Someone once told me that in an absolute perfect scenario, a pitcher should never throw a strike. You always want them swinging at the least hittable pitch you can get them to swing at.
Difficult? Of course. But the point is, unless you're a contact pitcher (such as my kid), you don't ever...
Just a follow-up post here. Our state has all the Hs stats, game by game, season totals, records, and RPI. I follow the region a lot. I was looking at stats for DD's start against the great hitting team, and she only gave up 6 hits, and 5 ER for the 15 runs given up. She did have 5 walks, but i...
So, we got whipped in 4 innings. Lots of errors on easy plays, which were mostly in the second inning. Every time we play at their field it's terrible. There's always anxiety because it's our county rival, but we haven't been on a level to compete with them in such a long time that I don't see...
We're 7 games in at this point, and sitting at 3-4. The girls have finally started making good contact, and we've had big improvement in our bunting game. We have a couple girls setup at 9 and 1 slots that just unabashedly go for it whether the defense covers or not. They've put them on the...
7.5-ish minutes of instruction for $50
$6.60 per minute.
If it's for the hitters themselves, it's an almost worthless cash grab.
If it's for instructors, it's not awful since instruction is for all participants and wouldn't require much hands-on.
Pitchers standing around, making pickoff attempts, etc. The batter's constant adjusting of the helmet and regrip on the bat, digging the feet in dramatically while holding the hand up...good grief. Baseball is like watching paint dry.
At that age, you still have kids who are there for fun/socialization, and they're important because some of them will consider themselves softball players at some point.
Any time I get in a situation like this, whether it's softball or parenting, etc, I try to remind myself that kids crave...
The hot chocolate around here sucks. When I did the starter order for our concessions, I told my cohort that we would have good hot chocolate or NO hot chocolate. I guess we'll find out Thursday at the next home game.
I had been looking at those actually, and just ordered the dual version. The worst thing for me is my feet and hands. The cold just creeps up from the ground. I probably should get some thermal boots but I know if I do, we'll be playing in 70 degrees the rest of the season. We had a game last...
Got a pretty cold one to watch tonight. Really, it's just the sitting still that makes it more chilly, but regardless I expect the wife to want to break out our new buddy heater.
I'll have the hot hands packets, but we aren't quite to the level of buying a two person pod yet. Any tips for...
It isn't required in softball is it? If it is for softball, it's definitely not enforced. But try wearing jeans, or leggings/sweatpants without pockets. They'll send ya right to the dugout.
Based on the info provided, put her at 1. There's more action there, and a bad throw to 1 turns into a double or worse. It also just creates a panic in the infield and general lack of confidence. A misplay at 1B is kindergarten level struggles.
We're struggling quite a bit right now because...
One of our pitchers (HS) was being taunted by what I like to refer to as the "boyfriends and brothers" section at an away game. They don't know this girl. She'll flat-out confront anyone. She's been talked out of confronting a couple umps. She seems to know her limit at that point. But with the...
Played our first regular season game on Monday, vs a perennial power. I really was expecting a 3 inning blowout, but our defense played very well overall and the girls lasted 4.5 innings. I think we had 2 errors. The hitting was pretty rough, but there was a bit of contact. DD pitched the last...
8u should never be anything other than coach relief. It's a huge waste of time having kids out there who can't throw a strike. batters and defenders dont learn anything other than bad habits from standing around so much.
The girls had a scrimmage Saturday morning against a team in the region we don't often play, but they are on the schedule this year. It was an absolute disaster. I'll spare the details, but it was just...horrific...lol. Every one of them looked so nervous it was almost funny.
Hopefully they...