- Jun 3, 2011
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Hello folks,
I think this is my first post, joined about a year ago. A quick brief about me. I have coached t-ball and 10U girls as my daughter has grown. This year we have started 12U. This year I am the 12U rookie coach so I need to learn the differences from 10U to 12U. I have no problems with mu confidence to lead these girls as we have been pretty successful in 10U. Being the rookie coach, there are two coaches/teams for our “school district”. The other team has a veteran coach and the majority of the girls that have been with 12U last year are on that team. The other team has a few girls from 10U last year. On my tem that gave me three 12U girls that played 12U last year. I’ve had two parents want their girls on the other team. One was pretty bitter about not having his girl on the other team so I helped him get his daughter to switch if he thought it was best for her. I really like the guy but am glad he is going to the other team to eliminate that tension. So now I think we have a “happy” team and I can now concentrate on the team we have. Unfortunately the one parent that left was my assistant who had some 12U coaching experience. I was getting some good tips from him on the differences from 10U to 12U. I have not had much time to search out any good drills geared to 12U due to the drama we had the past 3 weeks. So now I’m in need of some drills for practice and game. Off hand I’m looking for drill tips on:
A good stretching routine
Bunting (does 12U just need to learn one basic bunt?)
Sliding
Eliminate the “shot put” throw as some girls have that.
Stealing
Good and simple stealing defense (I need to develop a catcher quick)
That’s it for now. We have 9 practices until our first game.
Thanks!
I think this is my first post, joined about a year ago. A quick brief about me. I have coached t-ball and 10U girls as my daughter has grown. This year we have started 12U. This year I am the 12U rookie coach so I need to learn the differences from 10U to 12U. I have no problems with mu confidence to lead these girls as we have been pretty successful in 10U. Being the rookie coach, there are two coaches/teams for our “school district”. The other team has a veteran coach and the majority of the girls that have been with 12U last year are on that team. The other team has a few girls from 10U last year. On my tem that gave me three 12U girls that played 12U last year. I’ve had two parents want their girls on the other team. One was pretty bitter about not having his girl on the other team so I helped him get his daughter to switch if he thought it was best for her. I really like the guy but am glad he is going to the other team to eliminate that tension. So now I think we have a “happy” team and I can now concentrate on the team we have. Unfortunately the one parent that left was my assistant who had some 12U coaching experience. I was getting some good tips from him on the differences from 10U to 12U. I have not had much time to search out any good drills geared to 12U due to the drama we had the past 3 weeks. So now I’m in need of some drills for practice and game. Off hand I’m looking for drill tips on:
A good stretching routine
Bunting (does 12U just need to learn one basic bunt?)
Sliding
Eliminate the “shot put” throw as some girls have that.
Stealing
Good and simple stealing defense (I need to develop a catcher quick)
That’s it for now. We have 9 practices until our first game.
Thanks!