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Take home message in this thread is don't lose your first bracket game...
Take home message in this thread is don't lose your first bracket game...
What shocked me was some of the teams we faced were going thru the tournament with just one pitcher. Some of these girls had to pitch 4 or 5 complete games in just one day. Is that irresponsible on the coaches part? We had two primary pitchers that were alternating. 2 games in a row each to start and then alternating every other game after that. If needed we had two back up pitchers that we could use in a pinch.
What is the most games your team has played in a single day? How many pitchers did you use?
How many innings did they play over 12+ hours? The number of games is fluff, if games are limited to 65 minutes, then they played just over 6.5 hours of softball over what you said was greater than 12 hours.We played 2 games back to back starting at 9:20am, a 1 hour break, then 5 more back to back. With two of our games going into tie breakers and some other games going into tie breakers the final championship game didn't end until 9:45pm. 7 games over 12+ hrs.
You are missing the point...unless you just want to start sh**. Let's assume an average inning is 15-20 pitches, which is probably pretty good for 10U. Pitch 21 of those and a 10YO kid who throws every game is throwing 315 to 420 pitches in a day...that sound good to you? Lets say they have 2 pitchers..then it would be somewhere between 150 and 200 pitches..still probably a bit too much.If the games are only 65 minutes long and extra inning games that make the game twice as many innings are still only 6 innings long.... How is that pitcher pitching 7 complete games?
7 complete games is 49 innings/147 outs.
Pitching 3 innings isn't a complete game, a good outing by the pitcher and 3 innings of work won't even get through the whole lineup with a flex.
And 10 minutes between two 3 inning games is just a break, 6 innings isn't even 1 complete game.