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Dropped 3rd: Safety Base
sure. we have base coaches. they should direct the BR to use the white base in this case. But if that doesn’t happen and the BR ran in the running lane and used safety base and collided (non maliciously) with F3 who is legally set up on safety base to receive a throw from foul territory I...- peter.kottke
- Post #26
- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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Dropped 3rd: Safety Base
The BR in a d3k sit has no idea where the catcher is so they can’t know the throw is coming from foul territory. The “may use either” has always by my interpretation meant exactly that- F3 and BR “may” use either base. So at that point it’s one big base and hopefully they don’t collide. Sent...- peter.kottke
- Post #23
- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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Just a rant
The key is for coaches to decide ahead of time (before forming a team) and then communicate to parents and players clearly their expectations and consequences around attendance. There is nothing wrong with bring a coach that encourages players to be engaged in many activities and doesn’t require...- peter.kottke
- Post #25
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Wristbands and Baserunners
call out two sequences. first for batter. second for baserunners Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk- peter.kottke
- Post #4
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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College rule flex/pinch runner
In the past when something similar happened and I tried to figure it out my conclusion was the broadcasters had the lineup wrong- if the DP had started the game in the field (which is allowed) then what happened was possible. So I figured maybe the broadcasters had incorrectly assumed the player...- peter.kottke
- Post #6
- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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First - when to tag runner vs base?
In softball (at least the youth sanctions I am familiar with with) if the batter runner retreats toward home to avoid or delay a tag it is interference- Immediate dead ball, batter runner is out, other runners are returned to the base they last touched prior to the interference. Sent from my...- peter.kottke
- Post #10
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Things to Remember - Coaching
I always try to keep Domingo’s advice In mind when talking to the team after tge game (I don’t always succeed) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk- peter.kottke
- Post #34
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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a rec coach decided...player contracts
If you want to increase attendance, you need a carrot or a stick (a contract without consequences is unlikely to change behavior). Punishing kids in a rec league for missing practice is probably not right and might be against league rules. So what’s the carrot for parents and players who aren’t...- peter.kottke
- Post #31
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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NFHS Courtesy Runner Rule
For USSSA you have to read on to get the definition of LCAB: “The LCAB courtesy runner is determined at the time the courtesy runner is requested, skipping batters 1. currently on base, 2. who are the pitcher or catcher of record, or 3. who have already courtesy run for the other position in the...- peter.kottke
- Post #49
- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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Appeal play rules
What drives me just as crazy as a coach is when I call time and appeal to blue, eg, “She left third early and didn’t tag up.” and am told to wait for the ball to be put in play and have the pitcher throw to the base. Dead ball appeal opportunities don’t come up all that often but by my...- peter.kottke
- Post #10
- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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Errors vs hits in scoring
I coach a team. A parent does gamechanger. I don’t want that parent stressed about how they score error vs hit/ SB vs PB vs WP etc. I dont want other parents grumbling about bias. So I tell all the parents that they are encouraged to text me after a game/ tournament if there are plays they felt...- peter.kottke
- Post #7
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Tournament formats - Everyone gets a ring
It mostly bothers folks who want their trophy to “mean” more so get upset that other teams who aren’t “good” won one. Multiple brackets lets more teams get more games and makes for fewer horribly mismatched bracket games. The better teams still have to beat the better teams to win the top...- peter.kottke
- Post #4
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Legal or Not - (Realize this has been a hot topic of late in separate threads)
So for a topic that gets talked about on different Facebook and forum pages quite frequently, a point that only sometimes gets brought up is that parents who are convinced they see a crow hop, and umpires who are certain they don’t, often are seeing the exact same thing, but one group, the...- peter.kottke
- Post #54
- Forum: Softball Discussions
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A message to coaches from a pitching instructor.
Definitely don’t mess with success- though how does a coach know when the player’s performance is at its max vs the player is leaving something on the table? I think that if a player’s performance is so fragile that a coach giving tips on things to try disrupts it then probably it wasn’t going...- peter.kottke
- Post #74
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Curious if there is a rule on this play
The runners can use an imaginary base where the base usually is. In USA softball it is rule 8-3-C “When a runner dislodges a base from its normal position, that runner and trailing runners in the same series of plays are not compelled to follow a base out of position.” Sent from my iPhone...- peter.kottke
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
