- Sep 8, 2013
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Hi Everyone! I am looking for some idea's regarding coaching rec ball. I've played the game for 16 years and this is my third season coaching a combined 12U and 14U team. I also have a couple 10U players on my team. Our season runs for 8 weeks. The problem that I've consistently run into, is that my roster is combined with multitudes of different skill level players and I've been trying to run drills to get the girls to work together. Practices go fairly decent (when all the girls show up); I've worked on talking, basic fundamentals etc.. Our games have just begun and my players are falling apart by the bottom of the 2nd inning (we typically get through 4 innings per game); it seems 1 error on the field and the girls are struggling to recover. My assistant coach and I have moved girls around; we're constricted with Rec ball rules that 1. We have to bat the entire roster (I have 13) 2. All players have to play at least 2 innings 3. We are not guaranteed a pitcher/catcher combination, so we have to make due with what we are given after draft. I am reaching out to hopefully get some idea's on a way to pull my girls together, other drills I can try and to figure out what I can do better as a coach and prevent the girls from falling apart so early in the game. Any ideas are welcome!