Information Overload?

dadofadirtlover · Aug 29, 2015

How do you know if you're taking too much info in? I'm a learner at heart, so I'm always like the Short Circuit robot (input, input, input), but I don't want to go overboard. Our team had a doubleheader of grapefruit games today. First was a 5 -5 tie and the second was a 6 - 5 victory. We have practice tomorrow and almost all of the girls take very well to what is being taught, but we will only have 6 - 7 girls there. 10U rec league btw. I want to introduce alot of elements to the girls, but at the same time, I don't want to overlook mental errors, either. Our first "game" is scheduled for about 2 weeks from now so there's time. You guys and gals think I should just focus solely on mental errors tomorrow? Introduce new elements? Bury my head in the dirt?

1bucketmom · Aug 29, 2015

10 yo...... They will have short attention span so keep it simple and break it up. Think about the top 2-3 things that you want too work on. That stood out from your recent games. At that age... (DD just finished 10u) many of the girls need to be remaindered to think about what they are going to do if the ball is hit to them. Many don't think about this before the pitch is thrown. I was say that is the #1 cause of mental errors. Everyone has to be thinking that....and it can be incorporated into other drills. Also. The follow up question is what am I doing if the ball isn't hit to me?
If you incorporating asking those questions of every player while running situations not only will you be working on drills but deal with mental errors.

My humble opinion but I've seen it help..... I coached 10u rec and all stars....this will be something you will tell them over and over again.

quincy · Aug 29, 2015

Can you provide an example of a mental error?

dadofadirtlover · Aug 29, 2015

1bucketmom said:
10 yo...... They will have short attention span so keep it simple and break it up. Think about the top 2-3 things that you want too work on. That stood out from your recent games. At that age... (DD just finished 10u) many of the girls need to be remaindered to think about what they are going to do if the ball is hit to them. Many don't think about this before the pitch is thrown. I was say that is the #1 cause of mental errors. Everyone has to be thinking that....and it can be incorporated into other drills. Also. The follow up question is what am I doing if the ball isn't hit to me?
If you incorporating asking those questions of every player while running situations not only will you be working on drills but deal with mental errors.

My humble opinion but I've seen it help..... I coached 10u rec and all stars....this will be something you will tell them over and over again.

Yeah that's great advice!

dadofadirtlover · Aug 29, 2015

quincy said:
Can you provide an example of a mental error?

Stuff like.....SS forgot to cover 2nd on a steal.....3rd forgot to throw home.....and all of the infield forgot where to go at some point in time when the ball was hit to them

dadofadirtlover · Aug 29, 2015

The kinds of things I wanted to incorporate was teaching them to bunt, slap, and EVERY infielder to know the roles of every infield position so they can help each other out there.

Cannonball · Aug 29, 2015

A lot of what you might what to achieve can be done with runners and/or hitter doing the running while you hit the ball. Situational practices like this can be a lot of fun for the players if done right.

quincy · Aug 29, 2015

I think you need to lock that down, I know it is not easy when you have 12 players playing 9 positions.

I tell the kids they need to be moving on every hit, they are only going to be in trouble if they are not moving. We will sort out if they are going to the right place latter. A lot of them are really smart and on the field and not on the sidelines.

dadofadirtlover · Aug 29, 2015

We're actually low on our roster. We have 9 players and 10 positions so we really wanted to see who could play where. Only 2 made me wanna pull my hair out so according to DFP, I must be ok lol.

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quincy · Aug 29, 2015

One makes pull my hair out, I do not have any hair so she is fur given .

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