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Love this thread. We decide after this season if DD is going to start the long process of switching to a slapper as she is just to darn fast not to make the commitment
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Love this thread. We decide after this season if DD is going to start the long process of switching to a slapper as she is just to darn fast not to make the commitment
The sooner the better! Good luck and let me know if you have any questions..
Love this thread. We decide after this season if DD is going to start the long process of switching to a slapper as she is just to darn fast not to make the commitment
I'd highly recommend a progression like the one in the Weekly's book "High-Scoring Softball" to teach slapping. A couple of things to keep in mind is that the ideal candidate is really fast, is not a good righty hitter, highly skilled/coordinated, and is committed. If you search on it, most people have different opinions about "really fast" but 2.8 rings a bell at least for consideration past HS, to me you have to be fast enough to bunt and make it to first most of the time either by the right placement or by being so fast that it freaks out the D and they hurry the play. One girl that we turned around is about 2.9 from the right side and 2.75 (contact to 1B) from the left but she only batted about .260 (.360 OBP) at 12U and about the same in fall at 14U before we decided to turn her.