- Jun 1, 2015
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Not necessarily the 3rd base coach - myself - because these are things these girls have been preached to over since day one of this team in April, are preached every practice, and again during games. You can only say it so much before it becomes lost in their minds if they aren't focused. Most of these girls were practicing for my team WHILE playing on their school teams. Only 1 of my 10 girls plays travel ball at all. The rest do it as their 3rd sport of the year, and there's not a ton of focus (the softball equivalent of "You can lead a horse to water...). There is a lot of dedication to playing but a lack of "Softball Smarts" as I call them. We are 4-6 (out of 13 games) this season. We had a DH last night and lost both games against two of the top teams in our league (5-2, only because I had to pull my LF during 1 inning because she was near passing out from the heat - they scored all 5 runs this inning, and 5-4 in extra innings after making a very solid comeback). Dedication can't be argued, but intangibles can be. It's something as a 3rd year coach I'm trying everyday to improve on.