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    Statement from USSSA on age cutoffs

    I'm guessing that it's a hold over to when softball wasn't played year round. So, Jan 1 made sense for the Spring season.
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    Extra Inning Team Rankings

    They are a very good team. We've played them a number of times over the past few years, always tight games.
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    First Varsity HR

    Every time I video she pops out, haha! Hit her second HR yesterday...but I wasn't there for that game.
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    First Varsity HR

    My freshman daughter hit her first Varsity HR yesterday. A no doubter to left field to tie the game in the 6th inning. Even better is that her team pulled out the win in the 10th inning. Great game!
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    Natural right-hander who throws lefty?

    I am a lefty, but my parents divorced when I was 4. So, when my dad taught me to play baseball he didn't realize that I was lefty, so he taught me right handed. After a year or so, I switched to throwing lefthanded, but to this day I still bat right-handed. In fact, throwing and writing are...
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    Player safety when injured

    I agree, it's def a fear when my 12yr old son pitches. I wish masks were acceptable in baseball. Wasn't it a Clemson coach that got hit in the head with a foul ball in the dugout recently?
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    Player safety when injured

    It's unfortunate that it takes an injury to highlight how unprepared most teams are or the gap in their policies. When a child had a head, face, neck, or obvious broken bone the EMS should be called first. Second, I hope at some point we get over the "I'm too old to wear a mask" BS, or worse...
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    HS Softball Started

    My freshman daughter has been anxiously awaiting HS softball season. We had to hire a new coach in Oct (the varisty boys soccer coach) because the coach from last year was not retained (after only a year on the job). As a result of the late start, we didn't have a real winter workout, only...
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    College Roster Sizes, sorry some of you don't get to go with us~

    Speaking of, here is a tool that might help you analyze school stability: https://www.bain.com/insights/how-financially-stable-is-your-college-interactive/
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    hello from nyc!

    Good luck from NJ!
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    College Roster Sizes, sorry some of you don't get to go with us~

    This is a real thing. Many NAIA and D3 schools are financially insolvent, or very close to it. They know that parents want to brag that their kids play college ball, and use that as a revenue stream that may keep the college doors open. In many cases for marginal prospects, picking a higher...
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    Player Age when 1 grade lower

    Our HC's daughter is 1 year younger than the rest of our 2nd year 14u team (great player BTW). She is playing the Spring season with our 1st year 14u team and then will join us in June when we start. Same thing happened last year - we had a 2nd yr 14u girl who was in 8th grade join our team...
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    What’s the smallest and largest tournament you’ve been to?

    I think TNT Showcase had about 210 teams total last year, so that would prob be the biggest. As far as just our age group, prob low 40's? Smallest? Not sure, we try to be pretty proactive about switching tournaments if there aren't at least 6-8 teams registered by a month or so out.
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    Travel Time for Practice

    Usually about 35min each way for practice 2x per week (but can be about 50 min if traffic is bad) - this is for a local/regional team. A few years ago we were considering a high profile team about 1hr 10min away. It would have been a good opportunity, but I'm so glad we didn't make that...
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    Clearwater Invitational

    I was there last year and I thought there was a lot of offense, but this year it's ridiculous. I think the fact that so many top end pitchers graduated is playing a big part in the increased scoring. Those dominant pitchers limited opportunities for a lot of other pitchers to develop in-game...
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