Medicine ball work too to teach the kid to engage and work the core & lower half.redline248 said:
Anyone ever bought or used this CleanFuego throwing aid?
https://www.cleanfuego.com/
What other stuff do y'all recommend for practice and drills?
agsalaska said:
Does anyone have any experience telling event connect to piss off?
We have used them before for trips like Omaha but now PG is trying to get us to use them for a trip to Houston in a couple of weeks. F that, mostly because they have a two night stay requirement. But we also have families staying with relatives, one staying downtown because it is their anniversary, etc.
What happens if we just ignore it?
Man I really, really, really hate PG. Have I mentioned that before?
Lol. I am not surprised by that. That land will turn into something else besides baseball fields. It is just too valuable to be putting ball fields on there.hustle2015 said:
It will not materialize. The group that was leading that charge fell apart due to some 'alleged' nefarious actions of one of its members.
docb said:Lol. I am not surprised by that. That land will turn into something else besides baseball fields. It is just too valuable to be putting ball fields on there.hustle2015 said:
It will not materialize. The group that was leading that charge fell apart due to some 'alleged' nefarious actions of one of its members.
Really depends on the tone and what their complaints are.AgEng06 said:
Quick sanity check question for the coaches here:
What would your reaction be to a parent or two on your team that send novel-length complaint texts after a rough weekend of losses?
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Got two questions…
Should a kid be pulled for hitting batters? We are playing on Sunday and the opposing pitcher hit 5 of our batters. I'm not talking about a "wear it" kind of hit by pitch. These pitches had quite a bit of speed on them and left two kids with nasty bruises.
My son (13u) is on the short end. He leads off for our team and fully understands the strike zone. Over the past two weekends he has been getting multiple strike calls from the brim of his helmet to well below his knees. It's frustrating to get a strike called and often fall behind in the count. He then has to deal with chasing a bad pitch to stay alive. If these were called strikes on 5' 7" players, there would be an uproar from everyone. Any ideas?
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Unless the opposing pitcher hitting your players can reasonably be thought to be doing it on purpose that decision lays with their coaches. If they think they can give up 5+ free passes and still win that's on them. Sounds like the kid might have an arm but isn't much for control and they're trying to teach him how to pitch.
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As for your son, umpiring won't be great and it might not be fair but if he's getting a lot of called strikes called on pitches outside the zone then he might actually need to be less patient early in the AB. See something close and attack it. And, if he's getting rung up on these bad calls then he needs to try to foul those pitches off and make the pitcher throw more pitches
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Unless the opposing pitcher hitting your players can reasonably be thought to be doing it on purpose that decision lays with their coaches. If they think they can give up 5+ free passes and still win that's on them. Sounds like the kid might have an arm but isn't much for control and they're trying to teach him how to pitch.
He definitely has an arm and unbelievable size for his age. Those 5 HBPs and 2 walks led to a 3-0 victory for us. They beat us the previous day and probably thought we were going to roll out the red carpet for them. Umps said it was the bestQuote:
As for your son, umpiring won't be great and it might not be fair but if he's getting a lot of called strikes called on pitches outside the zone then he might actually need to be less patient early in the AB. See something close and attack it. And, if he's getting rung up on these bad calls then he needs to try to foul those pitches off and make the pitcher throw more pitches
We've told him if he sees his pitch, go right after it. If he strikes out, it is usually to some pitch around his chin that he has no business going after. We tell him that.
FWIW this has been going on for years. It was mostly USSSA back then and I think PG near the end but essentially the same venues. Same complaints now as then and it will just be the same for the next group of youth players/coaches.hustle2015 said:
We've been playing FiveTool this spring and what they are doing is a 100% bait and switch. You can't call a tournament the "Taylor Showdown", get all kinds of entries and then 2 weeks before the tournament switch the title to "Taylor/Burnet Showdown." I understand that they are dealing with much larger amount of entries than they ever have or possibly even expected. That being the case, they are scrambling for fields. Good for them for the growth. However, Drew has burned a bridge with me in the last couple of weeks and its unfortunate because I really felt they were making in-roads to improving things. The communication has fallen off, the field locations are not clear and the quality of playing surfaces are trash. I'll agree to play on crap field if it is in Taylor, 5 minutes from my house. Don't tell me I'm playing in Taylor and then send me to a crappier field in Burnet 1hr 15 mins from my house. I'd rather just know I'm going to Henly.
Only thing I can tell you is they don't care. They really don't.hustle2015 said:
I understand the dynamics of what they are dealing with and can sympathize with it to a point. Marketing a tournament with one name and location and then flat out changing that after everyone is signed up, that is pure dishonesty. PG has a litany of issues but at least you know it is 'Austin and Surrounding areas' until the week of. You can't call a tournament NEM Spring Fling and then send people to Burnet. That's dishonest and bait and switch business practices.
Good news is you probably won't have to worry about it with the rain.AgEng06 said:
Yep. Same story for this weekend. We signed up when it was at NE Metro and now we're playing at Montopolis. It's not as big of change as Taylor to Burnet, but still sucks.
Like I said earlier it was a great strategy, all they have to do is not screw it up though. So many people hate PG, don't want to go south, pay the increased prices, etc, they are making inroads. But its really at the end of the day an Austin problem. Just not enough good fields here. PG, Five Tool, NCS...doesn't matter.hustle2015 said:
I understand the dynamics of what they are dealing with and can sympathize with it to a point. Marketing a tournament with one name and location and then flat out changing that after everyone is signed up, that is pure dishonesty. PG has a litany of issues but at least you know it is 'Austin and Surrounding areas' until the week of. You can't call a tournament NEM Spring Fling and then send people to Burnet. That's dishonest and bait and switch business practices.
