I almost posted this same question at the beginning of the spring season.
At the beginning of the season DD was throwing 1 hour bullpens 4 days a week and then sometimes live pitching the fifth day followed by double headers on Saturday and Sunday. On weeks that they had mid-week games...
This is from the link posted about changes to EIS:
FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL–BEING
Our EIS staff is deeply passionate about mental health and well-being of all athletes. We are acutely aware of the stress and pressure that many players experience as they strive for excellence, and it is...
I should clarify, the coaches who told her they were expanding rosters didn't actually tell her the last sentence about the reasoning behind it. That is my opinion based on some info from other contacts who have been involved in athletics at the college level.
It's pretty widespread around us, and becoming more so.
There's one team close to us that has carried 30+ for quite a while but that used to be the exception. Now it seems to be the norm. When DD took visits she always asked about roster size and she had coaches tell her that the...
DD has thrown just about every version of the CU but settled on the knuckle. She actually learned it from a woman who played international softball after college (this woman actually threw both a two and three knuckle change). And she had an instructor who was a D1 pitcher that used it as her...
DD had had both of these. Different teams.
She did the essay with no complaint. He was just trying to judge the girls actual level of interest in softball and they were 12U at the time.
When it came to the hitting lessons, we politely told the assistant coach (he was scheduling them and was...
DD played for an org that went to CO every year as one of their bigger tournaments. The last year she went was first year 18u. One of the days we were there that year we played next to a field that had a short porch in left field that backed up to a street. I think it was 170' or so. I was...
As others have said, it will depend on your location as to what you'll see. DD is a freshman at an NAIA school and throws mid-50s and (as of right now) it looks like she will see a decent amount of circle time this spring.
I watched quite a few of her school's games last year (in person and...
DD plays for an NAIA team that isn't close to many big D1 schools so they play a mix of JUCO and D2 or smaller schools in the fall. At one location they kept score on the scoreboard. At another they had the scoreboard on but only kept track of balls, strikes, outs, and what inning it was. At...
I've found it is getting more and more common at the NAIA level. One of the better NAIA programs in our area has carried 30+ for quite some time. They have 3 tiers of players. Varsity, JV (called varsity reserve now), and a few players that aren't technically either.
DD plays at an NAIA...
Definitely have her try a one piece out before buying one. A lot of players either love them or hate them. Both of my kids (DD and DS) swing one piece bats and would prefer not to go back to two piece.
DD has had ghosts since they first came out and she has always said they don't feel end...
From an umpire perspective, would it just be a meeting of the two reviewing the at bat and discovering they were wrong that would make them change it? Also, what if a runner was on base and had stolen as base or even home? Would that runner be sent back based on the pitch they stole on if it...
How would either book prove the other wrong? Away would say, "She had three strikes", and home book would say, "She has two strikes". If you are going to use a book as a reference for umpires, then wouldn't one have to be official?
Now that DD is in college I take in some of the local high school games as an observer and something happened at one last week that made me want to get clarification here.
During a rather long at bat (and after the batter had fouled off three or four pitches in a row) the away team's...
This is definitely an issue that isn't talked about enough. And another problem that we propagate by constantly telling pitchers that they have to work like this to be the best. Maybe that's true, but their is a point where it does more harm than good.
When DD was 9 or 10 we used to play a...
It's our fault this happens. We don't need a pitch count to make us responsible parents. If you think your DD's coach is overusing her, talk to them about it. If it continues to happen, inform the coach she is done pitching for the day/weekend. If that doesn't send a good enough message...
I'm pretty sure it's not cheap. But it was worth it for the admin to not have to worry about it. They use it for all sports warm up music or in game music and even some of the cheerleader performances.
I'm not a big fan of walkup music at tournaments. It can be fun for the younger kids but when multiple fields are doing it, it becomes a problem. Honestly, younger baseball teams are the worst about this. Typically that's the baseball mom picking little Jimmy's music and dressing him to the...