- Jul 16, 2018
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Hello,
So it looks like I am becoming closer and closer to starting up my own team due to some issues I am seeing here in my area. The team itself is going to be blended with ages. Gonna have some young girls to some HS Freshman. Technically its a 2nd year 14U team. We're holding official tryouts this next weekend however the guy I am coaching with has told me that he knows quite a few of the girls so he expects to be able to field a team however he did tell me that these girls for the most part are cast offs from other teams so we figure that we have our work cut out for us.
Im planning on running tryouts pretty much how I want to run my fall practices. We might hit we might not. I planned to watch the girls take grounds balls (from SS/2B specifically) and have another group out in the outfield playing 4 Square so I can take a look again at footwork and overall athleticism.
To get to the meat of my issue - my daughter is going to play up with us who is pretty athletic but lacks proper foundation as she (and her previous coaches) just relied on her athleticism to get her by. So figured I could stop waiting for someone to do it I might as well do it myself).
Practices will be more about fielding than hitting since we will be inside soon enough and will hit then. Taking a cue from my sons HS Baseball coach (who actually has set up a support system of sorts for me and my coach for this team) philosophy of learning how to play both (IF/OF) and let the position naturally sort itself out.
Fully admitted - Im not a coach Im just a fed up dad if you will. I've been around baseball (yes I realize the differences) and played through HS before a bad attitude did me in. Any help and pointers are welcome
So it looks like I am becoming closer and closer to starting up my own team due to some issues I am seeing here in my area. The team itself is going to be blended with ages. Gonna have some young girls to some HS Freshman. Technically its a 2nd year 14U team. We're holding official tryouts this next weekend however the guy I am coaching with has told me that he knows quite a few of the girls so he expects to be able to field a team however he did tell me that these girls for the most part are cast offs from other teams so we figure that we have our work cut out for us.
Im planning on running tryouts pretty much how I want to run my fall practices. We might hit we might not. I planned to watch the girls take grounds balls (from SS/2B specifically) and have another group out in the outfield playing 4 Square so I can take a look again at footwork and overall athleticism.
To get to the meat of my issue - my daughter is going to play up with us who is pretty athletic but lacks proper foundation as she (and her previous coaches) just relied on her athleticism to get her by. So figured I could stop waiting for someone to do it I might as well do it myself).
Practices will be more about fielding than hitting since we will be inside soon enough and will hit then. Taking a cue from my sons HS Baseball coach (who actually has set up a support system of sorts for me and my coach for this team) philosophy of learning how to play both (IF/OF) and let the position naturally sort itself out.
Fully admitted - Im not a coach Im just a fed up dad if you will. I've been around baseball (yes I realize the differences) and played through HS before a bad attitude did me in. Any help and pointers are welcome