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  1. Coach Al

    Here is something that the rule book says nothing about!

    I have gone thru all the rule books and it isn't in them so I guess it is OK, despite what people are telling me. I know that if you decide to switch batter's boxes while the pitcher is in position, but how many times can a batter change from one side to the other during an at bat? Now I was...
  2. Coach Al

    Bot, I feel dumb!

    I got an embarrassing questing. I the ball is caught by the catcher on a bounce on strike 3, is it an out or does the catcher have to tag the batter or throw to 1st?
  3. Coach Al

    Letting them lose to show them they need to work harder

    A friend of mine is a 1st time 12u travel coach. Today his team scrimmaged against our other 12u travel team. He knew they were going to lose badly, he had all travel rookies while the other team had been together for 4 years. Needless to say, they looked awful. First batter walked and just keep...
  4. Coach Al

    Making the switch from Right to Left!

    I have been involved in softball in one form or another since 1972 but I proved I can be a bumbling idiot. My granddaughter starting playing when she was 9. She was living with her father at the time and I went out bought her a glove. Being a girl that adores her grandfather, she took the glove...
  5. Coach Al

    Rainout?

    I heard of this stuff for several years but never used it. I want to know if anyone has used it on there fields and how well it works. I know it is expensive so I want to know basically if it is cost effective. I have had to deal with wet fields quite a bit this year. Rain Out | Home
  6. Coach Al

    So this is what I did, what do you think?

    OK, I may be crazy, but the final result is more important than the road traveled. I am coaching a 14u rec team. The players on the team are quite good. My number 1 pitcher should be pitching travel, but isn't. First game we played a weaker team, I would of pitched my number 3 pitcher, but she...
  7. Coach Al

    How can you win against multi-sport organizations?

    I am currently involved a softball program that was just started in the last few years. Several of the local youth sports organizations came on board with us,sending girls that use to play for them in the past to our groups. We pride ourselves on being an organization offering only girls...
  8. Coach Al

    Gains and losses of Rec players from year to year.

    From my own personal experience I have found that normal registration levels stay steady in rec organizations. Factors that affect numbers can be loss of population, new organizations forming, old ones folding or major economic problems in a region. Generally, you lose 10% of your players from...
  9. Coach Al

    Merry Christmas to all!

    Merry Christmas to all on Discuss Fastpitch! What is your softball Christmas wish?
  10. Coach Al

    What do you like for a post season awards picnic?

    After seeing how different organizations run their post season awards picnics I want to put up a poll of what people would like best. I have been to great ones, terrible ones and ones that went overboard.
  11. Coach Al

    Need of advice with parent problem

    In all the years I have coached, I had never had a problem like this. I have a pair of sisters on my team. They are good kids, the older one is a better player then her sister but they always try their hardest. I have no issue with them. Their mother is another story. She has a back injury and...
  12. Coach Al

    Coaches don't know the rules, argue most of the time!

    You ever notice that coaches that argue a call the most, don't know the rule in the first place. I have seen too often coaches say they know the rules, but it is "their" rules. Rules based on old stories, poor childhood memories and wives-tales. Examples? Hands are part of the bat. A infielder...
  13. Coach Al

    Need help with this call

    I need to see if this call is correct. Bases loaded, catcher attempts to pick off runner on first and ball goes out of play. All runners are awarded 2 bases, correct? NSA rules.
  14. Coach Al

    Bat Sounds DEAD!

    One of the girls on my rec team is using a Demarini composite bat that doesn't sound good when she hits the ball. There doesn't seem to be any pop to it. The bat is a demo bat and it says on it no warranty. I am not familiar with composite bats, is the bat shot?
  15. Coach Al

    I Goofed, MyDGD has no TB team, what's next.

    I tried to form a TB team within the organization I was with and failed leaving my DGD out in the cold. She tried out for the only 2 teams that still had openings and got cut. My question now, what next?
  16. Coach Al

    WNY 12u Tryout

    The B.O.Y.S. (Boys or Youth Sports) Association of Lackawanna will be holding tryouts for a girls 12 and under travel softball team for 2013. It will be held 5:30 on August 13 at Van Wyck Field #2 with rain date of August 15. For info E-Mail ltallen1@aol.com .
  17. Coach Al

    How many games in an average rec season?

    This just a question. How many games do you play? We play 12 and then have playoffs, single elimination.
  18. Coach Al

    Help tracking the pitch

    My granddaughter has a good swing and can recognize a pitch as a strike early but she does follow the ball well near the plate. We had her eyes checked and her vision is fine. She just doesn't follow the ball all the way to contact. Any suggestions on drills the could help?
  19. Coach Al

    Too much money involved, will ruin the sport in the long run.

    Very simple. Lessons, travel team fees, etc. Where is there a place for all the kids that can't afford it. If only the ones who parents can afford it play, numbers will go down and the sport will DIE. I know this is a skill sport, being a good athlete isn't just going to make you a good player...
  20. Coach Al

    Dumbest Thing a Parent Ever Said!!!

    OK, a new thread. I've heard many dumb things said by parents so I'll just picked one to start out. We are starting our rec game and I am missing my #1 pitcher. I see her father coaching her brother so I asked him where she was. He told me her mother wouldn't let her play because she didn't want...

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