And to add to all the good points made, coaches have to coach to what players that they have added to their roster. We are not all blessed with 9 starters who can hit any pitch 250 ft. It is nice to have that luxury, but for most of us at 16U it is a thought that keeps us up dreaming at night about scoring 20 runs a game. The strategy is really more than against what defense we see, but what our players can execute, how quick (or slow) they are and how we manage our girls to exploit defenses, and as long as we have all coached and been around the game, we make mistakes, girls get too big of leads, they make mistakes, but we do the right things as well. That makes the game fun !