Obviously, neither of you have ever played competitive ball on any level, or completely have no idea of the intensity 10 year olds CAN have for the game, and their performance. "Sign stealing" is a part of the game always has been, and always will be. Why do you think the coaches HIDE bunt signals with a miriade of motions? It appauls me to think that you all have such disrespect for the 10 year olds, and think they may not have the drive, desire, and game to compete. Most of these young women spend countless hours taking lessons, practising, and drilling themselves into better players. Many play "up" and take their lumps to get better and LEARN. Some of these so called "10 year olds" are already making plans for their futures in this game and where it can take them. Oh, but they are so young this is not the normal. You might forget, these young ladies may be far more mature than you realize, and have more than average pride in what they can accomplish. IF you were there, these "calls" were not just coming from the bench, they were coming from the stands also. It was obvious that there were 2 pitches being thrown, fastball and change up...period. And the young ladies were using the change up very effectively. It took great courage for the pitcher to bring this out, but I'm not sure I would have put MY pitcher in that position. I coached boys softball for many years, including travel ball for the 7-12 year old brackets. We went to the USSSA World for that period and winning it the last year. It was my task to "chart" the teams we played, indicating all batting stats, throwing ability, speed, and fielding ability for the teams we were going to face. And YES, we did call out to the field what they could possibly be looking at and for. From what you're insinuating this was wrong? It's part of the GAME. I even had one team change uniforms (numbers) to try to confuse my scouting reports. In spite of the "change up" situation you are blowing way out of context, the teams had excellent games. I don't think this situation affected their play as much as it ruffled the parents wings.......