Maybe. But I'm not the one who will be missing my starting pitcher and short stop for a big tournament this weekend because of practicing a skill that they might need to perform once every 30 games. I coach rec ball and live by the motto of "safety first". For example, I use sliding pads for our...
Maybe he didn't train them how to dive correctly. He just hit hard ground balls between two players and told them to dive to stop it. Accident waiting to happen IMHO.
Our 14u coach has had the team practicing diving by having a player at 1st and 2nd and hitting hard grounders between them.
DD broke her thumb the other day, a week after I told her she probably should not be participating in this drill.
Personally, I don't get the point of regularly...