Game faces essencial

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What percentage of girls will play in college? A face mask can potentially prevent an injury that could affect them the rest of their lives-long after their playing days.

 

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I saw many of the girls wearing the mask this weekend....good idea!

I did however see a second baseman catch a fly ball and as she attempted to catch it she threw the mask off and it was in the base path. After the play I ask the umpire if that would be interfering with the runners progress to the base? Yes it would and only the catcher is allowed too do it and in this situation IF it was to become an issue and it was not and had no bearing on the actual play the runner would be given the base. I had never seen anyone take off a game face before and throw it down like a catcher and many of the parents including my self were curious so I asked.

Good to see so many wearing them.

 

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Never took in a baseball game that had 3rd and 1st playing 20 feet from home or a pitcher 30 feet from a rocketech on her release.Any parent that has a young girl playing the corners or pitching and sends them out without a mask keep your fingers crossed.

 

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Anyone who has a little kid playing against girls two years older than her and standing 20 feet from the batter is an idiot. Game face or not.

 

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Chico, so how do you account for freshmen playing varsity against juniors, or sophomores playing against seniors? Should there be separate teams for every age and level?

Anyone who has a little kid playing against girls two years older than her and standing 20 feet from the batter is an idiot. Game face or not.

 

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The freshman who are playing varsity are hopefully the ones who can handle that level of play otherwise they should be on a separate team freshies or JV. The point is that one of the first things you learn as a coach is to match your players together based on skill level. You don't have a hard throwing girl play catch with someone who cant handle it. If you do its your fault the kid got hurt. I don't see college girls playing as close to the plate as I do a lot of these 12u kids. If the bunts that close have your pitcher and catcher handle it.

 

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Ok now I aggravated myself and I have to go get some ice cream.

 

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Many years ago DD said "I don't want to wear a mask because it looks silly, and nobody else is wearing one"

To which I replied "NO, Silly is how you would look missing 8 of your front teeth." :lmao:

After investing several thousands of dollars in braces for her teeth I told DD "You only have to wear it if you pitch or play 1st or 3rd"

Flash several years forward. I do NOT required any players to wear a mask (except my DD) but all of the coaches HIGHLY recommend masks for P, 1st, 3rd. If parents say you wear a mask, YOU WEAR A MASK!!!

DD has personally witnessed MANY line drives that have resulted in trips to the hospital.

Our team currently has 7 of 12 use Rip-It masks, Depending on what positions they are playing.

DD LOVES her Rip-Hit and Plays even MORE AGGRESSIVE with it on.

 

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I do NOT required any players to wear a mask (except my DD) but all of the coaches HIGHLY recommend masks for P, 1st, 3rd. If parents say you wear a mask, YOU WEAR A MASK!!!

Couldn't agree more. It is not up to the coaches or the TD's mandate a player wear a face mask. It is up to the parents and or players. We as coaches, recommend that our corners and pitchers wear a game face but NEVER MANDATE it! More importantly, it is up to the coaches to know what level their team should play.

We played in the HOO Tournament and the team that had the DD hit should never have been on the field against most of the teams in that tournament.

 

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Liniluna, you haven't watched much college softball then. I will say there aren't as many, but they are there.

 

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This seems to be the case in most 10u tournments I watch. I think some of the coaches or parents don't realize the difference between lets say rec ball and the level of play at some of these tournments.

 

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Jamie from HOO called me yesterday to talk about this... it obviously made a very deep impact on him. We had a girl take a flyball to center right in the face this year, knocking her down. It bounced of the gameface 10 ft into the air...

I told Jamie that the Ohio Hawks board will discuss and will advocate a mandatory game face for the corners and pitchers and strongly suggest it for SS/2nd. Currently, our 10G infield and 2 outfielder all wear a GF during games - they won't take the field without it.

I would like to see TD's require it for the corners and pitchers at 10/12 level ... it will become a part of the game eventually...

 

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The freshman who are playing varsity are hopefully the ones who can handle that level of play otherwise they should be on a separate team freshies or JV. The point is that one of the first things you learn as a coach is to match your players together based on skill level. You don't have a hard throwing girl play catch with someone who cant handle it. If you do its your fault the kid got hurt. I don't see college girls playing as close to the plate as I do a lot of these 12u kids. If the bunts that close have your pitcher and catcher handle it.

As the father of a kid that plays 3rd, for bunt coverage she has to play about 30 ft from home, just about even with the pitcher, its a chance you take playing that position, she is a sophmore playing against seniors, and a 15 that plays against 18 in travel, at that level you have to play up that close to take away the small ball, or a good team will bunt you to death, the position just comes with its own set of hazards, and the game face is just a way to help deal with it

Tim

 

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The one that was most disturbing was the pitcher standing behind a net during a slow-pitch home run derby, and he gets drilled in the face before he has a chance to retreat behind the net after the pitch. That was nasty - blood and teeth everywhere.

My DD is a pitcher/3B, and she absolutely refuses to wear a facemask at these positions - the most she'll do is wear the most expensive mouthpiece I could find. I need to line all these videos up and show her... or just not play her at those positions until she changes her mind - LF is looking good for her about now. ;-)

My DD fought me tooth and nails she would forget it at home, lose it in the dugout, cry that it didn't fit, she had a head ache from it, couldn't see for the suns glade, and the other players called her monkey face. If I caved to her, Mom would rip my face off and I wished I had one. This year we came to the conclusion (house hold rule), which is she can decide if she wears it or not, but I decide to pay the cell phone bill or not. The rule that follows is that for every pitch she throws to a batter in a game or practice is a week without the cell phone. Amazingly she has not thrown a pitch without it. And just for a topper last weekend she took a quick hit to the face and collar bone, but didn't feel a thing and made the defensive play.

 

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4thegame, you are my new hero. I like it! haha. I now have that elusive bargaining chip I've been searching for. :yahoo:

My DD fought me tooth and nails she would forget it at home, lose it in the dugout, cry that it didn't fit, she had a head ache from it, couldn't see for the suns glade, and the other players called her monkey face. If I caved to her, Mom would rip my face off and I wished I had one. This year we came to the conclusion (house hold rule), which is she can decide if she wears it or not, but I decide to pay the cell phone bill or not. The rule that follows is that for every pitch she throws to a batter in a game or practice is a week without the cell phone. Amazingly she has not thrown a pitch without it. And just for a topper last weekend she took a quick hit to the face and collar bone, but didn't feel a thing and made the defensive play.

 

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4thegame, you are my new hero. I like it! haha. I now have that elusive bargaining chip I've been searching for. :yahoo:

I've been using this chip for many things....

 

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A year from now, I'll have the ultimate bargaining chip. Her driving privileges. Lol

 

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Statistics:

One weekend.
Five tournaments.
250 teams.
850 games.
2,450 balls hit to 3rd base.
one broken nose.

Kids still have a much better chance of getting hurt in a car wreck on the way to the game, or of slipping in the shower after the game, or of getting violently ill from eating tainted hot dogs. Should they not ride in cars? Not take showers? Not eat hot dogs?

More statistics:

---t happens.
---t will happen again.

next time the ball could hit her in the rib cage, the knee, the collar bone, the pelvis, the elbow or the neck. Perhaps we should dress our little girls in suits of armor. Clank, clank.

i sure hope the one in whatever odds you have figured out never happen to your dd or your team as for me and my team the ohio glory we already have everyone in the infield except our ss wears a rip it strongly suggest it
500 trophies
1000000 ground balls
still not worth one trajedy

 

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Jasbo, now that is truly priceless...

 

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one of our kids ripped a liner past the pitchers head this weekend in pool play. It was past her and into CF before she raised a glove . had it been a foot or two lower it would have been disaster. against the same team they had their F5 playing tight to protect against the bunt (which isn't going to happen with a kid that can hit a ball 250-275 feet) with no mask and and a slower type pitcher . Almost gave me the shakes thinking what could happen. MD