College Softball

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Colorado Sparkler 16 Open schedule

This Saturday Alicia is headed to Denver Colorado for the Colorado Sparkler Tournament. She will also be attending a Pro Player clinic to learn more about Slapping.
This is her team schedule for the pool play:

Wednesday June 29, 2011 at 11:30am at Clement park 2 TFS vs. OK Reign
Wednesday June 29, 2011 at 1:15pm at Clement park 2 TFS vs. Mosqito squad
Thursday June 30, 2011 at 8:00am at Schaefer 4 TFS vs. Aquasox
Thursday June 30, 2011 at 9:45 at Schaefer 6 TFS vs. Bukoos

The bracket play will start on Friday. Below is how the brackets will be determined.

1st & 2nd place seeds after Pool Play go to the Mt. Elbert Bracket
3rd place seeds after Pool Play go to the Gray's Peak Bracket
4th place seeds after Pool Play go to the Long's Peak Bracket
5th place seeds after Pool Play go to the Pike's Peak Bracket
6th place seeds after Pool Play go to the Sunshine Peak Bracket















Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Great Lesson with Coach Bastian

Alicia met with Coach Bastian last night for a five hour lesson. They worked on sport psychology issues, pitching , slapping and base running. Alicia's time from home to first base is 2.8 secs and from home to home is 13.1 secs. Coach Bastian said the fastest time in the world is 2.6 secs from home to first.

Coach Bastian showed her the proper mechanics on how to slap from the left hand side.

He showed her how to hold a rise ball and when she threw it is would rise and curve, which is rare.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Tournament news

Alicia just returned from the Music City Hits tournament just outside of Nashville, TN. Her team had a frustrating time at this tournament. Alicia experienced some frustration as well with a batting slump. Her coach wants her to slap and Alicia is still working on her slapping skills. Hopefully the Slapping Clinic in Colorado will help with this. In her first tournament see was batting around 400.

Alicia has become very comfortable in the outfield. Her fielding percentage is .889 with one error. Most people would consider the error a hit. In her last game in TN she made a beautiful running caught on the right field line. Her speed helps her get the job done.
Alicia is called in to be the base bandit due to her speed. This photo shows her taking a lead off second base. Even the 18u team asked to be on stand by in the dug out due to her speed.
If you would like to follow her games live or just look at her stats you can go to Game Changer.
You must subscribe for $10 a year to see the games live or see the stats.
We will be posting the Colorado Sparkler game schedule soon.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Music City Hits tournament schedule

Here is the schedule so far for the Music City Hits Tournament in Nashville, TN starting on Thursday June 16th, 2011.

June 16th 9am TFS vs. TN Team Worth 95
June 16th 10:45am TFS vs. AL Crusaders
June 16th 4pm TFS vs. OH Cincy Storm
June 17th 9am TFS vs. KY Southern KY Crush
June 17th 12:30 TFS vs. KY Outrage 95

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

2011 Carolina Cardinals Early Bird Schedule

Team TFS will not be playing until Saturday June 11th of the 2011 Carolina Cardinals Early Bird tournament.
Here is the schedule of our playtime for the weekend of June 11th, 2011 to June 12th, 2011.

June 11th 9:00am @ Cherry Park Field 5 TFS 9 vs. Denver Dazzle( Johnson) 1
Won first game 9-1, Alicia was the base bandit.
June 11th 3:00pm @ Eagle Park Field 3 TFS vs. Gold Coast Hurricane
Lost 2nd game 14-0 , Alicia had a nice catch in Center Field
June 11th 6:00pm @ Cherry Park Filed 4 TFS vs. SC Bandits (Stancil)
Won 2-0 , game called in 2nd inning due to lightening, Alicia started at left field did not get up to bat.
June 12th 11:15am @ Cherry Park Field 3 TFS vs. Caro Wildcats(Allsbrook)
Nice running catch at center field by Alici. The Wildcats coach yelled to his team " watch out this one has wheels" when Alicia got up to bat.
June 12th 12:45pm @ Cherry Park Field 3 TFS vs. Catawba Vall Storm Blue TFS won 4-1, Elon scout watching one of our girls.

Mr. Daly overhead one of the University of Tennessee scouts saying the main thing they are looking for is speed.