I've also played with the no jeans rule. Great rule because who plays in jeans? I've seen girls at the batting cage in jeans--I can tell you right now that I immediately discredit them as players if they have on jeans. You just don't do jeans.
Odd Softball Rules
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• Remember the 30 minute/24 hour rule.
Pardon my ignorance, but what is this rule?
Pardon my ignorance, but what is this rule?
Lots of good rules there- My personal #1 rule is ...I have a wife & 2 daughters of my own & get all the female a "ATTITUDE" I need at home.....If you got attitude, leave it home or stay home with it.
More for parents and to remind players, that it is a good idea to wait to discuss the game at least 30 minutes after a game (particularly in a car ride home) and if anyone is upset wait 24 hours to discuss it with the coach away from game and practice.
I like that one!!! 30 min/24 hour....
I also have the "no walking on or off the field" rule...
My team, 10U, also has a little unwritten, unstated rule: When practicing on an open field, and a Baseball team shows up...and then they get real close to us because they think "girls can't hit us", we go straight to batting practice, and they aim for the boys....backs em off every time...
hehehehe
No sugary sweet after game snacks on a school night game. Girls need to go home and sleep...
Potty breaks are BEFORE the game, not during it...
Girls who argue on the field get to run a lap...holding hands. They LOVE this one...
I also have the "no walking on or off the field" rule...
My team, 10U, also has a little unwritten, unstated rule: When practicing on an open field, and a Baseball team shows up...and then they get real close to us because they think "girls can't hit us", we go straight to batting practice, and they aim for the boys....backs em off every time...
hehehehe
No sugary sweet after game snacks on a school night game. Girls need to go home and sleep...
Potty breaks are BEFORE the game, not during it...
Girls who argue on the field get to run a lap...holding hands. They LOVE this one...
I keep forgetting to add the potty breaks before warm ups. . .I really like the arguing one
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I do not allow them to use the S word - sorry.
As in "sorry I hit the ball hard at you and you now have a bruise", "I didn't mean to run you over in MY basepath - sorry" and my personal favorite "sorry I threw the ball too hard".
The last one DD always uses and I tell her "if they can't catch a ball that is thrown at them, two things will happen - either they will get better and catch it, or they will not and quit. Neither is your responsibility". I used to say that to my students when they didn't do well on the first exam, complaining that there should be a curve.
As in "sorry I hit the ball hard at you and you now have a bruise", "I didn't mean to run you over in MY basepath - sorry" and my personal favorite "sorry I threw the ball too hard".
The last one DD always uses and I tell her "if they can't catch a ball that is thrown at them, two things will happen - either they will get better and catch it, or they will not and quit. Neither is your responsibility". I used to say that to my students when they didn't do well on the first exam, complaining that there should be a curve.
