Ive told teams up front, I have favorites, if you slide, dive, run out ground balls, pop ups, give effort, take warmups seriously, ask questions, you are probably one of my favorites, I like questions, every drill we work on has a purpose, I cringe when a coach answers a question with because I...
I do believe some runners are more aggressive than others, but coaching does make a hugh difference, DD1 did track/cross country in High school, her coaches alway let her know everytime she got caught on the bases that it was her fault. To this day she is still base to base. DD2 was always...
Have seen this drill using duct tape, folding the middle together and leaving enough ends to stick. How is her stride, it would seem if the stride was long, it would be difficult to be that far from the body. Only other suggestion is to concentrate on keeping the ball facing third as long as...
I played D2 many many years ago. Really believe I made the team because I went to pitchers and catchers, when you have 4 pitchers and 2-3 catchers its helpful to have an extra player that is willing to catch. Every year I received a little more playing time, but I enjoyed working with the...
Could it be a privacy issue, If the policy is missing practice = not playing 1 game, If you play the player, can you disclose why the exception. Is coach playing favorites, Sally missed practice why is Mary who also missed practice starting/playing? Parents/players not in the know may...
I would agree in college that most teams would know in advance who starts game 1. as it is usually the ace, who you can being back later in game #2 if the #2 gets into trouble and the game is close. I can see no decision being made if the staff is weak , not consistant and you need to see them...
The 16U New England Raptors are looking to add a Pitcher and a Utility/position player. Open tryout will be Thursday 8/12 6pm-8pm, at the PARC in Plaistow NH (51 Old County Road).
raptorssoftball@outlook.com
Our Org. puts our players last name on all practrice tees and Jerseys, Looking at the poll I'm in the minority, but I know of a middle school coach who had 70 players tryout and after cuts ask where player X was, she stepped forward, and was not the player she thought she was. Coach just...
Trying to remember back that far :) We started with some foam softballs that had some weight for pop ups , nose to knuckle drills , throwing progressions to net or coaches to start, one of the local colleges gave some throwing instruction teaching young players to make a smile while going back...
Seems pretty normal, our 18s play everyone in showcases, if a college coach is there to watch a player, they play the whole game. If not pitchers positional players rotate evenly
Please contact Nick at raptorssoftball@outlook.com if interested. Head Coach is not a parent coach. Plenty of innings available. Affordable tutition.
Website is newenglandraptorssoftball.com
Some players just do not have or never will have the “urgency”. It is very hard to teach but easy to destroy. My oldest DD had a coach that got on players for making base running mistakes, she was and still is a base to base runner, my youngest, was encouraged by every coach she’s had to be...
He's facing the best pitching in the world, who have all the analytics on where and what pitches He struggles with. Its amazing how some of the best hitters in baseball do it. Many people can hit a 90 mile an hour flat fastball when they know its coming, One of my college coaches pitched in...
Runner on 1st, 2nd baseman playing deep up the middle. 2nd baseman charges ground ball which goes off/under glove. momentum carries fielder into runners path,, contact is made when the ball was on edge of outfield/dirt behind the fielder.. Looked like field ump had the obstruction call and...
We had 2 players show up multiple years in a row trying out in another orgs, uni, the 1st year they were offered spots, 2nd year they were not much better than anyone coming back, we said no on the spot, think they were using it as a free workout, please show up to tryouts for teams you only...
I have a printed copy of the post I'm linking that I have given players In the past that have told me they wanted to quit softball. Most still do, 14s/16s is the time most kids find other interests, cars jobs, friends. I think its a good read. I know some of it is very true, there will be a day...
NH slowly started opening up last week, Massachusetts finally allowing golf today as some courses were saying they were going to open up against the governor's mandate. It's just a mess not only the States are setting guidelines each town is making their own rules, some are more open to...