CARDS
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I was just commenting on this to my husband yesterday. We went to watch our local team play yesterday and the head coach was coaching 3rd and keeping the book at the same time. I can't imagine what the book looks like. It didn't look like he could keep up with either job.
I was also wondering about the official rules regarding an asst. coach because both games we watched there were different parents coaching first base - and neither of them are listed as asst. coaches on the school's team site. They didn't know softball much either (e.g. full count, the guy yells from first- "don't swing unless it's perfect- it's gotta be perfect", ((and no, the ump didn't have an impossibly small strike zone and the girl was capable of swinging the bat, etc. etc.))
Granted the team is new (they didn't have a team last year) but I expected more.
A lot of schools have students keep score thus why so may mistakes. As far as coaching we played a D1 playoff game in 2013 where the visiting team had only 10 players and one coach. The bus driver coached 1st base for them and I did not see one person with a book.
There are several high school teams that do not report any stats.