Recent content by PlayPerfect

Welcome to Discuss Fastpitch

Your FREE Account is waiting to the Best Softball Community on the Web.

Register Log in
  1. P

    not returning ball directly to pitcher?

    I saw Nolan Ryan in his last game in Baltimore, go to his mouth and lick his fingers on a 3-0 count, to get the penalty 4th Ball. I thought it was brilliant.
  2. P

    Overhand Throwing warm-ups- Wrist Snaps

    wrist - 60 seconds, max. elbow 60 seconds max. ten toes, 75 seconds max. Waste of time? Laughing me off the field. Whatever. Do you have your pitchers do wrist snaps?
  3. P

    Overhand Throwing warm-ups- Wrist Snaps

    The wrist flip isn't a drill to reinforce a throwing technique, its a light low stress move to slowly stretch and work the wrist and forearm muscles in isolation. We start every practice and every game warmups like this, and we have for 12 years. No one has ever had a dead elbow or bad...
  4. P

    12u --- Fake Throw Down To Shortstop --- Like Or Not

    Of course it takes all the throws and catches, but it can also take one smart fast shortstop to just run STRAIGHT at the runner who is hung up and get her with a tag or little flip to third or home. My preferred play was the quick throw back to pitcher making it look like a throw to second...
  5. P

    Conference in the circle

    My advice to the coaches who like to meet their pitcher in the cirlcle between innings and hand her the ball....Ive found my time is better spent hustling in and coaching up my defense before they run out. Whether its a quick word to one kid, or three different kids, you can convey a lot...
  6. P

    Seemingly intentional drop

    Any player who doesn't know this rule and everything about it (for my area it starts at 12U); they can blame one person. That's the coach. Come on, Coaches....know the game and teach the game.
  7. P

    Rule question - no steal of Home

    Kids struggle to throw strikes at 10U. We instilled coach pitch after four balls. IOW - no walks. It made the game a lot of fun and it kept kids coming back and not falling for lacrosse. Steal of home at 10U is key to teaching a kid to make an instant decision on their own and to get the...
  8. P

    NCAA Strike zone

    MTR - I caution my catchers to not overframe the ball. Meaning - don't hold it there too long. just a quick freeze and that's it. Is it a safe assumption that overframing will tend to irritate an umpire?
  9. P

    Huddling between innings

    the only place I huddle up between innings is inside the dugout and even then its maybe twice a game max. Huddling EVERY inning as the defense comes off the field leads to kids not paying attention especially when the huddle up is at a critical moment and truly important stuff is being said.
  10. P

    Leaving early and other calls

    Runners on second leaving early should NEVER be missed, but sometimes its not perfectly clear. Like MTR noted (I think it was MTR), its right in front of the umpire. But sometimes the P blocks the view, so I can understand them not always seeing it. But what is consistently missed 90% of the...
  11. P

    All this talk about lines got me thinking...

    I think, as a coach, I would ask to rub out the last 6 feet before the base and use the line for the first 54. Would you have a problem with that request, MTR?
  12. P

    Scoring question..Triple or error?

    As the original poster, I want to thank everyone for their opinions and comments. I finally have clarity for one of the few things I've never been able to really figure out in this sport. Statistics are truly the MOST UNIMPORTANT THING in our sport. After having coached or been involved...
  13. P

    Parameters for obstruction call

    I'm trying to imagine why ANY baserunner would EVER alter a path based on a fielder BLOCKING access to a base when they do not have the ball. I teach my players to stay on the direct line to the base and if they have to slide thru her legs or feet to get to the base, they should DO JUST THAT...
  14. P

    Rec League Clinic

    PITCHING IS THE LIFEBLOOD of our sport. Without competent pitching at 10U, the kids will sign up for lacrosse the next spring and we will lose em for life. Thank you for teaching this clinic. I'm sorry I missed your original post from 5weeks ago. My advice: Each kid MUST bring a...
  15. P

    need help teaching baserunning

    I sent you a private message. See your inbox.
See more

Latest posts

Members online

Total: 703 (members: 3, guests: 700)

Forum statistics

Threads
42,864
Messages
680,346
Members
21,538
Latest member
Corrie00

Share this page

Top