Some great answers here, but I'll throw in my $.02 anyway.
First, I agree with many others here. Just keep teaching. Teach them in practice, teach them between games, between innings and between plays. It's not about yelling to embarrass them or get them down, it's about teaching. If you are not give INFORMATION or INSPIRATION, you are not teaching, you're just yelling. Not what I'd recommend in the middle of an inning with 11 year old girls. Keep teaching the right things and it will come around. The jump from 10U to 12U is the hardest jump except the jump from coach pitch to kid pitch in my opinion. Have patience and keep teaching.
Second, I've had the opportunity to coach both girls and boys at a rather high level. Here's what I've discovered:
Boys need to do good to feel good.
Girls need to FEEL good to DO good.
With my boys, we can push them to get it right. We can drive them, and their success makes them feel great and keeps them coming back to the game.
With my girls, I have to make sure they feel good first. If they are down, I can't push them or drive them to be better. Have to try to get their emotions in a better place before we can play better. Girls care about their friends are doing, about what their Mom is saying to them from the stands, about the face their Dad is making every time they come up to bat or make an error, they want to know if you as their coach care about them.
Just my opinion so take it for what it's worth, but I'd say to figure out a way to make them feel good. When in doubt, bring them cupcakes BEFORE practice, then make them work really hard.
First, I agree with many others here. Just keep teaching. Teach them in practice, teach them between games, between innings and between plays. It's not about yelling to embarrass them or get them down, it's about teaching. If you are not give INFORMATION or INSPIRATION, you are not teaching, you're just yelling. Not what I'd recommend in the middle of an inning with 11 year old girls. Keep teaching the right things and it will come around. The jump from 10U to 12U is the hardest jump except the jump from coach pitch to kid pitch in my opinion. Have patience and keep teaching.
Second, I've had the opportunity to coach both girls and boys at a rather high level. Here's what I've discovered:
Boys need to do good to feel good.
Girls need to FEEL good to DO good.
With my boys, we can push them to get it right. We can drive them, and their success makes them feel great and keeps them coming back to the game.
With my girls, I have to make sure they feel good first. If they are down, I can't push them or drive them to be better. Have to try to get their emotions in a better place before we can play better. Girls care about their friends are doing, about what their Mom is saying to them from the stands, about the face their Dad is making every time they come up to bat or make an error, they want to know if you as their coach care about them.
Just my opinion so take it for what it's worth, but I'd say to figure out a way to make them feel good. When in doubt, bring them cupcakes BEFORE practice, then make them work really hard.