Thoughts and Opinions please

[BCsoftballDad]

Home team is up by 5 with 1 out and 20 seconds left on the clock. Batter hits a shot, third base coach sends her home with approximately 10 seconds left on the clock. The throw is coming in to home as the runner rounds third. The runner collides with the catcher and takes her out really hard. Here's my question, is this normal? In my experience up to this point, I have never seen a coach do something like that. Lastly, yes it was 10U, and the base coach was telling her to "make sure she gets there" it was a game I was watching and not participating in.

 

[softballdad937]

I'm pretty new to this, but if tournament play, then maybe they wanted as many runs as possible in case run differential comes into play for seeding?

 

[The3dm]

A few questions:

1) Where was the catcher positioned?
2) Did the catcher have possession of the ball at the time of collision?
3) Did the runner have an opportunity to avoid contact or was it a bang/bang play?
4) What was the outcome of the play?
5) What was the umpires response?

 

[wow]

Not a play that matters up by 5. RA is more important, usually, then RE. RD is not as important but again depends on turney. Maybe it was his kid and he wanted her to get a in the park home run?

 

[shummel]

This was in the Losers bracket Final and was not his kid or any kid on our team. IMO, the catcher had the ball and the runner could have avoided contact.

 

[Long Baller]

It's been my experience that some of the 10U coaches out there are about as equally experienced as the kids that they coach. No offense intended...

 

[BCsoftballDad]

None taken, with the additional clarification from shummel this should provide all information necessary to weigh in on what you would have done as a coach. I was merely asking what most coaches would have done. Send her or hold her? I personally see no advantage to sending the runner other than ego boosting. Jmo

 

[Laser05]

I would not have worried about the run. I would have told my runner she was holding and letting time expire. No need to take a chance of injury or finishing the inning with time remaining and needing to take the field again.

 

[GeneralsDad]

Could have been the girls first opportunity for a home run, and maybe the coach misjudged how close the play was going to be. Not sure I could take a dinger away from a 9 or 10 yo kid...just playing devils advocate here.

 

[CARDS]

This was in the Losers bracket Final and was not his kid or any kid on our team. IMO, the catcher had the ball and the runner could have avoided contact.

Did she score?

 

[BCsoftballDad]

Did she score?

She did score