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Decided to join the site when I found it doing research for gear for my daughter. She'll be 12 and really enjoys the sport, especially catching.
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Welcome to DFP. Enjoy the ride!
It's a well-known fact that catchers' dads are the most intelligent, best looking, and most level-headed people you will find at a softball field.
I concur.
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- Jul 22, 2020
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my wife would disagree w/this but maybe I'm the exception to the rule 
I like to think I'm learning some things, her private coach is a softball hc at the local HS and she was a really good college catcher and HS pitcher. So watching how she teaches her and the drills she has her learn has helped.
I like to think I'm learning some things, her private coach is a softball hc at the local HS and she was a really good college catcher and HS pitcher. So watching how she teaches her and the drills she has her learn has helped.my wife would disagree w/this but maybe I'm the exception to the rule
Just tell her that the catchers' dads on DFP think she's wrong.
The best thing a new catcher can do is be totally committed to becoming as good as they can be at the position. You don't play catcher. You ARE a catcher.
JMO, convert her to a Pitcher.
- Jul 22, 2020
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@Eric F
No doubt, she's pretty upset when she gets put at another position. Her teams like her at 3rd or 1st bc she's tall and has a crazy strong arm; she's also a lefty so had a few coaches that didn't feel it was her best spot; until she out threw the other catchers. The primary reason for her learning to pitch is so that she can understand the fundamentals and help the pitcher out there if they're struggling. She's been working at throwing to 2nd from the plate on 12U fields since last year.
No doubt, she's pretty upset when she gets put at another position. Her teams like her at 3rd or 1st bc she's tall and has a crazy strong arm; she's also a lefty so had a few coaches that didn't feel it was her best spot; until she out threw the other catchers. The primary reason for her learning to pitch is so that she can understand the fundamentals and help the pitcher out there if they're struggling. She's been working at throwing to 2nd from the plate on 12U fields since last year.
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