Who needs coaches anyway...

[heroball]

Inside Pitch: The Screwballs—A Team Run by Players Only—Have Fun & Win a Championship! - Extra Inning Softball

In an unusual experiment, a team in Florida called the Screwballs was organized for a tourney last weekend and didn't have any adult on-field supervision.

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[Hawk_]

Love this!

 

[erniekru]

Absolutely awesome..

 

[bmakj]

"they don't need no stinkin coaches"

 

[sluggers]

Think of the lost arm band revenue if this becomes popular...

 

[GoGamecocks]

Thanks for posting this. I love it.

 

[justAdad2]

great story. my DD did a showcase camp a couple of weeks ago and it was set up the same way. the girls figured out positions batting orders and rotations. as a dad it was fun to watch and all the girls really played great, i think it took a lot of the pressure off them

 

[FP26]

A few years back, our travel team participated in a travel league. By league rules at least one adult had to be present for all games, but otherwise we allowed our players to handle everything else. Typically all 3 coaches attended the games simply because we wanted to be there. One would stay close to the dugout to satisfy league rules and the other two would sit outside the fence. The girls really enjoyed it and DD still talks about it. She is in college now and is pursuing a minor in coaching.

 

[quincy]

I learned a little late to stay out of DD's way during games. Reading this board I told her I am going to leave you alone during games. Rightfully so she did not believe me.

After a couple games of her looking a me, I did not say anything so she started believing.

She just took off as a hitter once I got out of her way.

 

[Nimrod]

'' They batted everyone. They rotated positions inning after inning.''