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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many of the problems outlined in this thread could be easily solved if the league itself established ground rules that all teams must follow.

Every kid gets 50% infield and outfield positions, batting orders must give each kid 1/3 in the top 4, 1/3 in middle 4 and 1/3 in bottom 4, etc.

Yeah, maybe it shouldn’t have to be this way…but it solves a lot of problems if every team has to compete on the same basis.[/quote]

The sad thing is that bad LL coaches will find a way to abuse the spirit of the rules as much as possible anyway, and rules like the above just make managing a team so much more difficult for the GOOD coaches  (it is hard enough to find a volunteer to track pitch counts etc much less tracking innings per kid at each position etc). Add in shortened games/run rules and then it is really a mess.

LL moved to a continuous batting order with free substitution last year to make things easier on the coaches (no more managing subs etc). But of course the bad ones used this new rule as a license to bench kids defensively for full games…on my kid’s all star team last year they benched the same 2 kids full game after full game (even in blowouts- they really can’t stick the kid in RF for a few innings?)

Most coaches in our league make sure kids playing minors see some infield time every game. Majors is a little more competitive but the good coaches look for opportunities to get weaker players regular time in the infield or their turn to pitch a few innings. My son’s coach did an excellent job of that last year- every single kid on the team got infield time and every single kid who wanted to pitch got to pitch at least once. And they still won the league tournament anyway. But the bad coaches don’t care- as long as it is technically within the rules, anything goes.

I don’t know what the solution is, but the bad coaches sure ruin things and it is sad. [/quote]

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