Yeah, everyone tries to position themselves in pool play, but I wouldn't do this for pool play, otherwise I'd remove almost all opportunities to bat for them. Not willing to do that to girls still developing. Trying to strike that balance between development and competitiveness. I do feel the...
Yeah I hear you. I can't stress enough that I do believe a lot of it is physical development. They don't strike out a whole lot more than the average girl, they just have no strength. I've suggested dropping to smaller bats to generate more bat speed, but that hasn't worked either. They can...
Good questions. The girls are displaying more frustration towards the other girls, but it's mostly because of their competitiveness. They aren't dumb, they know the difference between ending a game with tying runners on and 10-11 coming up vs. the top of the order.
The parents were advised...
Ha, she does indeed bat second...
GameChanger is helpful, hard data to justify decisions. And the disparity we are talking about is significant, the difference between girls hitting .400-.600 at the top and .100 (or less) at the bottom. It's early in the season, however, and I don't think any...
New to this forum, and tried to search for this topic so apologies if posted already (I'm sure it's been discussed ad nauseam) but I have a dilemma that maybe some coaches can help me out with. Second year 12U team in Nebraska, 11 girls on roster. 6 can really play, 2 are passable, three are...