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    How to drag the field?

    In our area, it's more like travel ball, ie. warm up infield in foul territory. There is one school that does the team warmup on the whole field for about 3 minutes before the game starts.
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    Hit and Run. How do you teach this?

    I've been watching college softball on TV the last few years but it seems like there has been a lot of 6-4-3, 4-6-3, and 1-6-3 DPs this year. Even my daughter's D3 team had a 6-4-3 DP yesterday.
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    Fall Games- This is not a good look

    I know of a girl who committed to OU and then was asked by OU to quit her current travel team and join Batbuster Stith's team. The girl was from NorCal. This sort of stuff seems to happen a lot.
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    Turf shoes or molded cleats?

    when my daughter pitched, she liked the turf shoes. when she played infield or outfield, she liked the molded cleats.
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    Triple Crown Southeast Nationals?

    Huntington Beach where PGF Nationals will be will be in the 70's. Yes, driving an hour to Perris will be in the 100's. Not all SoCal regions are the same.
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    Getting a rec team to hit

    We didn't do much live pitching in 10U or 12U. I think it was because the pitchers were not accurate enough at this age to make it worthwhile. We did mostly soft toss and machine. It wasn't until 14U we did a lot of live pitching, mainly intra squad scrimmages which made it competitive. In 18U...
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    this is probably the only place

    Jarrod Saltalamacchia's story is similar https://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/major-league-catcher-forgets-throw/story?id=10700415
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    Colleges/Universities with high academic standards (engineering)

    @Rolling_Hard might have been thinking about Cal Poly Pomona which doesn't have a softball team. Cal Poly SLO does.
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    Compliance to the Alliance? $$$$

    And they are giving 3 berths for 7 teams. What's even worst is the 18U division only has 5 teams and they are still giving 3 berths. In this division, 2 of the teams only have to win one game to get a berth.
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    Game hitting strategy - dinks vs gaps

    Find another team that values barrelling up the ball
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    Compliance to the Alliance? $$$$

    They already have. I personally know of two teams that were handed free berths they did not earn.
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    Spin

    Some of the announcers aren't even at the ball park, they are announcing the game remotely. Unless they get a video stream that has a different angle than what the viewers are seeing, I think they are winging it.
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    Team Rules~No player/parent interaction at the ballpark

    DD was in an organization that was similar. For practices, parents were only allowed to sit beyond the outfield fences. They were not allowed to sit in the bleacher seats in the infield.
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    College strike zone, Sheeeesh

    What conferences are you watching? I have been watching Pac12, ACC, and SEC games and the strike zones look very tight.
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    Middle School vs. 12u

    Somewhere in the middle of the spectrum you have a similar gigantic high school with a deep pool of talent but the HC is an employee of the school (district rules). Doesn't know softball, doesn't know how to run a practice. Talent is wasted during the season.
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    Joining Long Distance Travel Ball teams

    There's a Lady Dukes 18U team in SoCal too. I guess not just East Coast.
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    Travel versus Club is there a difference?

    USA (formerly ASA) has A,B, and C ratings. B & C are allstar teams from the rec leagues. A teams can get players from anywhere. In Northern CA, USA A tournaments have fallen on tough times. USSSA does exist in CA but the A,B,C ratings are self rated but then will change as you play tournaments...
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    Daughter wanting to change teams

    I found the biggest gap was between 1st year 14u (middle school) and 2nd year (high school). Second year 14u was the first time the girls started talking back to coach, stating their opinions. First time girls start swearing at practice. Then there's the social aspect of their conversations ...
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    Questions about "playing up"

    We do something similar here in CA. The prospect wanting to play up has to rate on evalutation day in the top 30% of the older group or she has to stay down in her age group.
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    Honest question

    Many HS including my DD's will only allow head coaches from their pool of teachers. There are many qualified TB coaches in our area but the school will not let them coach unless they become a teacher or employed in the school district. This is the reason why HS coaching in a lot areas is not...

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