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  1. njdad

    Trick play question

    One coach in our area tells his girls to always run to 1st on a dropped 3rd strike, even if 1st base is occupied (with less than two outs), or even if the ball isn't really dropped. He knows the rule, he's just trying to create chaos. It's cheap, it's annoying, but it's also helpful as I think...
  2. njdad

    Batter interference without a throw?

    12U tournament. I'm just watching waiting for our game. Runner on 3rd. The catcher -- who had picked a runner off at 3rd earlier in the game -- had one bounce away from her. She spins around looking all over for it thinking it had gone back to the screen, but it had bounced off the umpire's...
  3. njdad

    How does Stanton do it?

    There have always been hitters who do everything "wrong" and still succeed. Remember Carney Lansford or Tony Batista or Jeff Bagwell... or if you go way back Mel Ott!
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    Infield fly is called, but no infield fly at this level -- what then?

    Bases loaded, nobody out, girl pops the ball straight up between the pitcher and the catcher. Umpire immediately yells "infield fly!" Here's the problem... it was a 10U game, no infield fly rule. Coaches had specifically talked about it with the umpire before the game started, but I get it --...
  5. njdad

    9U/10U - SS/2B positioning

    Reminds me of Bad News Bears... "THE COOL CARL PARANSKI SHIFT!" :)
  6. njdad

    9U/10U - SS/2B positioning

    Assuming you're playing with three outfielders, or you're doing four across instead of shortfielder: I tell my 3B to get to every ball she can going to her left. It's an easier throw as she's moving to her left, toward first base, than to expect a SS to backhand a ball going to her right and...
  7. njdad

    Pitchback recommendations?

    My 12-year-old pitcher is looking for a pitchback -- she'd rather have the fielding practice of a ball coming off the net, than pitch with a bucket of balls and fetch them out of the Bownet when she's done. There's Rukket, Champro, Skilz, etc. A lot of these are sold as "baseball" or...
  8. njdad

    Deliberate swing and miss on a wild pitch for strike 3

    DD and I were watching a game waiting for ours to start. No one on base, 0-2 count, ball squirted out of the pitcher’s hand. It rolled slowly on the dirt and eventually crossed the third base foul line. The fielders just stood there looking at it. The umpire very theatrically squinted at the...
  9. njdad

    Taking pitches

    One thing I hate about the 3-0 take sign at the lower levels is if it's close at all, the umpire is going to call it a strike. I wish it were true that the strike zone is the same regardless of the situation, but we know it's not true. I teach my girls to look for a pitch in a certain spot and...
  10. njdad

    How to teach the Xs and Os

    A great idea I am shamelessly ripping off from www.coaching-fastpitch.com (I have no connection to that site, just came across it one day). There's a statistic that we only remember 10 percent of what we hear, 50 percent of what we do, and 90 percent of what we teach. I'm sure you have seen...
  11. njdad

    Tide player homers and is tagged out

    Can you please link to discussion, haven't seen it...
  12. njdad

    The player isn't good at anything

    I was watching a YouTube video with Kristine Himes (University of Kentucky softball coach) and she said, "all your athletes are good at something -- and if they're not, you have to make them good at one thing." This has really stuck with me... particularly in Rec, where there's no cuts and...
  13. njdad

    Things overheard at a game

    Them's fighting words!
  14. njdad

    Batting Order

    She's usually batting in the bottom half of the order. This way if she comes up in the 1st my thinking is we have scored a few runs. I started doing it last Fall when I had a pitcher batting 6th. We were in a big game and had bases loaded and two out, my 9-year-old pitcher took a pitch down...
  15. njdad

    Strategy 10U B. Runner on third and walked the batter.

    Of course we do! :)
  16. njdad

    Batting Order

    We're there an hour early. I don't want her to even think about batting before she takes the mound.
  17. njdad

    Pitcher "fakes" a pitch (doesn't release ball)...

    Why is it unsportsmanlike to not throw a pitch, but not unsportsmanlike to coach your runners to leave early? The rule is the runner can't leave the base until the ball is released, right? If the ball is not released and she is off the base...
  18. njdad

    Pitcher "fakes" a pitch (doesn't release ball)...

    I was playing a super aggressive baserunning team and it was getting very frustrating. It seemed like every ball put in play their runners were already almost at the next base. I watched the runner on 2nd and it was clear she was off the bag before release. She would start as the pitcher started...
  19. njdad

    Continuation play

    I hate the continuation play and wish they would do away with it at 10U. It's so easy to steal 2nd at 10U anyway. The continuation play means on a walk the batter can run around 1st and keep going to 2nd. It's usually done when you have a runner on 3rd -- have the batter run to 1st and keep...
  20. njdad

    Batting Order

    If you are playing Cinderella batting and free substitution at 10U: One thing I like to do is have my lead off hitter(s) on the bench in the first inning. No one likes being on the bench so at least they get the compensation of hitting first. I also like to bat my pitcher near the bottom of...

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