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past balls
Hal, I was under the assumption that you were a bright guy.....oh well. You make alot of assumtions based on a simple question, and you know what happens when we assume. I should clarify that this is 10-U and I am also talking about practice. Along with positive rienforcement I also coach based...- mcooley
- Post #4
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Rundowns
Sluggers and Jimingas were mentally sparring on a different topic about the line between playing aggressively with integrity and cheating, I think he was being sarcastic more than anything. I am going to guess that Sluggers is an advocate of what Jimingas wrote, maybe it is just me but I like...- mcooley
- Post #9
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Sliding
druer, I used your suggestions at our last practice. We are still indoors so we had the girls sliding on a big padded mat with blankets on it. Half of the girls said they already new how to slide so we let them demonstrate before we got started (kinda funny.) We pretty much went through your...- mcooley
- Post #9
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Help teaching pitching.
Gary, Thats a tough one, I hear what you are saying about it being recreation league. The problem with the kids not putting forth extra effort is it will lead to major frustration and possible injury if they do not take it seriously. Pitching is a big commitment that most kids are not cut out...- mcooley
- Post #3
- Forum: Softball Pitching
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Dad too demanding on daughter
I think every coach has seen this. At our parents/players meeting I make it very clear that I do like input and will use it if it makes sense, but only at the appropriate time. During practice and games parents are only there to encourage their daughters and support the team, we do not allow...- mcooley
- Post #2
- Forum: Being a Softball Parent
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Need Advice
Hal, The first 15 to 20 minutes are warm ups, light running, and base sprinting drills. She does not like running, my unproffessional opinion is she does not seem to like softball and we could have found that out if she would have went through a proper tryout (my mistake.) She is not 8, she is...- mcooley
- Post #11
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Need Advice
She's almost 10 but I get your point. The thing is the other girls are having fun and she doesn't seem to be. Kids do have minds of there own and their definitions of fun are sometimes different, and if you are going to play on a select team the fun isn't just about hanging with friends its...- mcooley
- Post #7
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Need Advice
I am not inclined to take on a project, I have that in rec. every year. The other coaches agree that she does not seem to want this as bad as her parents and it shows. I think I am going to start with, I am concerned about your daughter...... and lead into, she has 2 years left of 10-u after...- mcooley
- Post #5
- Forum: Coaching Softball
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Front leg issue in swing
Quote: "Have her cradle her bat in her elbows behind her back as Straightleg said."ECT... I like this drill but with one variation. I have the batter press the bat against the front of the hips with her hands. The reason is IMO, that having the bat behind the back forces the batter to over...- mcooley
- Post #14
- Forum: Softball Hitting Technical
