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    Drop in velocity

    Same situation, almost exactly, daughter-wise. I used to gun everything too and messed her up a couple times changing her form to squeeze out more velo. Two things changed that. The first was realizing that chasing velo flattened out her movement pitches. Flat gas gets hammered at 14u and 57...
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    Comfortable Turfs

    NB are really comfortable, but they have worn our quickly for us. Ringors take a little longer to break in, but they've lasted at least 2x longer than the NBs.
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    What’s in your first aid kit?

    moleskin Superglue 6-8 Liquid IV
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    Ideas and tips for tournament weekend energy food

    Spam musubi. IYKYK.
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    Extra Inning Team Rankings

    In our area, motivated orgs, coaches, parents, etc., that were proactive about providing info to EIS saw a good number of their players included in the rankings. And the opposite was true too, if really talented girls were part or orgs or teams that didn't care about the rankings or weren't...
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    Who catches pitching lessons?

    I catch my daughter in lessons. I wore a 58 mph screw on the meaty part of the calf a month ago and I still have a knot and a bruise. I wear shinguards in BPs at home and am going to do so in lessons from now on. It's worth it to me, though, as I'm learning in the lesson too and catching her...
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    Torn labrum in hip

    Good news. Hindsight being 20-20 and as an ex-athlete/meathead now in his 50s with a body that is beat all to hell, I'd wish for all our athletes to take good care of themselves, and to prioritize mobility, icing/heat, good sleep and nutrition and rest, now and to keep that up for the rest of...
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    It’s good to know what you want, I guess.

    In our area, when stud players change teams it never happens as a result of an ad like this. In a lot of cases, the reason a team/coach will post this kind of ad is to: (a) provide them cover with the existing players/families when they've either recruited or agreed to take on a stud that will...
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    Any tips for propane heater setups in these cold early spring games?

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BE8FVUK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 Can confirm that this one is great. Good balance between heat output and bulk/size. A few other families have this one as well. We put one in the dugout and the remaining 3 are enough to keep...
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    Odd situation about HC/AC duties

    AC duty is to bring the cooler and ice. HC duty is to bring the Ultras or Coors Lights.
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    Best way to replicate elite velo for 16u players outside of showcases/tournaments?

    My daughter's team pays a rotating crew of college pitchers to pitch live BP once or twice a month. It's not only helpful to see upper level velo and movement, it also has boosted the girls' confidence. If they can hit of college pitchers, they can hit off the best 14u pitchers, or so the...
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    Torn labrum in hip

    I'd ask your doc about the potential negative side effects a cortisone/repeated cortisone shots can have on the ability to obtain a successful surgical outcome, if you decide to go that route. I've had both hips replaced, and while I was trying to deal with the limitations before surgery, the...
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    Spin rate and Velocity

    Frequently, when my daughter gets hyped up, whether it's because she's going against a team she really wants to beat or whatever, she tends to overthrow, which flattens out her movement pitches, and she gets hit more and gets a lot less swing and miss. For her, there is definitely something to...
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    Daily Training Routine

    My daughter is 14 and a pitcher./1B What we/she does at home has changed a lot over the last 2-3 years. At first, it was a lot of skill work because she started travel ball relatively late compared to the other girls on her team. Now, a lot of the skill work has been replaced with strength...
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    Wristbands vs traditional signs

    My daughter's first year 14u team does almost exactly this. In tournaments they usually go with fingers, as it's fairly routine for coaches from other teams to scout and chart pitches/calls in pool play.
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    Board Treasurer Doesn't Ever Share Financials - WTF Do I Do?

    I was on the Board of the basketball league my daughter was in up to age 12. The treasurer captured all league finances on a Google sheet that was updated and circulated to every Board member on a biweekly basis or whenever an expenditure over $100 occurred. Great for transparency and also...
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    Leaping? Or replanting?

    Powerhouse Mechanics is HQd in San Diego which is 1-2 hours south of where we are, but we see San Diego teams fairly frequently and, like I said, we've seen no girl up to this point that's leaping. This has been kind of surprising, as I was expecting a big wave of adoption.
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    Leaping? Or replanting?

    Putting aside the question of legal vs. illegal, if a pitcher who uses a conventional motion changes to align her motion to the outer edge of the new rule, does that likely elevate her from mediocre to average, average to good, good to great or great to immortal? And, if so, how? I get that...
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    Leaping? Or replanting?

    FWIW, my daughter's team hasn't seen a single "replanter" or "leaper" yet this year in the 14u friendlies/showcases/tournaments we've played in SoCal. Based on this anecdotal info, it doesn't seem like any of the PCs with the larger student bases in the area (other than the Power Mechanics...
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    POLL- spend more time games or practice development?

    Depends on what the goal is. If you're focused on more wins/better results at the team level, there's no way practice can replicate game speed, live game situations and live pitching/at bats like games can. That said, you can't maximize the value of game experience unless the players and the...

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