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  1. xygent1

    its been along time

    Hi guys just wanted to say thanks before hand, its been along time since ive been on as life has gotten crazy busy but anyway my kiddo which just turned 16 now and when pitching she has been hitting her pitching arm (forearm) against her leg which is resulting in soreness to the point where she...
  2. xygent1

    1st battle with DD/burnt out..

    Well the DD and I got into our first actual argument today before I took her to practice, she was acting like a little xxxx to say the least ( its not like I haven't seen this coming) I asked her what was her problem, all I got was a dirty look and a snide remark back then I blew :) anyway long...
  3. xygent1

    popping up

    looking for advice on why my DD might be popping up.
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    drills?

    ok so my DD tonight was doing drills with the pc. and shes been working out with weights now for about 2 weeks to build up some strength anyway they were swapping between reg 12" balls and tennis balls she maxed out on reg balls at 57mph and tennis balls at 67mph the pc says she really should be...
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    NCSA (national collegiate scouting association ) ??

    I figured I would ask here first, does anyone here have any experience with them or know anything about them good or bad if you know I would appreciate some input. reason im asking I got contacted by them a couple weeks ago about getting my DD started on the program. I looked into it and had a...
  6. xygent1

    2015 mako

    anyone having issues with these bought DD a new one back in april and it just has been really a dead bat for the most part so picked her up a LXT Wow huge difference the ball is finally flying off the bat the way I thought the mako should of but never did. kind of a waste of 300 bucks for the...
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    Malicious link blocked

    I don't know if this is happening or not to anyone else here but for some reason when I log on to DFP my antivirus is blocking malicious links like crazy? about a week ago I had the geek squad go through my puter cause it was acting funny and slow any way they found like 800+ malware things and...
  8. xygent1

    need some advice

    DD which is 13 playing 14u tb, always been a good hitter with a lot of power, but this year she's struggling, shes hitting or I should say shes making contact with the ball pretty much everytime she K's about 10% but shes hitting fly outs or pop ups Id say 60% of the time she's been video'd and...
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    Ringor socks

    gotta say these socks are awesome for pitchers I bought a couple pairs b4 the season to try them out, as Last year my DD was blowing through a pair every weekend of normal socks well we're about 45 games into the season and not a hole yet :)
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    DD finally got the rise.

    After 10months of practicing mostly just the mechanics of the rise my DD has thrown a rise that actually worked, earlier this week b4 one of our last league games she was warming up as she always does and calls me over says Dad take a look at this, she throws a rise looked great so I say throw 5...
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    what is expected from team wanting to pick up player?

    If a team wants to pick up a player for a tourney where there would be a flight involved, hotel, food, etc. what should be expected from the player(family) as for expenses if any? The Reason im asking a team wants to pick up my DD to play with them in the ASA nationals in Sacramento, CA we are...
  12. xygent1

    bunting rule?

    I have not seen it but I heard about it and was wondering if its true. if a bunter holds the bat over the plate without moving the bat at all and the pitcher throws a ball even though the bunter doesn't pull back. it still is a ball then?
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    Am I wrong.

    Ok here's the background my DD has been playing up in age since she was 8 always playing in a division older than her actual age since we left rec and went to tb/comp ball. her and I have worked very hard to get her to a level where she is a very good pitcher not only for 14u comp in our area...
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    fixing a puller

    ok DD has a 87% contact rate on the balls but she pulls everything from a slow to a fast pitcher. and shes been hitting easy deep high outfield hits, I think shes dropping her shoulder a bit hence her getting those, as for pulling should I try her to step out a inch or so to straighten out her...
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    calling pitches

    is there any guidelines out there on what pitches to call when? Ive been noticing my DD's stats 87% first pitch strikes which I believe I need to lower cause once teams get used to her they will know that first one is going to be in the strike zone? where Im having a problem with is in the...
  16. xygent1

    IPs

    watching the Pitt,Ca game both pitchers called for IP crow-hopping actually nice to see.
  17. xygent1

    using wrist bands for pitches

    We are implementing wristbands for the pitchers and catchers I set up a 3# system first 2 #s are across and the 3rd # is down,(its a grid system) now the ? I have is do you have both the pitcher and catcher look at you for the #s or just the catcher to relay it back to the pitcher?(both the...
  18. xygent1

    Rise Ball

    Ok my DD and I have been working on the rise ball for months(Just the mechanics of it) which I will say has been crazy hard :) getting the right spin here and there. trying the different grips etc. everything seemed really hard? anyway last night b4 practice we were playing around throwing to...
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    pick up player?

    with the rule change for 2015 303 A 04 stating that if age eligible, a player can play down. for example my DD plays 14u but is 12u eligible due to her age and the travel team she plays for, the coach has the team listed as a B team so the weekends that we have open she is being picked up by 12u...
  20. xygent1

    push back?

    my DD is 12u and is hitting 54-55 consistently now after we have been working on the brush interference and trying to get that correct. but I haven't had her do any push back due to one of the other posts where the DD had a broken back which my DD displayed similar symptoms. although she has...

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