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  1. Sparky Guy

    Rothrock's Grip

    She is a Tincher pitcher. Her mother is a certified Tincher pitching coach. I remember watching her when she was 12 years old during inter-squad workouts. She could bring it back then making her teammates look over-matched.
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    POLL~ on this pitchers reaction

    Kinda like the pitcher version of a bat flip. Or is it a team thing that signals throw the ball around the infield?? I've seen an outfield who would do a circle over their head with their hand, slap their gloves and do a little hop in unison after one of them put a batter out.
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    Ed ran the softball program my daughter played in for a while when she was a teenager. Ed never...

    Ed ran the softball program my daughter played in for a while when she was a teenager. Ed never talked about his family, so I didn't know he had any brothers.
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    U.S.A./USSSA age chart changes

    That is exactly it. Many years ago the age cutoff was aligned with the school grade year. For some reason someone thought it would be beneficial to have the cutoff be January 1st originally. When they figured out that was mistake they moved the cutoff to December 31st when people took...
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    Cost of college and scholarships

    There are a limited number of scholarships at the D1 and D2 levels. The coaches will/can divvy up the scholarships between the players on the team as they feel best for the team. A BIG caveat is if the softball program is fully funded also comes into play. Not all are. The "Full Ride" is...
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    Travel Team coaches?

    You need to understand. The coaches from the TOP organizations get the types of emails you are sending on a regular basis. Most of them rely on recommendations from people whom they know and trust to give them unbiased evaluations or their own observations of a player's abilities. A highlight...
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    Coaches getting paid

    No it doesn't. It was about a break even amount for me when I coached due to what I lost in work revenue. What everyone does not see is the amount of time it takes off field to run a team correctly. The scheduling, finding facilities, paperwork and myriad of other things it takes to run a...
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    What % Travel ball players don't play high school ball?

    In the Chicagoland area they do spring teams every year. These are kids who don't play HS ball for whatever reasons. They usually average 3 or 4 teams each year. Occasionally more. They play against each other and will play a tournament in a state that does not have spring softball. The...
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    POLL~ my daughter doesn't like a couple players on the team

    When I have the first team meeting with a new team one of the things I tell the players is I have two demands from them that are absolute. Anything else is up to them. The first is they will respect ALL of their teammates. There will be no name calling, bullying or any other type of...
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    T-rex Arm Follow through

    What she is trying to do is to aim the ball. She has to trust her release. The reason the ball was going into the dirt is because she was leaning forward and she is short arming the pitch. What I tell kids to help enforce the correct body position is she has to keep her brain above her...
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    T-rex Arm Follow through

    Watching that motion made my arm hurt. She's leaning forward at the release. There is no natural resistance set up in her body position. Her right shoulder is coming forward too soon allowing her to lean forward. She's trying to create resistance by stopping her hand just as it reaches her...
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    Batter interfering on wild pitch

    There's only one opinion that matters. The home plate umpire's. Apparently the umpire saw no interference. If you have a question about the non-call you should have asked for time and asked the home plate umpire exactly what they saw and an explanation for the non-call.
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    Eligibility Status

    She sounds like a remarkable young girl attending college at 16 and playing against college players. Kudos to her. The only sanctioning body that I know of who excludes college players is PGF. You should have no problems with any of the other sanctioning bodies.
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    Looking for fastpitch instructor in Chicagoland west

    I had a couple of young Tincher pitchers a few years ago when I was coaching a team. What they did for drills and their mechanics were based upon IR mechanics. The drills they did were a different variation of what I taught when I was giving lessons. The drills promoted long, loose, fluid...
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    Trying to milk the clock.

    Most tournaments have a rule you're booted for the next game if you're ejected from a game.

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