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  1. Cannonball

    Two calls from last night:

    Two outs and the home team is down by 1. Sixth inning. Ball hit to right field. Right Fielder is shallow and throws to 1B. The throw was a little high but very catchable. Batter/runner hits 1B as 1B stretches up to catch the throw. The safety bag is available to the runner. Runner...
  2. Cannonball

    HS Softball Started

    HS softball started again for me on Monday. We had two days of tryouts and made our first cut yesterday after two days. We have never had a cut after 2 days before but there were a couple of players who were going to get hurt if they continued. One took a ball off the side of her head when a...
  3. Cannonball

    You never know who ...

    I don't know where to put this so I'll put this here. My wife went to the doctor today to get her physical and some blood screenings. In doing so, she talked to this doctor who we have not been to. The doctor, in an attempt to get to know my wife mentioned my DD's name when he asked about...
  4. Cannonball

    My Kid!

    Please forgive me for this shameless parent brag. Some on this site have been critical that I post too much about her so I've tried to stop posting anything about her. This might take some time so sit down, get some popcorn and ... The kid just called and she has been selected for her...
  5. Cannonball

    Congratulations to Coach

    I didn't know where to post this. I just had lunch with the gentleman who coached my dd from the time that she was 13 through the age of 16. Coach was so important to my dd's development as both a player and person. The organization that Coach runs was just inducted into the ASA Hall of Fame...
  6. Cannonball

    Let them play ...

    In recent weeks, I have had two softball players tell me that they are finished playing. One has told her parents and one has not. That is always a tough conversation because I need to ask them why they would quit a sport that they seemed to love. I guess you can guess the answer. In each...
  7. Cannonball

    First Hitting Lesson of the Summer

    With the exception of a couple of players, I stopped giving hitting lessons during and after COVID. I used to run 22 hitters through lessons every summer and did so for 30 years. I didn't charge for lessons until recently when the AD of my HS told me I had to start charging. I coach because I...
  8. Cannonball

    Let's Play Detective

    Here is a scenerio that I discussed with another coach. 1st year varsity pitcher. The coach is calling the pitches against a very good softball team/program. The coach is calling the game while referencing pitching charts against this team from the last two years. The pitcher is doing a...
  9. Cannonball

    A Coach's Strengths?

    I thought that I would start a thread on coaching strengths. I made this post in another thread: i think that it is necessary for all coaches to assess their weaknesses and strengths. I know mine. I would suspect that many of you would not want your dd to play for me. I am seriously...
  10. Cannonball

    The kid is a MRS. now.

    I didn't know whether to post this or not. My kid got married. We really like the young man she married. He was also a college athlete and understood her. At her wedding, her bridal party and 2 Maids of Honor were all former teammates. The reception was packed with former teammates and...
  11. Cannonball

    Playing Catch

    I often ask my daughter to play catch. It is one of those things that is special to me. Unfortunately, we haven't done that in over a year. My brother and I used to do it every day. My great niece is going to be a player and we have played catch. There is something magical about it. I don't know...
  12. Cannonball

    HS Camp

    We had our first day of HS camp today. I live a stone's throw from the HS. It was pouring this morning and I thought that the chances of the camp happening today was slim. When I got to the field, I was shocked. It rained on everything between my house and the softball diamond. The HS...
  13. Cannonball

    Hitting Approach - Mental

    I was watching a couple of college games recently and I noticed something that few teams are doing but were things that a lot of teams seemed to do in the past. A young lady had stepped out of the box after jerking a long foul balls that left the stadium. She looked at her bat with what I...
  14. Cannonball

    Its High School Ball

    I don't want to post too much of what we do but I do want to give a sense of what we do. The rationale for this is to give some of you who believe HS ball is worthless an idea of what happens at other schools which might not be in your region/state. As I have stated before, I coach in a very...
  15. Cannonball

    Tryouts???

    Today is/was the first day of tryouts for my state. Things went well. We had good numbers and a bunch of young ladies who can play. I think out of all those who tried out, only one or two played rec. We had 6 hitting stations so that I could get a good look at these hitters doing some drill...
  16. Cannonball

    High school hall of fame:

    I posted this on another site but wanted to share it here as well. I hope that you don't mind that it is about one of the baseball teams I was blessed to be able to coach. (I was the assistant coach and hitting coach.) On Saturday night, I was honored to be inducted into the Edwardsville...
  17. Cannonball

    Conversation this morning:

    I was headed to work this morning and stopped for my morning tea. I ran into a parent of a former player. This parent was the epitome of what I desire in a parent. While I won't get into that much, I coached against him in high school in baseball and then he went on to play in college. He...
  18. Cannonball

    The Different Types of Coaches

    I thought that some of you might enjoy this. Of course, some of you won't and that's fine. I was searching through my computer for some of my catching stuff to share with an area coach and opened some files I have not opened in years. I came across a file on a presentation I gave on coaching...
  19. Cannonball

    Black Dot Right Side???

    Does anyone else have a black dot on the right side of their screen? If you are equal to or below that dot, your hyperlinks do not work. Also, that black dot seems to have a hyperlink. Is this a virus?
  20. Cannonball

    Our Summer Camp:

    I am posting a new concept on how we are doing our summer camp this year. Long story short, we had so many area TB programs want to have their own "team camp" that we did it. Several TB teams signed up for 2-hour slots. This was a great experience for these players. With the 2 hour session...

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