Thanks, Bretman - I was hoping you'd reply.
If an umpire is making the proper signals, an infield fly signal shouldn't be confused with the signal for a tag play. If the sliding runner wasn't out on the tag, the base umpire should have given the old double hand swooshie...otherwise known as "a...
We had a crazy play at our game last night and I would like some advice from umpires. We had runners on 1st and 2nd. There was one out. Batter hit a fly ball to 2nd baseman, who drops it. Batter is out. (I was good until this point.) Runners on 1st and 2nd had taken off in full sprint in...
A friend's "replacement" bat (one that was sent to her after her first one broke) just broke last week at 10U nationals, so I am not sure about the durability of the new materials.
My DD had one, too, and it did not break all the way through but just cracked. It was out of warranty but demarini...
Thanks everyone for the excellent information!
You are correct, Sluggers, this is generally what happened. One smart team, however, noticed that when the catcher ran at the runner taking the lead off 3rd, no one was covering home. They had their runner take a step back to third prompting...
Coach tells our catcher that all she has to do is make a runner take one step back to the base the runner was on before returning ball to pitcher in the circle. Coach says if runner takes just one step back (while the catcher still has the ball and is charging the runner like a crazy woman) the...
You've got a good Momma! What I great idea for her to encourage you to come here to discuss and learn more about your sport.
And good for you to take her advice! As a Softball Mama myself, I am proud of you!
Hey, Bill is the expert :) so definitely listen to him, I do!
I thought I would comment on the bolded part of your post above, because it is exactly what my dd was doing. My dd's pc took video of her and saw that she was going up too high, but she was still able to drag her toe until she...
Yah, we rednecks can't hide - one day after 8U practice I went to lunch with then 7 year old dd, two of dd's friends and their moms. During lunch the girls started talking about "what they are" (their ancestry). One girl said, "I'm mostly German." The other said, "I'm Italian." They asked my...
My dd was crow hopping and her pc did this exercise - no sure why it worked, but it did.
PC put an orange cone out in front of dd to indicate proper leap distance (same as her height). As dd was standing on the rubber, he had me hold one end of a red ribbon at the height of her head. He held...
Wednesday we were practicing at the same park Amy goes to. (Amy, have you seen all the new "dirt" they are bringing in? Nice!) Another coach was catching for a pitcher at the pitching lane on the side of the field and the ball went into the desert. He came back with two balls, the other one had...
Don't give up hope! (BTW, I am a HUGE wildcat fan) Here is an article about the UofA having walk-on tryouts in 2008. Do some research on this, you never know, it could be useful!
Softball to Hold Walk-On Tryout - ARIZONA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE
Here is some inspiration: When my sister in law...
An 8U all star coach who was frustrated that his team was losing . . .
Last year my DD's 8U all star team all had to take off their sequined headbands made especially for the occasion because the opposing coach complained they were a distraction. True story. :(
There was some question about when time expired because the ump never signaled that it had. Observers behind the plate (including me) did not hear the buzzer go off at all before the 3rd batter hit the ball. My assumption is it went of while everyone - both teams' fans - were cheering like...