.....then you might be a rec coach.

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Oh snap....I better break out the Bike shorts and white belt....I'm a rec coach!

 

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I started out in Rec and actually, started out coaching slowpitch softball. Our village didn't believe their lil angels needed to play fastpitch because somebody might get hurt.

Anyway, the quote I'd like to share was my assistant once told our shortstop during the game, "Don't throw the ball to the 1st baseman so hard or she might drop it." I knew it was time to hang with a different bunch as he was truly a Rec coach. lol.

 

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Just to backtrack a bit on the we have all been there as a rec coach topic. I started in rec with my DD when she was a 2nd year 10U player and I being the obsessive compulsive control freak that I lean towards had to be the head coach. During our first practice I had the girls just hit off a tee to the infielders(hitting a throw ball was to infrequent at the time) anyway a girl who obviously never played before or got out of the house much was batting, she hits a slow roller somewhere, takes off for 1st, makes about three strides, her feet get tangles up, she falls, starts bawling and goes home. This in in the first twenty minutes of her first practice. I think she's done, won't be back. Wrong! As it turned out she was one of the most improved players over one season I've ever coached in 11 years of coaching softball. Her Dad was also the guy that gave me one of the best softball quotes ever. One day when I got to the field he was sitting in his lawn chair, down 3rd baseline with family in tow, I asked him how he was doing and he said,"We are outdoors, playing the greatest game in the world, in the greatest country in the world." Amen brother.

Damn, thats a cool post.......

 

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if you spend as much time planning "potty breaks" as you do teaching the game....
if a couple of parents tell you thier daughters will have to miss a couple games because they just got thier ears peirced...
if a young lady shows up with her dads 34 oz. slow-pitch bat and you get an angry phone call later because Suzii came home crying because you would not let her use it.....
if you look at your outfield and realize two of your girls are setting in right center with gloves off playing patty-cake......

 

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Yes!!!!
As we were all once a REC coach. I bet everyone of us that commented are saying things that we did. That is why this is sooooooooo freakin' funny..... Keep em comin'

 

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if a couple of parents tell you thier daughters will have to miss a couple games because they just got thier ears peirced...

That is priceless...:lmao:

 

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If you refer to a "mound" in fastpitch... (or you may just be confused with your baseball coaching days)

If you refer to a "dropped third strike"...

If you forget to encourage your kids to cheer from the bench... :yahoo:

If you forget to thank the umpire (usually just one ump in rec.)...

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The first two should be learned before "advancing" to travel...
The second two should never be forgotten...

 

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@ Bucket Sitter: So you are a pitcher's Dad How could I tell

When you call 25 local kids to get just 10 to play..... you might be a rec ball coach

When little Suzie strikes out and the catcher dropped the ball and little Suzie is walking back to the dugout and you yell " Run" and she runs into the dugout instead of towards first... you might be a rec ball coach

 

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When you figure out that most of the parents view you as a babysitting service, because none of them stay to watch practice, ever... you might be a rec ball coach

 

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When you line up to shake hands after 14-1 loss and a couple of your players ask if we won....

 

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........When little Suzie strikes out and the catcher dropped the ball and little Suzie is walking back to the dugout and you yell " Run" and she runs into the dugout instead of towards first... you might be a rec ball coach

That is AWESOME. :lmao:

 

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I don't get it.......so you are saying this is all bad stuff?.......I must be a rec ball coach.......lol

 

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Here's one for a "you might be a high school coach" thread and about the funniest/most endearing one I've heard: if you twirl your finger while coaching third base to get your natural righty to move from lefty slapping to the other side of the box, and she stares at you in confusion and then twirls in a circle while remaining in the lefty's batter box . . .

 

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If you have ever had to delay the start of a game 45 minutes waiting for the park maintenance crew to clean duck **** out of the infield...

If you have ever had to pull out the rule book to read the infield fly rule, word for word, to both the opposing manager and THE UMPIRE because they did not believe you when you tried to explain it, only to confuse them even more...

If you have ever had to walk out to the mound and help your struggling pitcher off the field due to uncontrollable crying...no wait, this is only about softball and that was one of my rec baseball teams...

 

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If one of your players ask ..How many points do we have ? you might be a rec coach

If one of your players ask ..Does 3 strikes mean I got a Turkey ? you might be a rec coach

 

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Oh snap....I better break out the Bike shorts and white belt....I'm a rec coach!

I had the same coach for yeeears in baseball... he had every color of BIKE shorts they made. And he used the pockets too!!!!

:lmao::lmao:

 

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and the "Bill Dance" 5-panel truck stop hats! Oh the good ol' days!

 

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If your bribing your team with a post-game snack at Dairy Queen you might be a Rec Coach.
If you have your girls pick out the team name- Sparklers, Lady Bugs etc you might be a Rec Coach.
If your players don't have cleats and a mitt you might be a Rec Coach.

If your team is sponsored by the 19th Hole (local bar) you might be a Rec Coach.

 

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if they say hey "batter batter batter swing"...

 

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your runners are still standing their bases while it takes the opposing infield takes 3 throws to get the ball back to circle...you might be a Rec coach (this actually happened when I umpired a game this year. After the play was over, I mentioned it was a live ball to one of the teams and they said "don't tell the other team")...aaarrrrggghhh