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  1. grcsftbll

    She FINALLY got to play

    DH has been head coaching for the past 2 years, assistant coaching 2.5 years before that. This year, he retired and we put DD on a new team. Our first two tournaments got rained out. DD hadn't been on the field since July except for practice, and that only started this month. I was nervous, not...
  2. grcsftbll

    Hit by pitch

    What do you think? Should she have gotten the base?
  3. grcsftbll

    Choosing a 14U team

    Our team may or may not continue in the fall (definitely a coaching change coming at the very least). Whether it does depends on several things, and whether we'll stay if it does continue depends on several more things. So, in the meantime, we're looking around at the options and trying to...
  4. grcsftbll

    Short stop

    Since 10U DD has mostly been focused on pitching, which takes up so much practice time it's hard to focus on other things. A couple of months ago she decided to take a break from pitching after months of struggling through recovering her mechanics after an injury and growth spurt. She's also a...
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    Taking a break

    My DD has been struggling with her mechanics since an ankle injury back in the fall. For whatever reason it seems like all the progress she makes in lessons comes undone in the circle. We finally decided it was time to take a breather, focus on other things, and maybe come back to it in the...
  6. grcsftbll

    Schutt titanium fielder's mask

    I'm throwing out a recommendation for this product. DD took a hard hit to the face mask at 3B this week. I wasn't there, but DH said without her mask, she'd have no teeth on at least one side of her mouth. She was loopy for a minute, then fine. Passed all the concussion tests. The next morning...
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    How about this call?

    Context: Elimination game, we were down 4-3. Bases were loaded, one out. The batter has been struggling so coach called a risky bunt. They went home with it but watch the catcher's feet. Tying run gets called out. Next one struck out, the end. I will never blame an umpire for a loss, because...
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    Seeding question

    Most tournaments are set up where you get a benefit for seeding high. The #1 seed in pool A will play the #4 seed in pool B. #2 and #3 play each other. This set up makes logical sense to me, creating more even games later in the bracket by knocking the weaker teams out earlier. There is one...
  9. grcsftbll

    Enough with the rain already!!!

    Who else is as SICK OF RAIN as I am??? I'm in GA, and usually we've played 2-3 tournaments by now. But the entire state is so saturated with water that even a little rain makes the fields flood. We have yet to get a full tournament in. We played in our first one to not get rained out yesterday...
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    Mechanics repair

    DD's been pitching since she was 8. Last year we switched to Tincher, which has been going really well. We ended first year 12U in July, and we gave her the rest of July and all of August off. Barely touched a softball. Started practicing again in mid-Sep so she had a solid 2 month break (we do...
  11. grcsftbll

    Wish us luck this weekend

    We have our first tournament of the fall this weekend. Last week, our head coach passed away. Those of you who've been here awhile may know our story. DH head coached last year, because our head coach quit a few days before tryouts. DH prefers assistant coaching (you who have head coached can...
  12. grcsftbll

    Who has played at the Space Coast Complex?

    Our World Series is there next week. Please hit me up with all your tips and tricks. I hear you are definitely forced to use the concession stand as you can't even bring in water? I saw on the site that players can bring in water bottles and there's water in the dugouts, but someone else said...
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    The curve ball and the outside corner

    In an elimination game at B State this weekend, we faced a strong hitting team. We have two really excellent pitchers (1st year 12U). One throws a curve, and one a drop curve, as their main movement pitch. They've both got great location and when they're on with it, it comes across the front...
  14. grcsftbll

    Pickles are fun to watch

    We had our first winning record weekend (3-1). They really played very well til the wheels fell off in our bracket game and we lost 5-3. It was annoying to lose to them. We'd just beaten them the game before (we had to play them twice in a row-pool then bracket) and the parents and their main...
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    USSSA roster rule

    Am I interpreting this correctly? It seems to me that picking up players for USSSA tournaments will be almost impossible with this new rule. Our schedule for spring is very USSSA heavy but we only have 9. Our plan, if we don't find a couple more by the end of next month, was to pick up a couple...
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    Can you see who is subscribed to you?

    I believe someone IRL is subscribed to my profile here. I don't know this person's username but I suspect I will know it if I see it. Is there any way to see who has subscribed to you, and to control who is able to do so?
  17. grcsftbll

    Monday brag 11-13-17

    We played a 3-game friendly and I can't think of one single thing to brag about. It was bad. Someone else say something now.
  18. grcsftbll

    12U roster size

    I'd love to get some input from those on the other side of 12U in particular. We're talking about roster size lately as we move into spring. Of course we have no way of knowing if we will lose any players for spring or how many, but right now we have 11. We've been holding our 12 spot for a...
  19. grcsftbll

    Monday brag 11-6-17

    We played in the USSSA fall world series in AL this weekend. Went 0-4, but they handled it pretty well. They had trouble finding their bats, but no team got double digits on us at least. With our team's relative experience level in high level ball compared to the other teams there, that's worth...
  20. grcsftbll

    Monday brag 10-23

    We played in USSSA A State this weekend. It was our first A level tournament as a team, and most of our girls don't have much A ball experience yet. My only real hope was that we wouldn't get blown out by any other 06 teams. I was really proud of them. They made more errors than our last...

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