The Adidas Futures Camp is an annual event held in St. George, Utah.  It is sponsored by Adidas and hosted by The Pitchers Mound.  In order to participate in this event, players must be selected by scouts across the across attending different showcase tournaments.  It is an honor to be selected as an Adidas top [...]

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The NFCA has released the first edition of the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll yesterday which placed 7 Pac-10 teams listed in the top 25.
Of the 29 first place votes that were available, Arizona received 27 and came in at #1.
2008 USA Today/NFCA Preseason Coaches Poll 
1. Arizona (27) 2. Texas A&M 3. Arizona State 4. Alabama [...]

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Donald Trump has added a new form of his hit show The Apprentice to hit big screens on January 3rd.  It’s a ‘celebrity’ version of the popular reality show.  Celebrities will be competing for their favorite charity and one of our own stars will be stepping into the game.  Jennie Finch!
The cast members on the [...]

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The date for the 16U State tournament has been changed from 6/13 to 6/20 in order for girls to be able to attend the Las Vegas Showcase the weekend of 6/13.  The location is still TBD since the 18G tourney will be the same weekend in Lancaster.
 

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Both of these techniques will be used in situations where the defensive corners are being overly aggressive when they charge on a bunt, and/or the middle infielders are breaking to their bags before the ball is actually bunted. 
A push bunt is executed just like a sacrifice bunt except instead of “catching” the ball with [...]

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An intentional pickle will usually be called when there are 2 outs and you are trying to score the runner on 3rd. If the runner is on 1st, she will break at the pitch just like a normal steal. However, if the catcher throws the ball (which they tend to do because it would be [...]

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A delayed steal is called when the pitcher and catcher are doing a poor job of watching the runner on 1st, or the middle infielders are not doing a good job of picking up 2nd base. Executing a delayed steal starts with taking an aggressive leadoff. When the catcher releases the ball to the pitcher, [...]

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A bunt and run play involves the runner(s) stealing at the pitch combined with the batter executing a bunt. Coaches call bunt and  run plays in a couple different situations.
Moving Slower Runners and Avoiding Force Plays - When coaches find themselves in a traditional sacrifice bunt situation (less that 2 outs, with a [...]

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As the name implies, a base hit bunt is used when the primary objective is to get a runner on base. Coaches will usually call for a base hit bunt when facing a team whose infielders are either slow, or playing their positions quite deep. The technique used when bunting for a base hit will [...]

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This is a traditional “move the runner” situation where there is a runner on 1st or 2nd with less than 2 outs. The goal is to lay a soft bunt down that travels just far enough (5 to 8 feet from home plate) to cause any infielder to have to take a few steps forward [...]

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