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

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You might be a rec ball coach if you decide that it is MUCH better that have a LOT of boys on the team rather than too few, so you decide to keep one team of 20 kids rather than make two teams,

I had to go from this....you may be a smart rec coach if you the part above and have 19 girls for 1 team. I say smart because we forfeited a game last night because only 8 showed up.

 

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If you measure the base distance and place the front of first and third base to that mark, and place the outside edge of the base to the inside edge of the foul line making sure the entire foul line is exposed.....you might be a rec coach.

Len

 

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Funny you say that, Lenski. I went to do a local rec game in Loveland... and the coach put the WHOLE first base... white and orange.... inside the foul line.

 

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Funny you say that, Lenski. I went to do a local rec game in Loveland... and the coach put the WHOLE first base... white and orange.... inside the foul line.

What the coach SHOULD have done was cut the orange part of the base off, placed the regulation white base in it's proper position, chucked the orange part into a dumpster, then conducted a clinic for his kids on PROPER and SAFE base running technique. Then he would be a SMART rec coach!

 

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I had a rec coach last year in Maineville that I had to throw out.. because he was yelling and screaming about the "look back rule"

He called his local rep after I threw him out in the 3rd inning..... and the rep asked him, " Did you not go to the meeting for new coaches that explained all this ?"

It was the very LAST game of the year.... and season.

So I have no idea what was going on in the other games earlier in the season.... when it came down to the umpires... if the team was doing the same thing all season

 

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What the coach SHOULD have done was cut the orange part of the base off, placed the regulation white base in it's proper position, chucked the orange part into a dumpster, then conducted a clinic for his kids on PROPER and SAFE base running technique. Then he would be a SMART rec coach!

Sammy, what do they do when the first base-woman is standing completely in line with first base?

A. Run them over
B. Runaround them and try to get back to the base
C. Slide
D. Stop, cross their arms, pound their foot and demand the umpire to call obstruction?

 

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First of all, I am NOT a coach, but the answer to your question seems fairly simple and straight forward:

1) Especially from a young age, an educated player is a SAFE player.
2) Your players have a distinct advantage when they know in advance how to handle an obstruction situation - in a SAFE manner.
3) Plowing into the defensive player obstructing the bag IS NOT safe, and also is not the way to handle this with young kids.
4) The batter/runner can brush past the obstructing player, without plowing into them. If they cannot get to the bag because of the obstruction, after the play is over (provided the umpire didn't notice the obstruction and call it) call time, and politely have a conference with the umpire explaining the obstruction of your player. Make it a teaching/learning experience.

There is NO REASON young kids should be left in the dark about how to handle obstruction situations. Using an "orange safety base" is, IMO, a lazy excuse for not teaching basic base running AND fielding techniques.

 

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If you think the only way to strike out a travel caliber player is throwing fastballs..you may be a rec coach

When you send in the sign for a change-up to a big hitter and the manager turns around and trumps you telling catcher the ole number one, then you watch the ball go into deep center field...you are a rec coach

when you know you have travel players on your team, you have them play infield because your dd is a pitcher and doesn't play travel pitches in a game...you may be a rec coach

When you wear cut-offs and a tank top, you may be a rec coach

 

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...If you have your batters fake a bunt by shaking their bat like a ninja with a pool stick...

 

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if your statman uses a torn slice of paper from a yellow legal pad to give to the ump, you might be rec ball coach

if your girls all wear short shorts, no sliders, you might be a rec ball coach

if your bracket has scratch outs and mess-ups, you might be at a rec ball tourney

 

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When you wear cut-offs and a tank top, you may be a rec coach

This reminds me of a travel coach I've seen. Tank top or tee shirt with smokes rolled in the sleeve. Except her team kicks butt.

 

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This reminds me of a travel coach I've seen. Tank top or tee shirt with smokes rolled in the sleeve. Except her team kicks butt.

Are you talking 'bout Klump???

 

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Are you talking 'bout Klump???

Nah....Klump doesn't smoke. She rolls her can of Copenhagen in her sleeve and brings an empty bottle of Mountain Dew out with her to spit in.

Len

 

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Nah....Klump doesn't smoke. She rolls her can of Copenhagen in her sleeve and brings an empty bottle of Mountain Dew out with her to spit in.

Len

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

 

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...If you have your batters fake a bunt by shaking their bat like a ninja with a pool stick...

Saw this in a high school game last month. Always been a pet peave of mine.

Can I use the ninja with a pool stick line?

 

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Saw this in a high school game last month. Always been a pet peave of mine.

Can I use the ninja with a pool stick line?

Sure....or you could also use "like a propeller on a B52 about to take off"

 

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Saw this in a high school game last month. Always been a pet peave of mine.

Can I use the ninja with a pool stick line?

Yeah, this irritates me too! I know a HS coach that has his players do this.

 

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If it irritates a pitcher is that a good thing? Results desired = achieved?

 

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If it irritates a pitcher is that a good thing? Results desired = achieved?

I say it is a "strike magnet" and it also lets everyone know you are not bunting.
Rec stuff...

 

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Rec ! Bush !