- Oct 19, 2009
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Had a 10u championship game yesterday and our pitchers were battling two big holes, one at the rubber and the other where the stride foot lands. Conditions were dry and the only fill available was the surrounding powder which did not provide good footing. Went through two pitchers who both complained about the footing and it was obviously affecting their control. Put our third pitcher in and she did ok but still not up to par but she is the largest of the three size wise.
Understand my pitchers are very solid and usually issue very few walks; however, they are normal sized ten year olds.
Opposing pitcher could have passed for a 14u player. Very tall and solidly built. She was able to step over the hole our kids were dealing with on her stride foot so they had a clear advantage.
Tournament officials did a good job dragging and lining the fields between games but the same diamond was used for all 10u games two straight days so by the time we got to the championship those holes were pretty big even though the dragging made them full of powdery dirt.
I'm looking for ideas how to combat this in the future. Umps were no help because "its the same for both teams".
Understand my pitchers are very solid and usually issue very few walks; however, they are normal sized ten year olds.
Opposing pitcher could have passed for a 14u player. Very tall and solidly built. She was able to step over the hole our kids were dealing with on her stride foot so they had a clear advantage.
Tournament officials did a good job dragging and lining the fields between games but the same diamond was used for all 10u games two straight days so by the time we got to the championship those holes were pretty big even though the dragging made them full of powdery dirt.
I'm looking for ideas how to combat this in the future. Umps were no help because "its the same for both teams".