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  1. J

    Coach Experience

    I can totally relate to this story. Fortunately the travel team my daughter was on fired the HC after numerous complaints. Having a former D1 coach is a hook for many teams. Like yourself, it's very appealing knowing you're getting someone with the technical knowledge and the competitive...
  2. J

    Coach Experience

    If you talk to some older coaches who started after college, many will tell you they were awful in their early years. There's so much to learn beyond how to play and mechanics. When I listen to these coaches talk, they usually will tell you they had a moment where they had a reckoning that...
  3. J

    Coach Experience

    Add Jim Leyland to that list. Sent from my LG-H931 using Tapatalk
  4. J

    An Honorable Tribute

    Sounds like a great champion of the game and for coaching. Lord knows we can always use more positive role models and it's always sad when we lose ours. I think it's great that you want to do something to pay tribute. Maybe for the season you can memorialize her with either a patch for the...
  5. J

    What are you guys doing for

    For the front shoulder I like the one handed drill, usually with a stubby bat. When swinging with the front hand have them focus on keeping that front shoulder in all the way through. It helps sometimes if they place their back hand on their front shoulder. Sent from my LG-H931 using Tapatalk
  6. J

    what do coaches look for in tryouts?

    Man, I know a few track coaches who would beg to differ. At the younger ages, changing poor mechanics like heel to toe or not pumping their arms can make a difference. =) Sent from my LG-H931 using Tapatalk
  7. J

    Softball Rant

    Sounds like parents and some coaches are more concerned with winning and not actually becoming a better team and developing the girls into better players and people. You got your rant on, and hopefully it's like emptying out the vacuum container of all the dust and dirt and now you're ready to...
  8. J

    Should a parent tell a HC of potential team problems?

    A coach's role is to ensure the girls support one another and play as a team, while together. What happens away from the field, with regards to player relationships, is not as much his/her concern. Do not bother to bring this up to the coach. Try asking yourself, if you do are you only adding...
  9. J

    What would you do?

    My suggestion is look for a new team. Your DD is at an age where she needs guidance on developing as a player in Al aspects of the game. I coach a development team and we pride ourselves as coaches on the number of players we help get promoted to the premiere teams. If we only played games...
  10. J

    Dealing with unruly player?

    I figured out a long time ago, you can't fix or change the attitude of other people, and by extension, your players. When it comes to these young ladies, their attitude is always a reaction to something going on either on your field or in their lives. Your response is usually one of two...
  11. J

    How should DD handle Parents suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect

    Is it possible the HC believes this dad knows what he's teaching? Pitching parents can be a tough bunch. They pay a lot of money for lessons and really don't want their DD to be given bad advice. I understand that and as a coach, I'm sensitive to that and will usually work with the pitcher...
  12. J

    Team intentionally hits umpire as retaliation for "bad calls"

    I'm sure there are coaches who would love to pull this stunt off, but few would stoop so low. Softball team organizes play to intentionally hit umpire in face with pitch (Video) | Larry Brown Sports (edit) Sorry if this had been previously posted. It showed up in one of my feeds earlier, and...
  13. J

    My DD swing. Looking for any feedback

    Here's an update 2 weeks later. Any improvement that you see? I know in this clip she's still not using her lower body as much as she should, but she started working on that later in the session after I put the phone away. Thanks gang. http://youtu.be/AGgYUfsroBE
  14. J

    Worst (over-hand) throwing drills

    I saw Ken Ericksen (USF & Team USA) once say he hates how rampant wrist snaps are in throwing warm ups, especially when they put the glove on the throwing elbow. He went on to say that the snap happens out in front, so why would anyone practice snapping from the ear (throwing darts).
  15. J

    Slap Hit

    If you can get a hold of the Weeklys DVD on the short game, I think Karen Weekly does a great job on slapping progression and common flaws. My dd's HS coach wants her slappers to have the footwork of moving the right foot to the left and step over. Karen shows why that's wrong because you lose...
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