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Do boys wear masks? I honestly don't think I have ever seen a boy wear a mask!
Do boys wear masks? I honestly don't think I have ever seen a boy wear a mask!
Do boys pitch from 40 +/- feet? I don't think I have seen them do that, either.
Men wearing a mask? All kinds of protective gear? Like a catcher? Really...no I have NEVER seen that either....!Nope, but Io know some MEN do now. Most of them pitch an wear all kinds of protective gear. Does that tell you something?
My son's 8U travel and Rec team pitches from 40', and the thought has crossed my mind a couple times. We are one of the only cities that let our kids pitch 2 of the innings at that age. The other innings is coach pitch, but the pitcher position is still right there. Some of these kids hit hard at that age. You can tell the one's who work on their swing on their own. When I am out there pitching during the coach pitch innings, I try to give the pitcher my unsolicited advice to back up depending on which of my batters is up.
I won't argue with you, I am pretty stupid especially when it comes to fastpitch. But I don't think I was comparing, just making an observation that I had NEVER seen ANY boys wear a mask except a catcher. I just wondered out loud why that is. In this post men are announcing no girl could play for him unless she wore a mask. And here I am wondering out loud again, if he were coaching boys, would that same declaration be made. It was interesting someone posting the video of the pitcher wearing a catchers mask, but it only looked like one pitcher and he and the rest were going against 400'+ hitters...so I agree THAT comparison is stupid - but I think THAT comparison was used as an argument FOR girls wearing a mask? I think?I just think the boy vs girl argument is stupid. Field dimensions are different relative to age.
I won't argue with you, I am pretty stupid especially when it comes to fastpitch. But I don't think I was comparing, just making an observation that I had NEVER seen ANY boys wear a mask except a catcher. I just wondered out loud why that is. In this post men are announcing no girl could play for him unless she wore a mask. And here I am wondering out loud again, if he were coaching boys, would that same declaration be made. It was interesting someone posting the video of the pitcher wearing a catchers mask, but it only looked like one pitcher and he and the rest were going against 400'+ hitters...so I agree THAT comparison is stupid - but I think THAT comparison was used as an argument FOR girls wearing a mask? I think?
Yes I have seen boys wear masks and I also now see pitchers in the boys game wearing solid plastic helmets, Im on board with Crystelmc here, you are comparing apples to oranges here anyway and it just doesn't compare well! Boys are also usually faster and pitch from further back! If you have ever played the game yourself you will see that men in slo pitch softball and some in fastpitch indeed to wear masks, Heck at the elite level in slow pitch the pitcher wear hockey masks! ITS TRUE! Is it really asking to much for coaches to protect the kids on the field?Do boys pitch from 40 +/- feet? I don't think I have seen them do that, either.
I won't argue with you, I am pretty stupid especially when it comes to fastpitch. But I don't think I was comparing, just making an observation that I had NEVER seen ANY boys wear a mask except a catcher. I just wondered out loud why that is. In this post men are announcing no girl could play for him unless she wore a mask. And here I am wondering out loud again, if he were coaching boys, would that same declaration be made. It was interesting someone posting the video of the pitcher wearing a catchers mask, but it only looked like one pitcher and he and the rest were going against 400'+ hitters...so I agree THAT comparison is stupid - but I think THAT comparison was used as an argument FOR girls wearing a mask? I think?
So here lies the problem, You haven't seen and you don't know! Well you are wrong, the men wear masks and shin guards also! There are 100 videos online that will prove it you if you want to investigate!Men wearing a mask? All kinds of protective gear? Like a catcher? Really...no I have NEVER seen that either....!
The video posted as proof that men wear catcher gear in the field showed only 1 pitcher...I just mentioned I had never seen it...I didn't deny such a thing existed...but you are right, I probably haven't seen much and I don't know much, especially about fastpitch....but I am scratching my head if you all are advocating girls wearing catcher gear while playing in the field...!So here lies the problem, You haven't seen and you don't know! Well you are wrong, the men wear masks and shin guards also! There are 100 videos online that will prove it you if you want to investigate!