie Breaker Strategy

    10U Championship had both teams in the same situation. Runner gets to third with 1 out. We were home team. Visitors put down a bunt. Our HC tells our fielders to get the out at first. Throw back to home is late and the runner scores. Our turn and I ask the batter to choke up and put the ball...
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    Illegal Pitch Not Called

    We had a Little League 10U All Stars game tonight where a pitcher stepped forward with her pivot foot on every pitch. Sometimes it was 6 inches, other times just a few. Plate umpire said that the step had to be far enough to see and this was not. I can appreciate that this may a difficult call...
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    Little League All Stars Rain Delay

    We played 3 innings in our 3rd round LL Districts tournament game before the game was stopped due to thunderstorms. We picked it up again last night only to have the same thing happen before we could finish the top of the 4th. Does anyone know if the game would have been official after 4...
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    There's No Crying in Baseball

    That may or may not be true, but there sure is in 10U Travel Softball. We have a couple of girls that break down after every failed at bat and every bad play in the field. They also happen to be 2 of our pitchers. They manage to keep it together in the circle, but if they get pulled you have...
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    Batting out of order

    Team A turns in a lineup that is different than what they have written in their own book. Basically, the #5 and #6 batters are swapped. The first time through the lineup, these batters bat out of order with no appeal. The second time through, the #6 batter strikes out and the #5 batter hits a...
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    How to address Hello Elbow with PC

    DD and I love her pitching coach. She has a lot of energy, is a great teacher and keeps DD engaged. Plus she was a successful college pitcher. But, she teaches to follow through with the elbow pointed at the catcher and I have spent a lot of time reading about I/R on this forum. I don't...
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    Hand Behind Glove?

    I rarely miss taking my 9 yo DD to practice, but I couldn't make it last week. This week, HC pulls me aside and asks me to work with her on catching fly balls/pop-ups because he wants her in the starting lineup. So we did and the first thing I noticed was that she was placing her throwing hand...
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    Invitational Tournament Protocol

    DD is playing 10U TB for the first time this fall. I am still trying to get used to watching from the sidelines rather than coaching. We had a tournament this past weekend and in game 1 faced a team of highly skilled giants. Everyone was asking the same question as we were getting pummeled...
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    Beginner that twists her hand at snap.

    DD is a just turned 9yo beginner pitcher that takes lessons from a college freshman. We struggle with consistency, but she does throw hard. Frightened her mom when I asked her to catch for her last week. :) She has a habit of twisting her hand away from her body at the snap. Sometimes this...

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