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    Rec Parents!!! Need I say more???

    Not being ugly towards the young lady and her mom, nor being wise towards you OP, but read your rule book ... there are procedures for dealing with such matters. I will say, as a coach, you MUST do all you can do to help a player - too often, coaches assume the players know "how to play the...
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    Time For A Rule Change!?

    Just the conversation and the progression of matters. No particular "stats" to support but generally, "safety concerns" typically end up being implemented. CH
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    Time For A Rule Change!?

    This topic reminds me of the days as a kid playing football in the streets/church yard ... On the kickoff, my buddy would yell "steakanary" - rather than "stationary" (indicating a fair catch). The opposing team thinking they heard "stationary," would therefore, not tag/tackle him. Touchdown...
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    Do they really play down to the level of the team?

    As a rec league coach, I tend to believe that mixing TB and rec is a bad idea for a couple of reasons. One being, more often than not, there is conflicting schedules and to whomever the loyalty is given, the other suffers. Secondly, it has been my experience that a fair amount of TB coaches...
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    Truth

    It is unfortunate to sign in and read a thread on "truth" and have to admit that it is true. As part of a current and ongoing addressing of some questionable acts of a rec league, instructions to correct have been "complied" with by .... wait for it, more falsities (i.e., manipulation and...
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    Oregon home run taken away

    Cheridan Hawkins, junior pitcher on what she'll most remember from the wild afternoon. "Probably running across home plate and ruining my roommate's first home run (laughs). Obviously I'm happy to throw a perfect game, but yeah, that's my roommate and she hits her first home run, and I'm a...
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    I got crushed in the chest with a ball

    Scary stuff right here! Glad your okay BT3100 ....
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    Motivation

    I have seen this in both softball and high school wrestling. I think it is a part of their age and hormonal imbalance - both genders!! lol I have however, also learned a few things: One is that we coaches, older and having been there and done that and able to reflect on what was, what could...
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    Produce good softball players, not good robots.

    IMO, turning 6-4-3 or 4-6-3 double plays is not something I'm concentrating on for a couple of reasons. One, I'm not confident that, despite instruction and example of, the 5 or 4 is going to recognize a ball hit hard enough to warrant the double play attempt. Secondly, I find more often than...
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    Newbe revelation

    And this is exactly what the situation has evolved into - like you couldn't see it coming. Remember, OP states that the "expansion" team was the previous seasons major division team that advanced to LLWS play and placed in the top five in the WORLD. Yes, in Oregon in 2014. Thus far, this...
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    Newbe revelation

    You have here, captured the very essence of what this thread is all about. An entire team and coaching staff has been catered to at the expense of at least two DESERVING teams. It is not an argument or discussion of all things being equal and everybody getting a trophy. That, IMO, is total...
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    Newbe revelation

    I totally respect this perspective however, any attempt to satisfy all credible arguments/viewpoints, whatever the topic, is simply never going to happen. Nonetheless, the draft process becomes, if I may, the imposed manner of [preferably] untampered selection. They try (i.e., tryouts), we...
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    Newbe revelation

    Could not agree more! Very well stated. CH
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    Everything in Sports Explained

    That helped me immensely! Like I always tell my two kids: "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing." CH
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    Newbe revelation

    Ironically, a fellow coach and I had a conversation last night with one of the "execs" of our league about this subject matter. It was explained (or attempted to be ...) that they (the League), "... has to do what LL says they have to do by the rules." Further explanation of what 'that' is that...
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    Newbe revelation

    Precisely.
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    Newbe revelation

    As a few of you have commented and mentioned, the girls do stay on the same team unless a written request is submitted and a player returns to the draft for choosing of another and different coach/team. OR, she may be traded during the draft provided this same request had been submitted. This...
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    Newbe revelation

    As mentioned in the opening post, we had less than fifty prior to phone calls being made. The total number of registered players ultimately came to fifty two (52). Per the sheet handed out by the league 'execs' at the close of the 2015 draft, three teams had ten players and two teams had eleven...
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    Newbe revelation

    Hello DFP family. I would like to present a scenario to you that has played out at our local league and, if nothing else, simply get your instruction/advice to, "... just shut up and play ball." The scenario follows: History: A legitimate and well established (i.e., group of young ladies had...
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    A Different Kind Of Coach

    Outstanding read. Thanks for sharing!

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