Did the HC cross the line or is this acceptable to you?
The "coach" is just showing that they lack the ability to teach pitch recognition. It's making up for their short comings.
Did the HC cross the line or is this acceptable to you?
I have to go bush league. My question is: where was the PU? I saw a dad a a HS game get kicked out for telegraphing
pitches behind the backstop. Where is the 'integrity and respect for the game? Who hires a bozo to begin with? IN HS ball,
perhaps he is an outstanding history teacher that knows nothing about softball.
BTW, DD's JV coaches are a) HC - has 1 year experience in Little League; and b) AC - just a bucket dad who never coached before. If you watch how these games are coached, you would want to pull your hair out, but that's a completely separate topic
Last week, DD pitched in a HS JV game and the other team's 1st year head coach (coaching 3rd base) was telling her batters loudly where the catcher was setting up before every pitch.
Did the HC cross the line or is this acceptable to you?
It was a women coach who was in her 20's, probably recently out of college. I wasn't at the game but DW and DD told me about it. It was a close game 2-2 going into the 10th and maybe she wanted to win this game badly by giving her batters a little help? I have not heard a base coach tell batters where the catcher is setting up since rec league so it surprised me to hear a HS coach doing this.....
BTW, DD's JV coaches are a) HC - a special ed teacher who hadn't coached for 4 years (and has 1 year experience); and b) AC - just a bucket dad who never coached before. If you watch how these games are coached, you would want to pull your hair out, but that's a completely separate topic
This is nothing that any umpire should be concerned about.
If play is at a level where the catcher can't set up late then.....the pitcher probably isn't hitting her spots anyway and....the opposing hitters aren't likely to be able to use pitch location info to much advantage anyway. If you give a mouse a cookie.....
For levels of play where this COULD make a difference, I like Riseball's approach. Total ownership. Awesome.