I apologize if I'm repeating something that was mentioned previously - I didn't read all of the posts before posting myself.
One of the major issues I see here is that this guy is coaching by himself. He needs some help. I have had to run many practices on my own, when AC's couldn't make it...
Set up a tee with the ball placed in the middle of the zone, at the front edge of home plate. Have the hitter take their stance with a bat and place a kick ball between their trailing shoulder and trailing-hand wrist so that it is held just snugly enough that it stays place. To be clear, the bat...
Understood. I find we make more fielding errors than wristband errors. We have also missed more conventional signs than those first two put together, which is why we introduced the bands. We use a color/number combination. "Black 11" = column 2, row 2 (column 2 is black, row 2 is range 11-20) -...
This weekend we had a player completely disregard wristband-based plays while at bat. We were trying to fake bunt + steal to get a runner in scoring position but batter seemed intent on something else. Dismissed as an unintentional mistake after 1 game. Discussed after game 2 (multiple...
If runner R2 would have been safe but the batter-runner would have been out, then it's a fielder's choice. Score it as: FC, no out recorded. It's only a sacrifice if an out is made.