- Jul 2, 2020
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Hey guys
My name is Marcus and I wanted to get some opinions about travel ball. I have been playing baseball from 86-02 in NY and IL. When I settled down in IL and decided to play adult softball about 2006 with some local park districts. I coached my daughter from T-ball until she last played rec in 2016-2017. She played travel for 10u and is currently in 13u. The coach she has will be leaving for a new team and I was asked by him and the park district to take over the 2021/2022 14u travel team. The fact that I got offered the opportunity to coach again I gladly said yes. I’ll be honest I missed coaching so im excited and nervous. I hope to get some players back from the team but after some parents found out I was taking the 14u team things started getting a little bit odd since the announcement. I do obviously encourage the players to tryouts for other teams and stuff if they like. I know that I would have to schedule tryouts in mid to late July. I’m trying to think of who I would like to have as asst coaches I was thinking of having two plus me and then a roster of 12 girls because I believe they all deserve to play and then I switch out players every inning except the pitchers. The pitchers will be removed pending the situations. Now the questions I have is in ex: I have seen teams with wristbands with their calls for both offenses and defenses. Are they worth investing and are they the new thing for teams now. Also, what qualities should I look for in coaches example should they be parent coaches since my daughter will be playing with me and/or should I just to get people that know the game better and can show me everything about travel ball. I’m willing to help the girls with their defense and certain strategies while practicing. I even offered to stay behind to help them afterwards if they wanted more reps. I am a fair person when it comes to coaching as I don’t like to play favorites with anyone. What opinions are out there for a new travel coach like myself and what techniques are recommended? Any opinion is not a stupid one but I’m willing to take in any info I can to help put a good team out on the field. Thank everyone in advance
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My name is Marcus and I wanted to get some opinions about travel ball. I have been playing baseball from 86-02 in NY and IL. When I settled down in IL and decided to play adult softball about 2006 with some local park districts. I coached my daughter from T-ball until she last played rec in 2016-2017. She played travel for 10u and is currently in 13u. The coach she has will be leaving for a new team and I was asked by him and the park district to take over the 2021/2022 14u travel team. The fact that I got offered the opportunity to coach again I gladly said yes. I’ll be honest I missed coaching so im excited and nervous. I hope to get some players back from the team but after some parents found out I was taking the 14u team things started getting a little bit odd since the announcement. I do obviously encourage the players to tryouts for other teams and stuff if they like. I know that I would have to schedule tryouts in mid to late July. I’m trying to think of who I would like to have as asst coaches I was thinking of having two plus me and then a roster of 12 girls because I believe they all deserve to play and then I switch out players every inning except the pitchers. The pitchers will be removed pending the situations. Now the questions I have is in ex: I have seen teams with wristbands with their calls for both offenses and defenses. Are they worth investing and are they the new thing for teams now. Also, what qualities should I look for in coaches example should they be parent coaches since my daughter will be playing with me and/or should I just to get people that know the game better and can show me everything about travel ball. I’m willing to help the girls with their defense and certain strategies while practicing. I even offered to stay behind to help them afterwards if they wanted more reps. I am a fair person when it comes to coaching as I don’t like to play favorites with anyone. What opinions are out there for a new travel coach like myself and what techniques are recommended? Any opinion is not a stupid one but I’m willing to take in any info I can to help put a good team out on the field. Thank everyone in advance
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