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    Coaches who never shut up

    I arrived a bit early for a U14 TB indoor practice at a indoor facility yesterday and so I watched a first year U12 team finishing up their practice with AC1 hitting grounders, AC2 playing 1B, and AC3 stationed 20 feet behind AC 2. The HC who I happen to know, but just in passing was not...
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    Coaching difficult players U14

    I am a HS coach, and I volunteer from time to time to help instruct technique with an organization I coached with for many years. This is a U14 team with 4 returning members and 6 new kids. I try and keep it simple so that they don’t immediately tune me out. But it seems like these kids don’t...
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    Blast Softball- swing analysis

    Has anyone used this and with what results? https://blastmotion.com/products/softball/softball-coach/
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    How many outs do we give away

    I've had a lot off throwing and catching issues lately. Talking about it only goes so far. I decided to make it crystal clear that we need to concentrate on proper throwing and catching mechanics. I told them that during warmup any ball that hits the ground stays there and they get a new ball...
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    Intentionally throwing at a base runner

    Situation: No one on base. Batter hits a dribbler in front of the plate. Catcher picks it up and starts to chase the batter who is running next to but not in the 1B running lane and is directly between the catcher and first baseman. After a second or or so she realized she could not catch...
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    HC says he's too easy on his U14 players....Intentionally.!

    I agreed to help a TB team of U14's because the new HC asked me to whenever I had time. I had done this for other TB teams in previous years as a means of keeping the kids in softball. The kids are out of control. Talking, goofing around, not paying attention, but since I'm only an...
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    What do you say to your team after losing a hard fought......

    1.- A non-showcase tournament elimination game 2.- A non-showcase tournament pool play game 3.-A HS conference game Please differentiate where necessary between 2 ages groups (U10-U12) & (U14-U18)
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    Help! Do I say anything or not? (long read sorry but needed)

    I’m currently the JV HC in HS and I’m going out on a limb here. I’m reasonably sure that neither the program HC nor the AD visit this forum and I have not mentioned it to either of them. It’s a bit wordy/long and requires some background. So here goes. Background – We have 2 HS’s in our town I...
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    Rate the HC.

    There is a lot of back and forth on this site regarding HC’s and being a HS coach I’m interested in parents softball experience. So, I thought I’d start a thread and let parents help me understand what’s important to them and hopefully I learn a few things. Please list the age and experience of...
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    Ads for players

    Almost all of the teams is in this area have already held tryouts. But it seems as though some teams are short a player or two. There is a website many local teams use to advertise for players . Here is are examples which are indicative of most of them. The XXX 10U Team is looking for a...
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    1 day Clinics - worthwhile or not.

    We are about to embark on the softball off season. That means that at some point over the next months there will inevitably be some organization/school or individual holding a softball clinic most likely as a fund raiser. There will be flyers for pitcher x, hitter y, or coach z, and their list...
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    Regionalism part 2

    Is the game played differently (pitchers, strategy, lineups, stealing, etc..) with teams from the east/north vs west/south? I know each team plays to their strengths, but weather can influence your strategy and thus you may have different priorities. I coach HS and we play in the spring (mid...
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    Defensive measuring stick

    There was a thread that referred to college coaches changing hitting styles of players they recruited with mostly bad results. The thread seemed to send the message that there are multiple ways to hit well and that actual performance is the measuring stick. This got me to thinking, does this...
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    Is bunting considered "old softball"

    I ran into a former HS player at a tournament who graduated from a Big 10 school this year. She had just gotten a job at a midwest college as an assistant coach. We spoke for several minutes on the state of our HS program, and game strategy we play. Near the end of our conversation she flat...
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    Force play or not?

    Watching a bracket game today. Game is tied with 2 outs and a runner on 3B. Batter swings and misses strike 3, but the catcher misses the ball and it goes to the screen. The runner from 3rd scores. The batter thought she fouled the ball and stayed at the plate until her coach told her to run...
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    Coach means well but..... (long read - sorry)

    Last Thursday I got a text from a coach that I have casually known for 10 years. He and his daughter, who played D3 college softball together coach a U14 team. This is one of these academy teams where supposedly they get prepared for High School and college softball and they have a full indoor...
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    Position the rubber

    Why are pitchers always taught to stand with the pivot foot on the middle of the rubber? For sure I don't want to throw any pitches down the middle. Lets say I'm a RH pitcher and move my pivot foot to the right end (looking at the hitter) and my trail foot about the mid point of the rubber...
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    Confidence

    The past couple of HS softball seasons have come to an end with ugly losses to a crosstown rival. We always seem to finish 2nd to them in conference and they do have slightly better talent but not enough to make almost each of the games a run rule. It just seems as though the opposition has...
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    Group lessons....effective or not? (sorry, long)

    I happened to be at a TB winter facility today talking to a U18 coach when on the other side of the divider the first year U12 coach calls his team together and says that the hitting instructor arrived for the first group (10 players, 5 parents and 3 coaches) lesson. I asked the U18 coach who...
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    RH thrower - LH batter

    The thread on LH catchers got me to thinking about the absolute lack around here at least of LH batters that throw RH. It just seems that the only kids who hit LH also throw LH. I guess I can see this at the youngest age groups, but as they age I would think that some players would see certain...

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