Bat Sensors and Swing Trackers: What’s Actually Worth Paying For
A parent showed me an app last month with three months of her daughter’s swing data — bat speed, attack angle, time to contact, a graph for everything. She wanted to know if it was…
The Tryout Red Flags Every Travel Softball Parent Should Know
A tryout tells you more about a program in ninety minutes than its website tells you in a year. Most parents walk in watching their own kid. You should also be watching the program —…
Inside the Feeder Program: What Ages 8-10 Actually Work On
A dad asked me at pickup last month what his 9-year-old was actually going to learn this year, because from the bleachers it just looked like a lot of standing around between drills. Fair question.…
The NCAA’s New Eligibility Clock: What It Actually Means
A parent pulled me aside after a clinic a couple weeks ago and asked whether the new NCAA eligibility rule meant her 8th grader needed to redshirt sooner. Wrong question — but an honest one,…