recently we held a bake sale/car wash for our LL team and made over $1200 which was great! what else have you done that you'd like to recommend?
we are thinking about holding a raffle and raffling off an object like a quilt or something
"spice up a boring practice drill"! please add the age level(s) you use them for...
couple we use:
"find the grass game" basically like playing real ball or intrasquad scrimmage) with a couple caveats; if a batter hits the ball to the grass (past the infield) in the air it's a homerun, batter...
"spice up a boring practice drill"! please add the age level(s) you use them for...
(inspired by an earlier thread)
couple we use:
"find the grass game" basically like playing real ball or intrasquad scrimmage) with a couple caveats; if a batter hits the ball to the grass (past the infield)...
tips for tryouts:
1. Don't play catch:
At a recent tryout, I heard the coach admonish the girls, "you are not playing catch here, you are being evaluated!" That's an important piece of advice that most coaches will not offer at tryouts.
When you are throwing back and forth at a tryout, you...
coaches: have you ever protested a game? why and what level/important tournament
i could have protested something last night but opted not to.
i know some coaches who LOOOOVE to protest every little thing. i am not one of them.
coaches - have you ever given your team a writtten test to , well test their knowledge on things. may be a test on situations and where the play is, or who has priority on certain balls, or responsibilities of players during certain plays and the many, many things you could ask about hitting...
high school ball or watching asa/usssa ball in the summer (or season in which HS ball isn't taking place)
i do know one college coach but ive never asked him how much he cares or doesn't care about HS ball.
the reason i ask is -our town has a weak HS coach who everyone dislikes. despite most...
12U semi-talented player, BUT gets so down on herself, her team, everyone that she has stopped communicating with the coaches during the game. i hate to give up on a kid but i am at my wits end here. i think her mom is the main problem and so does everyone else. this gal almost cost us a...