Not sure if it's entirely unsportsmanlike but just not a coach I would want to have my kid play for...
League we play in right now has a drop dead rule after 1:30..
We're home team, up 5-4 after 4, top of the 5th
Other team gets ahead 8-5 with no outs and it's at about 1:20 or 1:25...
Girl finally pops up for the first out and then next two girls come out and swing at everything (almost before our pitcher throws the ball) so it's pretty obvious what's going on..
Bottom of the inning - they are rushing their warm-up..
And ump calls ball game and we win 5-4...(before our first batter is able to even hit)
We played a double-header and ended up winning the second as well but our coach talked to the HC and he said he didn't know the drop-dead rule and that another parent/AC told him to do it..
What gets me is that - we had the top of our lineup coming up - so chances are, even the speed up tactic they used wasn't going to make much of a diff.
You lost and taught your girls a bad way to play...
I get time mgt is useful in some sports but in regular softball, it's not always going to save you..
League we play in right now has a drop dead rule after 1:30..
We're home team, up 5-4 after 4, top of the 5th
Other team gets ahead 8-5 with no outs and it's at about 1:20 or 1:25...
Girl finally pops up for the first out and then next two girls come out and swing at everything (almost before our pitcher throws the ball) so it's pretty obvious what's going on..
Bottom of the inning - they are rushing their warm-up..
And ump calls ball game and we win 5-4...(before our first batter is able to even hit)
We played a double-header and ended up winning the second as well but our coach talked to the HC and he said he didn't know the drop-dead rule and that another parent/AC told him to do it..
What gets me is that - we had the top of our lineup coming up - so chances are, even the speed up tactic they used wasn't going to make much of a diff.
You lost and taught your girls a bad way to play...
I get time mgt is useful in some sports but in regular softball, it's not always going to save you..