The ol' Jimmy Valvano.
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The ol' Jimmy Valvano.
Yup, a Team USA player who gave our girls a clinic last year said this:
"If something in the game upsets you, let it. Let it upset you for 5 seconds, then move on."
I like it. Can be used in many situations and really does come down to "focus on the next pitch" for pitchers.
"If something in the game upsets you, let it. Let it upset you for 5 seconds, then move on."
I like it. Can be used in many situations and really does come down to "focus on the next pitch" for pitchers.
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This post is not to say you cannot have emotion in the game, emotion can also be energy.
This topic more about what a player does when their frustrated and how that gets filtered, handled, vented, dispersed, ignored,
rolled off the back or not.
Perhaps for the personality challenged player taking a five-second breather to not react wrong may be a good solution for them.
This topic more about what a player does when their frustrated and how that gets filtered, handled, vented, dispersed, ignored,
rolled off the back or not.
Perhaps for the personality challenged player taking a five-second breather to not react wrong may be a good solution for them.
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This is a tough one Rad, I mean umpires at girls fastpitch event are a little much nowadays they are quick to shut things down and eject these young players if they speak out....Example, last year in Colorado a blue called out my pitcher for using Gorilla Gold she spoke out and said it was legal and he ejected her (I was in the bathroom coming out when this occurred). I ran over and I explained to him that it is perfectly legal and and when the head Umpire came out he confirmed it and allowed her back in the game. Example #2 I had another girl who voiced her disdain for the blues strike zone by drawing a line where the other box is because that is where he had called a strike the previous pitch he did not like that and ejected her!!
I appreciate when the girls speak out I kind of encourage it to an extent but unfortunately because of how these umps perceive their speaking out as disrespect. Its almost not worth the drama that follows I tell my girls to taper it during big tournys
I appreciate when the girls speak out I kind of encourage it to an extent but unfortunately because of how these umps perceive their speaking out as disrespect. Its almost not worth the drama that follows I tell my girls to taper it during big tournys
It is one thing to disagree, it is another to show the umpire up. Who taught her to do that and who thought it was appropriate behavior?
For the record, that gets you yacked in baseball and softball.
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Yup. That has been getting pitchers and hitters ejected since the dawn of time.
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I hear you and I agree with you not the best example but for what it’s worth she was a good kid played with a lot of tenacity and passion she played for me a couple years ago and is now at Iowa State her uncle played in the Seattle mariner’s organization and was a huge influence in her life I’m guessing he gave her some bad advice lol!!!
I didn’t mean to get off of subject but I don’t understand why it’s frowned upon if girls get a little vocal with the umpires I still play Men’s Fast Pitch and we are very vocal with the umpires even when I played baseball we were very vocal with the umpires but it’s supposed to be different for the girls? Not trying to stir the pot just wondering
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Late to this post, but it's a really good one.
I had a girl pitch for me for four years. Not a great pitcher, but often the only one I had. Our team also wasn't all that good usually. She was our pitcher for the first four years of our program (we developed more as she got older, but nobody ever surpassed her). I was always impressed by how she was able to handle some of those really bad innings. Never lost her cool, never showed up teammates. Body language was never bad.
A couple years ago I was watching her pitch for another team and she had a panic attack during the game. A while later -- either later that same year or the next -- I saw it happen again. It turns out she wasn't just a cool customer in the circle. She was just stuffing all the frustration and stress down and it led to some serious issues (I don't know if a panic attack is a mental issue, a physical one, or both).
While it wouldn't have been good is she went off on teammates for making errors, finding an outlet for that pent up energy would obviously have been healthier for her. I wasn't the one who told her to be that way, but I also didn't recognize what was going on with her. If I had, I may have been able to get her to be a little more expressive when needed or helped her find healthy ways to handle that pressure and anger and everything else.
Long story short: RAD, I think getting a handle on personalities is one of the most important jobs of a coach. Maybe the most important, especially when dealing with teenagers.
It depends what being vocal and what the ump decides to put up with. What she did wasn't vocal she was showing the ump up. A young kid doing that leaned it was ok somewhere
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