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Handling the team bully
Thanks for all the great input. Sounds like many have had to deal with this player personality. Sparky - I'm no shrink either, but I'd bet your close if not dead-on with a bi-polar diagnosis. I'm not totally informed on the girl's home situation. From what I see, it appears that she's home...- Thor
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- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Handling the team bully
Hi all - I do some rec coaching for a couple of different age groups locally. I serve as head coach for a 7-8 yo team (Pinto), and assist on what I guess would be 11-14 year olds (Bronco). I've coached a number of seasons, and have never been as aggravated by a situation as I am now with a...- Thor
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Using pitching machine balls for game play
Thanks everyone for the great responses. At the board meeting last night, this topic was not brought up. Not sure if it's dead or just sleeping. Looking back at last year we had some very good hitters. Also - like I mentioned before, we did nothing to work with our umps to provide a more...- Thor
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- Forum: Coaching Softball
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One girl - 3 teams
Pretty anguishing dilemma, but a nice problem to have! Just based on what I'm hearing, I'd have to fall on the side of Amy and others. She can still get good exposure at 14. Also - there is an element of risk that she could be overshadowed at 18U. However - the biggest factor in my mind is...- Thor
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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T-ball rosters: 6 vs 9
It seems that we try to get near 9 players per team. A little over is always good, because inevitably there will be absences &/or dropouts. We play all the infield positions, with the remainders filling in the holes just beyond infield. It's been a couple years since we were at that level...- Thor
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Using pitching machine balls for game play
By now, it's probably apparent that I'm not crazy about this idea. I'll go ahead and put my reasons out there to see if there's agreement or if I'm off base. 1) While it might help give more consistent pitches and let some kids get more hits, it will likely do more harm than good. This may...- Thor
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- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Using pitching machine balls for game play
They haven't presented the ball the want to use - still doing "evaluations". The one they seem to have their heart set on is not the dimpled ball, but one that is like the "lite-flite" ball - but with the same weight as regulation. Jugs sells it as a training ball. It has a simulated seam...- Thor
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- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Using pitching machine balls for game play
Hi all - I serve as a coach for 7-8 year-olds in our local rec league. We use a pitching machine for this league, using an umpire (high school player) to shoot the pitches. We use a low-compression ball on a standard Jugs machine. At a recent coach/board meeting, a proposal was made to...- Thor
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