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Originally Posted by nostatic
More likely that it just turns him off competitive sports. I think guys like this have no business "coaching" young kids.
....Baseball is about far more than the score. I think that has been lost though...
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nostatic,
Sorry to edit your post, but these are two points that need repeating.
When I coached, it was exactly how Nathans_Dad is doing it now, albeit with far fewer wins. We focused on fundamentals, learning the game, and having fun. IIRC, we never had a winning season in the five years that I was "in the game" but had a very high rate of players coming back for the next season, and had a good number of parents call in the preseason to request that their kids be on our team for the next year.
The best, however, was when the 10 year old all-stars were announced the last year I coached 9-10 year-olds. Fully
half of the team were kids that we had previously coached. Needless to say, we were proud.
Nathans_Dad,
WRT to coach pitching and the kids having a resulting uppercut, I found that pitching from the knees allowed you to throw the ball at a trajectory more in line with the kids. The only drawback I found was that you couldn't get out of the way of the ball as quickly. (For some reason, though, the kids thought it was hilarious to nail their coach with a line drive, so that's what they tried to do, every at bat.
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Great pic, BTW, and good luck in the tourney.
