- Jan 14, 2015
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Over the past few weeks I have witnessed some errors on rules and rule calling. I have also witnessed coaches, parents and officials who are uneducated on it all. We are in the heart of All-Stars and it’s very important to know when a rule is violated, and what the penalty is; and you need to be able to make this assessment instantaneously.
If you were to give a new coach some advice regarding the most common rules to know cold, what would your top 10 be? Not only knowing the rule, but what the penalty for the infractions is, is also important to protect yourself and assure calls in your favor are correctly handled.
My top 10
1. Batting out of order
2. Ball out of play
3. Interference
4. Obstruction
5. Drop third strike
6. Look back rule
7. Illegal Pitch
8. Dead ball at plate
9. Infield fly
10. How to correctly make an appeal
I am not saying if you know these rules you need not know any other rules. But a new coach needs to start somewhere, and absolutely positively knowing these rules, rules that are commonly broken in many games is a good beginning.
Looking for your recommendations.
If you were to give a new coach some advice regarding the most common rules to know cold, what would your top 10 be? Not only knowing the rule, but what the penalty for the infractions is, is also important to protect yourself and assure calls in your favor are correctly handled.
My top 10
1. Batting out of order
2. Ball out of play
3. Interference
4. Obstruction
5. Drop third strike
6. Look back rule
7. Illegal Pitch
8. Dead ball at plate
9. Infield fly
10. How to correctly make an appeal
I am not saying if you know these rules you need not know any other rules. But a new coach needs to start somewhere, and absolutely positively knowing these rules, rules that are commonly broken in many games is a good beginning.
Looking for your recommendations.