Been wanting to get back and ask this.
I am curious as to what the progressions are for a top down approach. Not just a Spartans question but hopefully he will chime in.
Spartans (i think) posted this 12yr old. What level is she considered at? Why the low hand set and knocked knees? What...
Relocating to northern arkansas (central to west area). Anyone familiar with best tournaments...ones to avoid...softball community in the area? HS plays spring ball here..which is different for me. Trying to get a feel of whats what! :)
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I hate goose eggs on our side of the score board…so in a effort to correct this thread's goose egg (which has been annoying)…I will throw out a simple goal setting strategy that is useful across many context's of life. I invite others to give their goal setting strategy…so every kid knows how...
I am looking a little ahead as DD is in last HS season now. I have quite a few options in directions I will go when she is done but one I am considering is umpiring and continue one on one work with local players.
What are some good resources for beginning umps?
If you have read any pitchfx stuff...you probably found it interesting. They did the Softball College World Series and this is the first and only report I have found. Its from the Sports Vision Baseball Summit. Not much info there but interesting...and I expect Nathan to do more on it.
The...
Softball players having a little reunion, take down man trying to steal their suv.
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One thing I wanted to ask...while we are in our last break from pitching before gearing up again...is HOW do you describe "finishing the pitch" to your dd and/or students. I had a poster give me some cues and find them helpful. What are your cues/wording etc?
Ok...i am curious…as I am out of throwing for a week or so. Pulled my neck/shoulder trying to throw like Escobedo…to feel what she feels. I hope she doesn't feel what i feel! I know…. stupid…and yes…age appropriate throwing should be a requirement for daddies of ...uh..my age! I actually...
Thought I would update while I had a chance. Been a very busy year again.
This is an update from this previous thread last november. my-15-yo-dd-wanting-improve-off-season
After seeing bucketdad97 post about changing at a certain age I thought i would post a progression from my DD years...
We seem to play on some fields... that are never really broken up. They have a layer of dust over a rock hard surface. I don't know what the red dirt is...but its real fine on top. It creates a slippery surface...and affects dd's ability stride and ability to grab that stride foot into it...
Thought I would share an experience from today. I make fun of HS ball and the problems I have seen associated with it the last couple years…so I want to give credit when something good is done.
HS practice started again this week and they do try outs all this week. I had my dd invite the HS...
This is a very interesting study based on questioning DI softball coaches. Some may of seen this before but it covers a lot of what gets questioned on the board here.
investigation-recruiting-criteria-leading-ncaa-division-i-softball-coaches
This weather is driving me crazy. Not only are our neighbors in eastern MO. being flooded out..we are still getting rain to often.
We just had our 3 third canceled tournament this weekend…due to weather…that is 3 cancelled out of 5 so for.
Amy…remember you were going to start a camp for us...
We had a strange outing this weekend.
First elimation game...1 game elimiation. 3rd inning we did something i don't ever recall seeing. Every girl on the field made an error. Every One Of Them! :) We allowed 5 runs that inning and yes was probably... lucking that was all. However...we...
If i recall...last year when she pitched in the Espn Rise Game...it was showing she was pitching 61 and was dropping to 59 as game went on. Correct me if i am wrong on that.
My question is what are they saying/showing she is pitching this year?
Are there any games this week around the Orlando Florida area? High School? Tournaments? I have one more week of work in florida and would love to see some of their talent here...but i don't see where they have started yet.
Sparky told us about the football drill in a early post (link is below) and i want to throw out there...how good this drill is.
http://www.discussfastpitch.com/softball-pitching/4623-sevenframepitching-sixframepitching-2.html#post45422
After two weeks (six practices) of adding it into...
I was going to post something on two threads I found interesting…”best ways to increase pitch speed” and “the real deal”. Time has been a factor though..so let me throw this out here on its on all together.
So far here is the list of recommendations from the best ways to increase pitch speed...
Ok…We are taking a few weeks off before we began training for next season. I know there is not a lot of posting of dd’s pitching and I can see why cause it’s a little nerve racking to post her…must be a human trait thing but…. since she is in public while pitching…lets throw it out there…so we...