Just when I thought it couldn't get stupider...

[Eric F]

It does seem crazy that pitchers are working on their craft all the time without live hitters and hitters are working on their craft without live pitching.

It's really difficult to work on mechanical adjustments in the heat of battle.

 

[Nimrod]

So, you want to just scrap the game, and have pitcher-hitter duels. Forget about the development of throwing, fielding, base-running, teamwork, and all the other things that happen while playing actual games.

For those particular 2 hours, yes, scrap the game.

Are you saying that if your DD had a chance to get 10 quality at-bats in 2 hours every Tuesday, you wouldn't be on board with that?

 

[Eric F]

For those particular 2 hours, yes, scrap the game.

Are you saying that if your DD had a chance to get 10 quality at-bats in 2 hours every Tuesday, you wouldn't be on board with that?

Of course that would be good work. I've been trying to get my DDs TB coaches to do more live hitting/pitching work during practices. However, you were talking about duels as a replacement for weekend games. I'm not in agreement with that.

 

[_MIA_]

For those particular 2 hours, yes, scrap the game.

Are you saying that if your DD had a chance to get 10 quality at-bats in 2 hours every Tuesday, you wouldn't be on board with that?

There are teams that include live ABs in their weekly hitting. DD doesn’t get 10 live ABs a week in practice but maybe 5 or so.

 

[Westwind]

If you are a poor kid in the Dominican Republic, you don’t get off the island playing a lot of games in fancy uniforms….

 

[JayW]

It's really difficult to work on mechanical adjustments in the heat of battle.

i think the hitters would benefit more than the pitchers. hard to hit speed when you never see speed except in games. of course i’m not advocating abandonment of individual lessons. more like supplementing. i think the soft toss from the coach that you see at a lot of practices is a waste of time.

 

[Eric F]

i think the hitters would benefit more than the pitchers. hard to hit speed when you never see speed except in games. of course i’m not advocating abandonment of individual lessons. more like supplementing. i think the soft toss from the coach that you see at a lot of practices is a waste of time.

You're probably right about who benefits most, and I definitely agree that it should be supplemental work. Even the best hitters in the game do a good amount of tee work.

I find side toss to be pretty useless. Front toss (when done well - close distance, decent pace, good location control) is valuable.

 

[chinamigarden]

I get that...but a secret first look for 6YOA dedicated players seems a little over the top.

Well it was just to see which kids are serious. So there is that.

 

[JayW]

Well it was just to see which kids are serious. So there is that.

6 year olds have completely lost their work ethic and focus.

 

[chinamigarden]

6 year olds have completely lost their work ethic and focus.

A 4u team from the 80s would dominate 6u today.