City Slicker
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Opposing coaches positioning themselves on a bucket just to steal the signs of the pitches signaled in from pitching coach/dugout to to the catcher, and then attempting to relay to their batter.
Oh yeah, also agree with others dislike of drop dead time limits.
100% agree, even at the 10U level, we have our catchers call a lot of the pitches, teach them strategy, teach them what to do when a batter peaks as the catcher sets up, and messing with runners on 2nd baseA good way to counteract the sign stealing is to teach your catcher to call their own game. These girls should be building relationships with their pitchers and one of the best ways to do so is to call a game. Get in their pitchers heads and find out what makes them tick so you know what pitches to call in situations. No one should know the pitcher better than her catcher! And if the catcher is good enough to call her own game, you know she is good enough to switch up signs if she thinks the other team has picked them up. My daughter has even learned to fool that girl on 2nd that is trying to relay signs to the hitter and can really make the girls at the plate look bad if they are watching the 2nd base runner.
i dont let sign stealing bother me at all because the bottom line is you still have to execute the play regardless of thinking you know the sign or not. "That's right coach! She's bunting and we are stealing the next pitch" - beat us.Opposing coaches positioning themselves on a bucket just to steal the signs of the pitches signaled in from pitching coach/dugout to to the catcher, and then attempting to relay to their batter.
Oh yeah, also agree with others dislike of drop dead time limits.
Most umpires do a good job but my number 1 pet peeve is an umpire who doesn’t know or won’t enforce the rules. Primarily runners leaving early, obstruction/interference, pitching rules.
Guilty, I am a sign stealer, I teach the girls to try to pick up things from the coaches, relay when 2B, it's gamesmanship I believe.... not to the extreme of positioning myself on a bucket or moving into the stands -- or use of video