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    Drills for improving posture

    My dd has a bad habit of leaning forward a little while pitching. What tips or drills does anyone have to help get rid of this? She is 12, moving up to 14u next year and has been injured alot the last couple years but hopefully has turned the corner from that.
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    Playing time and competitiveness vs age. Thoughts?

    The program my kids are in is through the community ed dept at their schoole to n a small town, we do not have big numbers in softball once school ball starts which is in 7th grade. The team I coached this year was mostly 2nd year 12u player going into 7th grade with 2 8th graders and 1 new to...
  3. J

    Team pitching practices

    I am helping coach a local 12u softball team in what is mostly a volleyball small town, so for most kids softtball takes a back seat to volleyball. We struggle with pitching, right now many of the girls are still on the fence about pitching where they want to pitch, bit have not taken the step...
  4. J

    Obstruction timing

    Is obstruction called immediately? Or does it depends on the outcome of the play? If they are obstructed in a run down and end up safe at another base is it dead?
  5. J

    First base safety bag/obstruction/runners lane

    Ground ball, pitcher toss to 1b, 1b juggles the ball as the runner is coming in and backs up awkwardly almosst falling, she has a foot on the far foul side of the runners first base, and is streached towards second base, completely blocking the base. The runner slowed and almost stopped and...
  6. J

    1st year 14 u team development

    posted in the coaching forum, but it has not gotten any resonses so Ill try here: My Daughter is on a 14u team in our local league. We have a pitcher that is one of the stronger ones in the league, and a group of athletic girls, but almost all of them have volleyball as a higher priority than...
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    14u team development

    I am helping with my daughters first year 14u local league team, and not sure how to best develop them. They can hit lower level pitchers and are competitive locally, but struggle against quality pitching. They need better mechanics and better hitting and pitching strategies that is above my...
  8. J

    Drop dead scoring with no revert to previous. Wtf?!

    So for our fall league they are doing drop dead games at 60 minutes, finish batter in box. The score does not revert to previous finished inning, next game of double header home and away switch so it “should” even out. After seeing the defensive team bring water out tontheir pitcher twice in the...
  9. J

    Ball position at 3 o clock.

    We are making some changes to my 10 year olds form. She went through a really rough patch and we are taking a close look at her form from start to finish. So I ask you this: I see some pitchers are ball up at 3o clock or close, some are ball facing 3rd base at 3 o clock. What do you suggest for...
  10. J

    Communication with parents

    New 10u/12u coach here. Coached a local team for summer and we are trying to get a team together for fall ball. I am not on Facebook and not willing to reactive my account, but I am wondering how most coaches communicate with parents. We used an app called team snap, that allows messaging...
  11. J

    Player leaves base to pick up live ball

    We had a goofy play at 10u this year where the pitcher didn’t catch the throw back from the catcher. The ball rolled towards second base, nobody realizes its a live ball except the center fielder. The runner on second base left the base and was going to throw the ball back to the pitcher, but...
  12. J

    Got my dds new Bradley Bandito glove, looks like it’s going to work well for her

    I posted a thread here a little while back asking for suggestions. To recap: My dd is 12, moving up to 14u for local ball this fall and will be playing on her 7th grade team next spring, seems to be settling in as a starter at 3b, but not written in stone, so I wanted something that could serve...
  13. J

    Glove help for 10 yo and 12yo

    My 10 yo will be moving up to 12u with her team for fall, she has had the same $29 mizuno prospect since t ball and she is very attached to it. It served her fairly well with an 11” ball but its just to small for a 12” ball. She pitches, although may not see a ton of time pitching with some...
  14. J

    Dds 10u team won their bracket today

    My youngest dds team could not catch a break geting a team together the last few years. 2 years ago I wanted to sign her up in 10u one year early, its run by the community ed dept at the local school, so for most of you its rec ball. The director said no to “playing up” because it hurts the...
  15. J

    Body position on tag plays. What you you like?

    I have girls that play 10u and 12u locally. At third base on a throwdown from the catcher you have the choice of straddling the bag or setting up just down the line towards home plate, JUST off the bag, thinking if the throw is towrds second they can move feet to the throw without interference...
  16. J

    Glove lacing needle, which style?

    I need to re lace a wrist strap on a new glove because it is too tight. Looking at needles there appear to be two styles, one that is a hoolw tube with threads that you attach the lace to and push through, the other that has an eye that it looks like you could push or pull. Any idea on which...
  17. J

    Dd went from an 0-4 night to 1.000 ops night, with a huge asterisk lol

    Wed dds 12u team was no hit by a pitcher that did a great job. Last night they played a team that was 7-1 and beat them, playing pretty well overall. Dd had 4 plate appearances and got on base every time. Thats the glass half full veiw. The realist veiw, which got comical as the night wore on...
  18. J

    Is this acceptable?

    If the team is being pokey getting taking the field and when the coach says,”Girls, we have a ball game to play, hustle out.” and the center fielder replies with “but I need to finish my cookie” Is it acceptable to take the half eaten cookie out of her hands, gobble it like cookie monster and...
  19. J

    How to practice popups to catcher

    Im new to coaching an di am very weak on catching. What does anyone have for suggestions on practicing popups for catchers? This is a new 10u team, not much practice yet on catching
  20. J

    Check of count. What should happen?

    what should have happened in this situation? Two outs, one one count by everyone’s recollection on our team. Stolen base, error, error, base runner comes across the plate, ump says batter struck out, run doesn’t count, inning over. Our dugout has a score book showing a 1-1 count before the...

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