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  1. Arm and Hammer

    Going to travel ball, finaly!

    After 5 years in Rec., finally making the leap to Travel Ball for my 12, going on 13 year old. Been very, very fortunate to have a Rec Ball League with a highly competitive B program that allowed us to play at a high tournament level almost year round which is a significant reason we stayed as...
  2. Arm and Hammer

    Running Player Clinic

    Need some advice on running a players clinic for 10-U rec ball. Has anyone done this before? How do you handle 25-35 kids of various abilities, knowledge, maturity and experience? How many instructors per kid should there be? How long should the clinic be? Are there typical basics that should be...
  3. Arm and Hammer

    Sometimes, it’s the small things!

    So our Winterball team had a championship season, 1st place in our metro area. This was just a throw together team, only one all star from all star season, just a bunch of girls from rec ball that had at one time or another played on one of my teams, more liked I picked the parents rather than...
  4. Arm and Hammer

    Importance of coaching

    So how important do you think it is? In the short 2 years I have been Coaching 8-U to 10-U, I have had some decent success, if one judges success by wins and losses which is never my “team” goal. I always tell my girls that the goals are being competitive and improvement measured personally. I...
  5. Arm and Hammer

    players rule

    ok, forgive me for asking a stupid question BUT, I can not figure out the ASA rule book, drives me crazy. Can one of you rule masters point me to the sections where is states how many players are allowed to bat? Our league does not use the dp of flex by-the-way. Thanks in advance.
  6. Arm and Hammer

    Coaching Philosophies

    So I just finished up my 10-U Rec Ball season. This was the first time in two years that I took the assistant Coach role rather then Head Coach. This allowed me to take a secondary role and observe our team and the other team’s players and Coaches in a way that had not been afforded me as Head...
  7. Arm and Hammer

    Situational Practice

    I currently Coach at the 10-U level. I feel I teach, very well, good solid fundamentals and mechanics when it comes to individual skills and drills, but the most challenging part of practice for me is teaching situations; situational defense and offense. Trying to communicate and teach all the...
  8. Arm and Hammer

    Dropped third

    So the drop third (or uncaught third) strike rule reads as such: When the catcher fails to catch the third strike before the ball touches the ground when; 1. With fewer than two outs and first base is unoccupied at the time of the pitch, or 2. There are two outs and first base is occupied. This...

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