10U Coach Giving Take Sign on 3-0 Count

[Chris8]

food for thought.....3-0 count. It is not about taking or swinging but teaching discernment.
3-0 count batter is looking for something they can drive hard...our thought is "nothing but a double" with a 3-0 count. Teach plate discipline and approach-this has to happen at practice/lessons.

And as OS mentioned what is the situation with the hitter.

My DS as 10yo had been drilled by a pitch. He wouldn't swing bat. Count is 0-2. He squares up bunt. I'm the AC and mutter...what is he doing. HC is sitting in front of me. Kid lays down a perfect bunt....safe. HC turns and says the kid isn't swinging...he's a great bunter...we need to get him a "hit" and on base to build back the confidence. It worked. DS is 27 now....he still talks about that moment when coach had me bunt with a 0-2 count....

 

[_MIA_]

What is the situation with this hitter? What if this hitter is the number 9 hitter and hasn't been on base her last 20 PA's. Maybe the coach wants her to have a chance to get on base? What if the pitcher hasn't pitched a strike in the last 8 pitches?

What is "Traveling City League" anyway?

Why does any of that matter? It’s 10u rec ball..

 

[RADcatcher]

Why does any of that matter? It’s 10u rec ball..

Are you advocating don't teach the game at the 10U rec ball level?

 

[_MIA_]

Are you advocating don't teach the game at the 10U rec ball level?

Exactly..

 

[daywalkerdad]

Depending on the level, would hesitate to give the take sign at 10U.

I helped coach 10u req once. I took the opposite approach. Had a couple of batters who would not swing. Many games were a walkfest.
3-0 count I told them to swing no matter what. Neither listened and took ball 4.

 

[_MIA_]

Are you advocating don't teach the game at the 10U rec ball level?

Unless the coach is explain why the take is being given he/she isn’t teaching shi@

What they think they are doing (and it may very well be true) is giving the team the best chance to win a plastic trophy which they then can post a picture of on FB so that the kid’s who stuffed them in lockers in HS because they didn’t make the freshmen baseball team can now think they are cool..

 

[RADcatcher]

Unless the coach is explain why the take is being given he/she isn’t teaching shi@

What they think they are doing (and it may very well be true) is giving the team the best chance to win a plastic trophy which they then can post a picture of on FB so that the kid’s who stuffed them in lockers in HS because they didn’t make the freshmen baseball team can now think they are cool..

Thankfully a person posted a good discussion topic.
Thankfully not everybody has the same perspective of not teaching shi@ and only wanting a plastic trophy.

 

[_MIA_]

Thankfully a person posted a good discussion topic.
Thankfully not everybody has the same perspective of not teaching shi@ and only wanting a plastic trophy.

You asked me a (loaded) question and I answered it. You don’t like my answers don’t ask me questions. Simple.

 

[Rolling Hard]

There is plenty of coaching to be done at 10u level. Even rec ball. In fact that's when the players develop listening skills. My DD was part of a 10u rec allstar team that went to Nationals in Boise. It was a very good team and those players were well coached. And I am sure most, if not all of them, understood why they were taking 3-0.

 

[_MIA_]

There is plenty of coaching to be done at 10u level. Even rec ball. In fact that's when the players develop listening skills. My DD was part of a 10u rec allstar team that went to Nationals in Boise. It was a very good team and those players were well coached. And I am sure most, if not all of them, understood why they were taking 3-0.

Yeah but you are from CA, the softball Mecca of the universe..