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Advice for new rec coach
yah i have that book. very good. at 8 batting is largely a matter of grip it and rip it. give em a million hacks at a skillz stick and the swing will come. I think the worst thing they do at this age is set up a stance out of whack.- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Thursday, 6/7 Rec Conversation of the day
dont worry, the season's gonna be over in a few weeks and that'll be it for me posting on this board. in the meantime, if i need any good New Mexico advice on what to do if a players finds a scorpion in her glove, i'll be sure to ask you.- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Thursday, 6/7 Rec Conversation of the day
So I'm working the Rock Wall at the Feast and my DD and the Big Hitter who got intentionally walked in our last game wander by. I want to tell BH that another coach on this forum gave me good advice that next time somebody rolls a ball to her with the winning run on 3rd she should golf it! Me...- HornetsCoach
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Growth Spurt
the bones grow faster than the muscles which grow faster than the ligaments which grow faster than the tendons. some times the best athlete you have one month is swinging like a rust gate the next. i think an important thing to realize is that just being aware that this process exists is...- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Fielders blocking the bases...
ah, and please lets hear the "other garbage" - its so juicy!- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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Fielders blocking the bases...
Hard slides might be an idea - even into first. Also, once a girl is on - having her run with a handful of dirt that she hurls as she approaches the next base hollering "look out for this handful of dirt!" will certainly have some kind of effect - precisely what, however, remains untested.- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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Monday's "Rec Play of the Day"
Oh jeez "Gunner", you completely got me. A perfect flame and I was so torqued off over the whole thing and I didn't even realize I was being flamed although it was right there in front of me. The ScreenName, the number of posts, the pitch-perfect language of the post. Touche...- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Monday's "Rec Play of the Day"
If you're intentionally walking a batter to load the bases to increase the chances of a force out I can see it, but in a REC league if you are taking the bat out of a girls hand just so she can't compete against your girls, that's pathetic and sad. Not only are you taking the bat out of her...- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Monday's "Rec Play of the Day"
You're right - I thought of that too late, I was so surprised by the whole thing.- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Monday's "Rec Play of the Day"
It's tied 11 to 11 in the bottom of the last inning. We have the winning run on 3rd. Our best hitter is at bat. Its dark, its raining, we've been there forever and the opposing AC at that point orders their pitcher to intentionally walk our batter. She proceeds to roll four balls to the plate...- HornetsCoach
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Todays "Rec Play of the Day"
Those are great stories. We oughta post stuff about this a little more often I think. Help keep us sane.- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Todays "Rec Play of the Day"
Here's how the conversation went. Me: Say Dan, who was it who yelled out "GO!!!!" over there? Dan: (Firmly) Me. Me: Oh. And, why'd you do that, Dan? Dan: Well it seemed pretty obvious she should have gone! Me: Turned out though - not so much - didn't it, Dan? Dan: (Hangs head) Yes. It was...- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Todays "Rec Play of the Day"
Todays "Rec Play of the Day" is a Running play. Our #3 hitter, who is an excellent athlete but awful base runner, slaps a hard ground ball up the middle. She races into first, where I am relaxing in the Coaches box, and makes a turn. The ball squirts loose from the Center Fielder, but not by a...- HornetsCoach
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Not having Pitchers is no Fun
Are they trying to throw the ball with a Windmill delivery? In Rec league I have on more than one occassion pulled the plug on that and had the girl go to a simple underhand delivery. This year - because I knew the score on this - I had anyone who wanted to pitch working on a Non-Windmill...- HornetsCoach
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
