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    NAIA ruling on Transgender athletes

    very simple. olympic standard. XX is female, XY is male. sorry about the genetic anamolies, or anyone else... you don't get to play.
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    NFHS Pitcher Win/Loss when pitching 5 innings

    did the opposing team ever tie the score after the starting pitcher left the game with the lead?? There's your answer.
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    Wristbands vs traditional signs

    I personally like when the player refuses to wear the wristband as it's designed, and gets tossed from the game... followed by coach for losing his mind on the ump.
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    5 Simple Rules for Surviving High School Softball

    been in the softball world for awhile now and the number of 'happy' families is a much smaller number than you'd think. Seen every aspect you can think of. From the clueless coach, to the daddy ball coach, to the outright liar coach, to the different rules apply to different players coach, to...
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    Swinging under the ball

    look very closely at body positions and bat path hitting faster pitching. Something is out of whack if she's hitting stationary or soft toss well,
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    Big 10 softball

    minnesota had a great coach...left for Stanford.... Minnesota got another HC.... left quickly for Ole Miss. all within last 5-6 seasons i believe.
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    Big 10 softball

    like real estate: location, location, location. harder to recruit, harder to train, etc. etc. Plus even if say PSU or Mich were attractive to a talented girl from say CA, does she really want to travel all that way for MI or PA weather??? The west coast and southern teams have been far ahead...
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    Struggling coach

    Quite the problem to have:12U and unmotivated players. biggest thing I know that can help you is have a organized plan for practice. Every Time. have it all laid out from intro, stretching, thru infield, throwing, hitting etc. Not saying it all gets done, but it will help you stay on course...
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    Playing up (School Ball) ???????

    kentucky as a state allows 5 or 6 years varsity.
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    Playing up (School Ball) ???????

    ohio you get 4 years max of varsity. nobody uses 8th grade as a varsity year to skip senior season.
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    Playing up (School Ball) ???????

    mediocre coaching aside, Playing is better than sitting. So playing every minute of JV should be more beneficial than bucket sitting on varsity. And being on a legit travel team playing higher level competition all summer, is better than either.
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    How do you mark your fielder’s mask

    i usually just write the player's initials on barrel with sharpie or on end cap. doesn't take much.
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    When is the right time to speak up....

    benched for a season due to a sliding strawberry??? What the heck crap is that??
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    HS Softball Started

    should have put your foot somewhere to prevent the overuse. 'call in sick' if you will.
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    HS Softball Started

    the one is 920, other 624. this is for grades 9-12
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    Weighted Balls as Part of Warm-Up

    i would not have them taking swings with bats other than their game bats during pregame warm up. Also, would waste time with weight balls off of a tee. a few cuts with thrown TCB balls.
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    HS Softball Started

    hearing that many schools are struggling with total numbers coming out. IE barely enough for 2 teams or strictly Varsity, as opposed to more players previous seasons. Normal stories of the 'coach' that is clearly overwhelmed for the $$$ or daddy ball factor. Or the HS coach that is already...
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    Navigating Individual Fundraising in Travel Softball: Perspectives on Allocation of Raised Funds

    never heard of this with 501C3 orgs here in Ohio.
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    Navigating Individual Fundraising in Travel Softball: Perspectives on Allocation of Raised Funds

    if each player fee has been deemed to be say $850, then each person's individual fund raising efforts go against the $850. Now is the org cost for misc admin, accounting, insurance etc, metered out to say $200 for each player on the 3 teams. IS that included in the $850 example? or in...
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    bailing on fast balls

    helmet on, fielding glove on, batting stance, and machine set to throw ~60ish.... and throw .... catch every ball like leading with left elbow during swing and glove catch every pitch. take about 10 and fear will be gone.

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