Hi,
Two girls on my 10U team are not swinging the bat...literally. They get into the batter's box and freeze! Both of these players had good contact rates (.600 +) and good OBP (.500 +) the first 7-8 games this season. We played a game against a dominant pitcher who threw hard and moved the...
Not my DD
Hi Sluggers,
I appreciate your comments on this and practically every other post that I read!
The girl mentioned is not my DD. My DD enjoys softball...but, will never play at the A level. She has her Dad's love of the game...but, unfortunately, she also has the same "skill" gene...
12U B team in Northern California
Our league has a 12U girl who has played on an A team this spring but now wants to play on a B team this summer. She got a lot of playing time on the A team, but wants to play with her friends on the B team this summer. She will return to the A team in the...
10U Rec Ball -
Last night, one of our coaches (Coach A) "bumped" into another coach after a game. Coach A has been complaining for most of the second half of the season about the number of travel ball coaches we have in our 10U Rec league. 5 of our coaches in our 8 team league (ironically...
This year, our 10U team named themselves. Our uni's are vegas gold, yellow and white. They named themselves "The Lemonators."
I've gotten more compliments on this name than any other team name in my 10+ years of coaching!
Some other names:
Diamond Divas
Diamond Dawgz
Hornets
Our Rec League has added the dropped third strike rule this season. Murphy's Law has kicked in with our Catcher's. Most of the girls who played catcher moved up to 12U! So, we have 6 of 8 teams who have inexperienced catchers.
What are the keys (footwork? Blocking? Catching the pitch?)...
Hi,
Our league has adopted the 10U ASA rules this year. There is currently a raging debate amongst the 10U coaches about whether stealing home is appropriate for the 10U rec level.
Most of the travel ball coaches are really gung ho in favor of stealing home. However, about half of the...
10U hitting keys?
I'm looking for a simple memory aid that my 10U hitters can use when they are hitting. What are the keys they should remember?
For example, I have given my 10U team the following mnemonic reminder to say to themselves when they are on defense: "BOT" or, B – BASERUNNERS...
Hi,
We have 4 girls who moved up to 10U from 8U this season. All pitched well in 8U, but are having hard time consistently reaching the plate from 35' (8U pitching distance last season was 32').
We have pitched each girl one inning with poor results - lots of walks. We have two experienced...
Position Checklist Available?
I love that idea of a position checklist! I'm coaching a 10U rec team this season.
Can you post your position checklist for each position? I'd really like to use it to help motivate my girls (We are a team of 10 girls...a couple have played travel down to a...