What are y'alls opinions on walks? We all know that if they throw you absolutely nothing there is nothing you can do. But what if it's close. My gut says to instruct the girls to swing at anything close, to get the ball in play. Logic says a walk is as good as a base hit, and I should just instruct them to take the walk. What are your thoughts?
My experience is that females (as a species) are less aggressive than males so encouraging them to swing at balls they can hit pays later. Boys are the opposite.
The girls I coached with a take a walk approach at a young age ended up watching too many called strikes as they got older. The ones who I encouraged to swing at a younger age are more aggressive and have more fight in the box now at ages 16-18. YMMV.
CoC
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