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    Who's mistake?

    Thanks for keeping me on my toes. That make it worse since as an infielder it looks like a cut from outfield (hard to see on my phone) so she has to turn and throw quickly. Looks like a decent job of that. The coach yelling at anyone is bad because they did everything right except execution...
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    Who's mistake?

    @KrisHur I have 2 questions. First I didn’t see the age group in the thread. Second how much does your coach practice a throw home and what does he instruct? What I did see is she did pivot and get down but not enough and she needs to work ALL balls from the ground up (this goes for catching...
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    Where is K Zone?

    If you ask my son he would probably say they don’t want to highlight the poor framing and inconsistencies in some of the umps calls. We didn’t pay attention to which umps were behind the plate but some of them would fall for the dragging the ball back into the zone when clearly it wasn’t a...
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    10u- 90 min. Practice Routine

    If you do one thing for their 12U/14U or 18U Coach teach them to catch and throw. Teach throwing and catching form and then throw around the diamond, lots. You can also do similar star drills. It will also help your team. Keep it simple. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Get a bat!

    My understanding with the LXT is that the newer ones were not always better and some of the new technology gave the bat less pop. I suggest you research first. CoC Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Practice Plan

    We must be twins... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Practice Plan

    The greatest thing I learned in 20+ years is Rome was not built in a day, so practice plans are going to evolve over a season. @Cornbread touched on this. First week you may teach the every days for 15-20 minutes correcting form. Maybe then force-out/tag-out technique or just explain drills or...
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    Practice Plan

    For HS, Cornbread did a great job. My only add is to make all aspects of the practice valuable. All our throwing drills have purpose, it isn’t just gab and toss...explain you need their attention for 90 minutes . Like throwing drills my team does: 40 ft - Sway (think 2B->1B) & Twist one knee...
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    What is the yearly attrition rate?

    I 100% agree as we have seen the same. I would just add some upperclassman find internships or reach a point in their studies that either they don’t have the time or decide their chosen profession is more important. On DD1 college team, the starting 3B who would have been a senior quit for a...
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    Assistant Coaches

    I can’t upvote this enough. The players on your team at their age will see HS girls as a mentor and tend to be very receptive to their input. A high school girl would love a bit a side money which is what I usually did and whenever there was a (you are a parent so we need someone objective)...
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    Sloowww mooovingg playerrsss

    Assuming you mean quickness, hustle and general urgency when fielding/running etc. This is 100% in the head although I am not sure if it based solely on fear of failure, a measure or uncertainty or just a lazy attitude. I suspect it is some combination of them all in various degrees. I have...
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    Anyone like outs at 2nd?? 10U

    At 10U there was the play where we are in the field and other team has bases loaded. The ball was hit to 3B or P and they look at 3B runner and throw to first. The other team coach sent the runner from 3B on the throw because the odds of getting out were low (this wasn't uncommon). I taught my...
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    Help With Slap Hitting!?

    Not sure that misconceptions to which you are referring. Is this technique? The only thing I had trouble with was terms as people call them different things and sometimes mix them. We did in person lessons with Olympic SB player so can't speak to videos but it is 100% foot work and building up...
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    Help With Slap Hitting!?

    Only you and your daughter can gauge how quickly she picks up stuff and what strengths she has now that can translate. If her swing is solid from the right side turning it around is not going to be too bad, in fact she may lose any bad habits. If she is good at bunting then that might not take...
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    Help With Slap Hitting!?

    I am late but one of my DD swapped freshman year in HS. It took a one offseason with lessons to be decent, two to be good and three (she is now senior) to be the player Quincy hates. I would not expect your daughter to lose power after some training and she will gain tools. That said, it is a...
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