Please list your number 1 pet peeve in Softball

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unlike some others....lack of hustle is instant migraine. if you're gonna walk, just walk back to the bench.

and what goes with it...being late. not talking the accident closing the highway late or late that player calls with car trouble. I'm talking the player being consistently late by ~10-15mins. "Be at field 10 at 3pm to warm up". And she strolls up eating a sandwich at 3:10. :mad::mad::mad::mad:
At least she’s consistent
 

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I have two:
- travel ball coaches who yell/scream negative stuff at their own players during at-bats.
- travel ball coaches who allow/ignore cliques, bullying on their team.
 

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Drop dead, revert back, last waining crescent moon, high tide, and call Mr Peabody for the way back time machine..... what nonsense that is? We all get it timed game move it along. GOT IT. But not at the expense of the integrity of the game. Drop dead finish the inning. No one wants to bat first in a full seven (although there are the super coaches who need to JUMP on em early!), so the drop dead changes that. let the each team get the same amount of at bats. If you can't allow time for that, change the format. Played this weekend and there were prob 100 plus games at the complex and somehow they managed to get them in. Yes you may have one or two crazy games that go over and push games back, get over your fear of schedule adjustments and let the kids play.
 
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lazy sleepy lead offs - " oh it was a passe ball? dang i missed it! " (still standing on 1st) o_O
 

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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
My (slight) peeve is parents calling pitches for their daughter at 16u and older. I would like to see teams allow catchers to call pitches more often, which would solve the problem of coaches stealing signs.
 

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When you pay a gazillion dollars to enter a tournament and the fields aren’t worked on 1 time all weekend.
 

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Portapotties not being emptied each night during a tournament.
 

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College coaches that string you along. One minute showing tons of interest then they disappear for months. Pop back in with the same enthusiasm. Make up your mind.
 

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First lack of hustle
Kids with bad attitudes , entitlement
Coaches in flip flops sandles or crocs.
Coaches in spikes cracks me up.
STAY TO PLAY TOURNMENTS
 

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First lack of hustle
Kids with bad attitudes , entitlement
Coaches in flip flops sandles or crocs.
Coaches in spikes cracks me up.
STAY TO PLAY TOURNMENTS

Heyyyyy, i resent that remark !!! They were NOT spikes as in metal, they were rubber and i wore them as i was either coming from or going to my own game. Just sayin'
 

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Daddy coaches playing Daddy ball--happens in Rec but happens way too much in travel ball too!
 

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Our tournament schedule this weekend:

Saturday games: Game 1, 8:00 am; Game 2, 2:40 pm &; Game 3, 4:00 pm.

That's BS
 

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Players pounding pops and junk food between games.

reminds me of the time in 12u, WAY HOT , and mom of player comes out with cookies brownies and chocolate milk for the team. It wasn't pretty.
 

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