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im looking at going to wrist bands next year. I coach a 10u squad. Any advice?
im looking at going to wrist bands next year. I coach a 10u squad. Any advice?
I made one of these that Abbott is using from a hook purchased at Ace hardware screwed into a softball and a bungee cord, I have different bungees length and resistance strength.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEoFaFJI3Qo
Alabama Softball External Band Rotations | STACK 4W
Perhaps your team is at a higher level than the 10U squads that I've coached. I certainly didn't need a wrist band for pitches nor did we have that many defensive plays to call. It didn't matter if the other teams knew that we were stealing, we only had a couple of outs stealing all season. Not sure if it is worth it at 10U?
We are looking to go to wrist bands due to our girls not being able to understand signs. We had 3 signs. Bunt, steal, show bunt. It was to much for them. We started every practice going over the signs. I feel like all that time was wasted. We tried everything. I couldn't make the signs any easier. We also never changed them. To protect my sanity we have to try something different. If you have any other ideas I'm all ears. This years team was very young. Next years team will be mostly 10's.
I didn't have to many problems calling pitches. I pretty much only called location. This past weekend is the first time we started mixing in change ups.