Player going wrong way

RetiredCoach · May 22, 2015

BuckeyeGuy said:
This is my DS - he's simply afraid of the ball, near as I can tell. He's been hit several times, once badly in the ear when he turned his head to catch a hard throw. I don't have a clue how to bump his confidence. He just had his eyes checked and the doc recommended he wear his glasses always vs just for reading before. Might help, I hope.

I've tried back-chaining, starting with underhand and tennis balls short toss, and moving to underhand baseballs longer - he does fine. As soon as we switch to overhand, he loses it: won't stay in front of the ball, stepping sideways, snatching at it with the glove. And it eats him up, too.

Sounds somewhat similar to my DDs experience. When I see her out on the field shying away from a ball I remind myself that that is a very brave girl for her just to go out there again. With patience, encouragement, and practice, she has been making progress, albeit slowly. The good news is that the strategy seems to be working. I remind myself to keep the pressure off of her and for me to take my patience pill.

canyonjoe · May 22, 2015

I appreciate all the comments. I'll check on the eyes,etc, but really thing Buckeye, and retiredcoach said the real issue. I don't know what caused it but we'll have to get her to work through it.

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