If I understand what happened here, it may be the worst call ever. If I'm wrong, those in the know, please enlighten me. I can take it.
NCAA D3 Conference tournament yesterday. I witnessed this personally, and filled in a few pieces from player accounts (I know players on both teams). And for...
Does DD wear a tshirt or uniform shirt representing her TB organization when going to see a college game? We're going to an end of season tournament and at least two schools of her interest will be playing.
Thanks for any input.
I thought this was an insightful article, focused mainly on the lack of understanding players have about the game at a team level. It's written by the HC at Bellarmine University. He has suggestions for improving the system...
DD has always been a decent pitcher. Stays around the plate, didn't walk many, didn't strike out many, and won most games with a solid defense behind her. She's really taking another step this spring. One of two pitchers on her high school JV team, she's 4-0 in four starts, has a save. Last...
Got myself a little Christmas present a few months ago: a pocket radar ball coach. Snazzy little gadget. Kept it handy in a zippered side pocket of the small back pack I use to carry balls and my catcher's mitt for DD's pitching practices. Apparently, while at our local indoor practice...
Short article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the two Mizzou pitchers hit over the last year.
Mizzou pitchers deal with injury aftermath | Mizzou | stltoday.com
Here's the deal... I made a suggestion on one of these threads that I thought would help a young lady with her arm whip. Ken B quickly posted an alternative idea with samples, and that led to my own thread pursuing a better understanding of point arm whip takes place relative to the pitcher's...
So as not to hijack another thread, I'm starting this one. Ken B corrected me on a post - and probably needed to - but read on past his quote below. I'm eager to learn more on this from those who can help.
Interesting. I checked out some additional vids on youtube to follow up on this. Abbott...
Share some thoughts, please.
It's time for a new glove for DD, and we've been discussing some options. She's used a Nokona for over 3 years now which has performed wonderfully (though it seems a bit heavy for infield play) and probably has another 4-6 months in it. She is almost 15 now, and...
Speaking in general terms, and with a pitcher who is pretty reliable with 3 or maybe even 4 pitches, do you prefer to:
a) throw one pitch predominantly, and sprinkle in other pitches here and there to keep hitters off-balance, or
b) use all pitches frequently, maybe giving a slight edge to the...
DD has always been a good, self-motivated student and mom and I have learned to always expect A's. Her first term grades from her first year in HS just came in, and grades were even higher than anticipated. She turned in full term grades of 99 in both Art and Math II (Honors) and 98 in both...
It looks like many of you use both the RevFire and Pocket Radar. I know that RevFire obviously can't measure bat speed, but for pitching only purposes - is RevFire enough of a tool to make a Pocket Radar unnecessary? Any great advantages to having both? I'm trying to decide what to get myself...
I'm trying to determine how to balance rest for DD with her (and my) desire for her to be sharp at some upcoming college camps. Would appreciate some helpful thoughts from those who have already been through this.
Like many here, after DD's last fall tournament each year, we shut down for a...
I know this topic gets beat to death, and not really trying to revive it so much, but it occurred to me that I've never heard anyone say that a batter loses favor for wearing a shin guard or an elbow pad or the obvious batting helmet. Maybe someone here has mentioned it before. Has anyone ever...
Tooling around YouTube just looking at some skills vids, and ran across this. Maybe some of you have referenced her before - looks like its been up about a year - but I've never seen anything like this. Anybody else see an injury in her future? Not from the dramatic windup per se, although it...
DD makes her first (unofficial) college visit tomorrow. High school has a day off, so we thought we'd visit one relatively near home. She's a freshman (2019 grad), and picked a DIII to check out. Seemed like a lower pressure place to "get her feet wet" on the college visit experience, and it's a...
Yesterday I was being a good bucket dad, and basically just minding my own business. We are in the yard at the side of the house, and DD (14yoa) is pitching in the grass of our lawn. She has a bit of a heavy foot drag, and tends to dig a trough whenever she pitches. So yesterday, she pauses a...