We had a crazy play at our game last night and I would like some advice from umpires. We had runners on 1st and 2nd. There was one out. Batter hit a fly ball to 2nd baseman, who drops it. Batter is out. (I was good until this point.) Runners on 1st and 2nd had taken off in full sprint in...
Coach tells our catcher that all she has to do is make a runner take one step back to the base the runner was on before returning ball to pitcher in the circle. Coach says if runner takes just one step back (while the catcher still has the ball and is charging the runner like a crazy woman) the...
Yesterday I saw a championship game where the home team had been up by 9 points. In the top of the 5th the other team brought it back to within 3. Them home team came to bat and it was clear time was getting close to expiring. First two batters get out. The third walks verrrrrry slowly to the...
I recently posted a question in the pitching section and one of the replies mentioned this:
"I have had a few parents who let the coaches change things and their daughters started to develop poor mechanics. And then the coach asks the parents why the pitcher is not performing as well as they...
My 9 yr old DD joined an ASA team in January. Prior to that she had only played rec ball, with mama coaching. She goes to a pitching coach that we like (I verified his stance on internal rotation months ago LOL) . ASA coach disagrees with PC has tried to change several things about DD's...
My 9 year old daughter just moved from 8U (with the softie balls) to 10U with the 11" regular balls. She says her hands sting sometimes when she makes good contact and I am noticing she is not swinging through like she used to. Any advice on how I can help her through this? Is it her grip? What...