- Jun 8, 2016
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It is bigtime man..And they are keeping stats for 8u why?
It is bigtime man..And they are keeping stats for 8u why?
I’m a stats guy, but I say that may be a smart coach! I am a disciple of Steve Springer in that I believe stats are evil when it comes to the players- can cause them to play scared. As a coach, I use stats as a tool but not the only tool.I was talking to a coach last night about playing time and batting order etc and he told me he never looks at stats. He told me you have to go by your eye because stats lie.
I believe stats can be deceptive, if you have a small sample size, but that direct observation or "eyeballing" is subject to all sorts of inaccuracies, biases and prejudices.
What say you?
And we have a winner!I used to compare stats from the same HS games and it amazed me how far off they were from each other. Teams never matched on errors because they were inflating BA's, reducing ERA's or both. What I really got a kick out of was how often strikeouts and walks didn't even match. Some coaches will go to any length to get their kids post season awards. Between that, and scorekeepers not knowing what their doing stats don't mean much. Even if they're accurate if the kid is on a 1A or 4A team the stats will be vastly different.
Aaaaand we have another winner!You don't know who your best hitters are without looking at stats?
You can't tell if a hitter is improving or on a hot streak without looking at stats?
Stats only keep coaches in check if they're accurately done.Too much bias, favoritism etc. Stats keep coaches in check, and when player A is spending so much time working so hard, so much time on the field, why should player B get more playing time because their parents are close friends with the coach?? If player A is batting .400 and has been solid in the OF the entire year, why should player B who is batting .200 and never played OF in their life start over Player A in an important game? Why does player B get endless opportunities after an error filled hit less game? Why does the coach refer to stats when it supports player B... but not player A. Sure you can switch teams after the year is over, but it's the same BS, different pile. Kids work hard, they put their time in, and coaches crush their confidence with biased filled decisions.
Coach tells player A it's ok to make mistakes, then after making one mistake gets taken out of the game. While Player B makes mistake after mistake and finds herself always in the line up.
Yeah, just stand there and be a cheerleader.... That's a typical coaches comment right there!