- Apr 14, 2022
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Sounds like you have it down. My pet peeve with wrist bands is obvious hit away situations coach calls out number and batters fumble with wrist bands. You just want to sayThis has occurred to some coaches, so we have a signal that means "hit away/let's go". We don't even flash numbers it's just a wave of the hand, and it takes half a second.
Also, many of our numbers mean nothing (hit away) and the players know this immediately when they see the number (as the number ends in a 4 or 5, whatever for that game).
The players just glance at the wristband for show/routine.
The majority of the time we are waiting for the umpire or the other team to play ball.
I would love to devise a scheme that all numbers tell the batter what to do through computation vs wrist band.
Divisible by 3, steel. Beginning number 6 or 8 swing. Multiple of 5, take. Beginning number 4 or five bunt.
So a bunt and run would be 402, a straight steel would be, 150. 801 would be steal and swing away.
Probably lots of missed signs but at least they would develop math skills.