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    Experienced P, Inexperienced C

    My DD is a starting P on a 2nd year 12s team. Recently their #1 C left the team, and now trying to train another player to C who has very little if any exp playing C. (Maybe a season of Rec a few years ago) My DD has been pitching 4+ years now, and considered #1 on her team. Last weekend, the...
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    Hey PGF Nationals now what?

    Where was that? In Nor Cal there seems to be a lot of sour grapes and teams Who aren’t playing are ratting out the teams who are playing. I think they find out on game changer.
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    Big Tournament Options

    How many total tourna,YS are u playing during the season?
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    Good Job!!!!

    What happens when a girl starts crying because she strikes out or misses a play at 11 years old? What are you supposed to say?
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    Head first slide. Like or dislike

    Like Cody Bellinger? He’s an amazing outfielder and athlete. I love watching him dove for balls in the OF.
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    Head first slide. Like or dislike

    How do you head first slide with breasts? My dd had to do it at a 12u tryout and she sprained her finger,
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    Pitching for weak contact vs. strikeouts in 12u

    Why signs over wristbands? Because they lose them?
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    Pitching for weak contact vs. strikeouts in 12u

    Our team came in first place in the silver bracket. We won 4 games, lost 1 and tied 1 . Not bad for a 1st tournament. The girls wore wrist bands like college players which they thought was fun. The coach called numbers to them on the wrist band, and then they threw a pitch. I have no idea if...
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    Pitching for weak contact vs. strikeouts in 12u

    So 12u is when they stat hitting spots? What about the catcher? Will she be prepared to catch in different locations? I’d assume catchers need a lot of help with this too.
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    Pitching for weak contact vs. strikeouts in 12u

    The coach has a daughter who pitches in college. I trust he knows what he is talking about, I’m just not sure she will be able to throw pitches someone else tells her to do. I don’t really know if she has that ability yet. I don’t know if she’s ever been told what pitch to throw or if she just...
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    Pitching for weak contact vs. strikeouts in 12u

    So the goal is to hit the spoT? Isn’t that the means? What is the end? What is the purpose? Just hitting a spot is too simplistic. You need a reason to hit a particular spot.
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    Pitching for weak contact vs. strikeouts in 12u

    Do pitchers tend to get more BB when trying to strike out a batter or trying to get them to hit the ball? Assuming they are not fatigued and doing ok on the mound.
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    Pitching for weak contact vs. strikeouts in 12u

    Does a 1st year 12u pitcher have that much control over where the ball goes at the plate? I don’t know. My daughter has become more accurate from a year ago.
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    Pitching for weak contact vs. strikeouts in 12u

    My Daughter is first season 12u and was recruited to pitch on a new team, the HC told the parents his strategy was for the pitchers to pitch for weak contact vs. Ks. From what I’ve seen of the defense, I’m not sure that’s such a good idea. They are an A level team but 1st year 12u. I’m...
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    Have you ever picked the team for your DD?

    I’ve always let my dd decide what team she wants to play in as long as she’s happy. While,she’s and I wanted her to move to a higher level team last year as did her pitching coach, she wasn’t ready and wanted to stay in her team. Fast forward to now and she finally decided after seeing much...
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    Do you ever wonder how organizations choose their HC's?

    In our league someone becomes a coach and they are a coach until they quit. They are not elected each year like in some other leagues, so if you dint like the coach at your kids level, you find another team. What I do is supplement with camps and private coaches so I don’t have to drive out of...
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    10u pitch count?

    Sadly so few coaches adhere to these pitch count guidelines when they have a good pitcher. I see all the time. As a pitchers mom, I monitor pitch count. I’ve only had to interfere 2x when dd pitch count got too high and she got stuck with no relief throwing upwards of 40-50 pitches in one inning...
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    UCLA beats OU...a lesson in "picking the pitcher"...or "picking the coach".

    Are you suggesting cheating?
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    Predictions on the WCWS??

    She started and ended the game with a WP. Wasn’t her first pitch of the game a WP?
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    When to move a player to a higher level team?

    She started playing rec at 6. She was a practice player at age 7. Then started regularly playing travel at age 8, she started pitching rec at age 91/2 and in travel at age 10. She’s in her 4th season now pitching in travel. Shes 11 now. She’s been saying she wats to play in college the last...

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