Converse Kid
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Who should call the pitches at the 16U level? The Coach, pitcher, or catcher?
That's exactly how our DDs coaches did it with them...one of the coaches would talk to the battery between innings discussing certain batters and prior locations of where charted pitches actually were in location, sometimes it looked somewhere else from the bench. I don't ever recall a coach ever saying WTH was that???? To the girls....Whoever can do it best. Ideally, a catcher should want to learn how to do it, and sit next to a coach who does it and they should talk about why the pitches are being called. But I have also seen many catchers who either never really took the interest in doing it, or some who did that had no rhyme or reason for waht they called.
This question gets asked every month?!
This question gets asked every month?!
LOL! I *love* it. Whatever speed a pitcher's dad says his DD throws, I automatically subtract 5 MPH and I haven't been proved wrong too many times.Well of course, the pitchers dad...
Guilty (at times) and very well said!!! Having played Team PA Cyclones at Laser's 14u last year, you folks do a great job with your ladies!Have had several pitchers/catchers in our organization move on to next level, and we let them handle the game. As a coach if something comes up we want I'll let them know. My advice to all, if showcasing players, quit spoon feeding them everything, let them make decisions on bases on their own, let them decide to stretch that single into a double, a double into a triple, give them a green light if they see something on bases. Let your pitchers/catchers call their own games. The less coaching I have to do on game day, it means I've done my job which is to equip them with this information at practices. When the batter in the batters box, its not time to give a hitting lesson, when she's in a game, its not time to teach them how to get a lead, remind them yes, teach not the time.