Fall Season with New Team

Since Mrs. Daly has been ill, Alicia was forced to take a brief break in her playing schedule. The family took a vacation to the beach and as usual a fellow softball father noticed her pitching on the beach. He came over to tell her that she had great form.


Alicia tryed out for the 18U Charlotte Magic and Coach Stovall was very interested in her but felt she needed more time at 16U. He feels that Alicia will be a late bloomer like his daughter, Nicolle Stovall, (whom signed with Virginia Wesleyan College) was.


The Daly family decided on a new team, Yak Fastpitch. They are very excited about this team because of the coaches, whom are former D1 players themselves, the brother Yak baseball team and the fact they the team has been invited to specific tournaments. The Yak practices at the High Point Batting Center.

Alicia continues to take lessons from Coach Bastian. She is continuing to work on her pitching, rise ball, slapping and becoming a triple threat from the left hand side. Soon it will be time to go back to the PSP program at Proehlific Park.

Health Issues mean short break in play

On the way to the South Carolina camp on Monday, Mrs. Daly had shortness of breath and chest pain. They took her to the hospital. Alicia was not able to attend the USC camp and is taking the Florence tournament off to help care for her mother.

Hot Times Classic schedule

This is a busy week for the Daly family. Alicia will be attending the University of South Carolina's camp on Monday and Tuesday. Then the first games of the Hot Times Classic start on Thursday. Here is the schedule below:

Thursday July 14th, 2011 @ 11:50am TFS vs. KY Full Throttle, @ Field 2
Thursday July 14th, 2011 @4:50pm TFS vs. Carolina Travelers @ Field 2
Friday July 15th, 2011 @ 10:10am TFS vs. Alley Cats @ Field 3
Friday July 15th, 2011 @ 1:30pm TFS vs. NC Chaos @ Field 3
Saturday July 16th, 2011 @ 11:50am TFS vs. Yorktown Revolution @ Field 1
Sunday To be Determined

Bracket play starts on Saturday after 3pm and it is Single Elimination

Colorado Sparkler results and upcoming info.

Yesterday the Daly family got home from Denver, Colorado. Team TFS did very well in the tournament. They won all four pool games and were put in the 1st and 2nd seed bracket, the 16U Mt. Elbert bracket.
In bracket play, their first game was decided in an international tie-breaker and their second game was a loss.
Alicia was the speed for the team, being the base runner for the first two games. The rest of the games she played either left or right field. She had the opportunity to field one hit in the outfield and did so on a running catch. Her fielding average is now up to .900.
Alicia had a great deal of responsibility this tournament because her mother became sick and was in the hospital while out in Denver.

Alicia has three rec games this week and will be attending the University of South Carolina camp on July 11th and 12th.
She is excited to learn from USC Coach Beverly Smith.

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

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.

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.
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We will be posting the Colorado Sparkler game schedule soon.