Wristband software

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We are thinking about changing are pitching and offensive signs over to wristbands. Does anyone know of a good program that we can look at or try?

 

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We are thinking about changing are pitching and offensive signs over to wristbands. Does anyone know of a good program that we can look at or try?

can you explain what you are proposing?

 

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http://www.nevermissasign.com/

good friend of mine's ex has this product at his company.

 

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I might be on my own here but what ever happened to learning the signs and just paying attention? I wouldn't want my dd looking at her wrist to figure out the sign....if she is on base, she needs to watch the coach and everything else that is going on in the infield/outfield so she can read what pitch will be thrown to her teammate or what play is coming up.... Call me an old fogie but its not something i would use JMHO

 

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Two years ago my 10u team played a (very good) team from North Carolina that used them. Their coach said other teams were stealing his signs so he went to the wristbands. If the other team figures them out, they just change the card between innings. Wasn't enough to sell me but it seemed to work for them.

 

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I might be on my own here but what ever happened to learning the signs and just paying attention? I wouldn't want my dd looking at her wrist to figure out the sign....if she is on base, she needs to watch the coach and everything else that is going on in the infield/outfield so she can read what pitch will be thrown to her teammate or what play is coming up.... Call me an old fogie but its not something i would use JMHO

You are not on your own at all. If your a coach and the other team is stealing your signs, then you are not doing your job. A coach needs to practice giving signs just as player needs to practice her swing. As far as pitch signs(or pitch calling), well, at the older ages 14u high level and up, thats the catchers job.

 

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You are not on your own at all. If your a coach and the other team is stealing your signs, then you are not doing your job. A coach needs to practice giving signs just as player needs to practice her swing. As far as pitch signs(or pitch calling), well, at the older ages 14u high level and up, thats the catchers job.

I hope they are stealing...if they are " thinking" about our signs...then my job is working. Let them steal...then we will surely move to the next strategic move to keep them " thinking" instead of "knowing" they should be reacting and should be trained to handle most situations. One of my favorite things to do is combat this stuff and the ladies know what to do.

 

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We played a team from Indiana last year that used these. IMHO, they looked pretty foolish doing it. Regardless, it was much easier to steal signs than normal. They would call out numbers across the field for everyone to hear, and then run whatever play they had called. The problem was that they were calling out numbers every single pitch, and it was pretty easy to determine what they were calling. There couldn't have been enough combinations to put on the wristband to hide anything. It was pretty comical seeing everyone, including the coaches, looking down at the wristband every pitch.

 

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Please excuse my bluntness - wrist bands for signs are just plain silly. There is nothing more frustrating than a player missing a sign in a tough situation. But when they do it is a sign that we need to "instruct" more/better as coaches. I agree with fpitchdad and lester. Catchers at 14u should be calling the game - not dads/moms or coaches. Like lester stated - we want them thinking about our signs. Our catchers give defensive signs in the hopes of confusing the base runners and coaches.

 

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Catchers at 14u should be calling the game - not dads/moms or coaches. Like lester stated - we want them thinking about our signs.

I coach a HS team a pinnacle for a good friend of mine. It just cracks me up when I see a coach or a Dad calling pitches. Its indoor winter ball people, let the catchers do it.

 

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Although that was not what TNT was asking, sorry for the hijack bud! lol

But I agree with with pretty much everybody else, I find it amusing when teams use wrist bands.

I'm reminded of a fall rec league I coached in a few years back. I had 12 kids, 3 were 2nd graders and a couple of 3rd graders and the rest were real 10u players. It was just a community team, a bunch of kids that wanted to play so I coached them.

1st game we play a travel team, their warm up was clearly something they worked very hard on, it was very choreographed. I would say the warm up was impressive if it was a a recital. At the coaches meeting to start the game the coach says to me, I want you guys to try and steal on us as much as you can, I want you guys to run on every drop 3rd, I want you guys to...he gave me a few more items and I finally said, tell you what, you coach your team and I will coach mine hows that? The young female ump who was a very good high school/travel player and played college bursts out laughing so the coach stomps away. To start this team had a really cool pregame cheer, they come up to bat they all have the mac daddy arm bands on getting their signs, really looking the part of a high level travel team and they get off to a good start hitting the ball. Then we come up and whooooops, somebody had spent so much time working on their presentation they forgot to work on cut offs, bunt coverages, who covers what base on steals....just real basic stuff. Defensively they were a mess, offensively they were ok except their bunting was brutal. Every time I see somebody with those arm bands I think back to that team. lol.

 

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WOW its a good thing we were just thinking about it!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Just think!! You could "Buck the trend" and get that "Tim Tebow feeling"!!

 

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Pretty sure I saw the Cal Bears used them in the WCWS last year, and they're not too shabby. Even the head coach, Diane Ninemire, wore one at 3rd base.
Everybody might not like or accept them, but they seem to work for some teams. Easy way to change things pretty quickly, I would think.

 

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There are several high end teams that use them. I personally have thought about our team using them, as we use a lot of signs, but we don't play that many teams over and over so, a lot of teams don't have a clue on our signs anyway.

http://ownthezonesports.com/

I got the idea from the coaches from Tennessee talking to them.

 

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Seems like a lot of $$$ to be spending on calling pitches

 

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Silly question here.......... does the wristbands also help with sweat?

I am old school too, getting alittle too much tech ball taking away from mental skill building.

 

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I'm guessing old school football guys prolly thought other teams looked silly using those too.

Something else to chew on: Instead of wasting valuable practice time teaching kids signs they can focus on other things.

 

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Signs are part of the game. Every time we eliminate an area in order to "improve" in another area, we're diluting the end product.

We see it a lot; one team can hit the snot out of the ball - but can't field. Another team has a roster full of jack-rabbits - but no one can hit it out of the infield. Or a team is 18-2 because of a lights-out pitcher - but they only average three runs per game themselves.

People say "adjust your philosophy to match your roster", but a well-coached team with skills across the board will beat a one-dimensional team.

 

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I'm guessing old school football guys prolly thought other teams looked silly using those too.

Something else to chew on: Instead of wasting valuable practice time teaching kids signs they can focus on other things.

Memorizing signs are homework for players. I have probably spent 10 total minutes of practice time in 8 years on teaching signs. Now we do practice the plays involved.....