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OP here: Tonight we had a makeup game from the Saturday ppd. My kids KICKED A**!!! They hammered the other team from the first pitch I threw, taking the extra base at every opportunity. They also made great decisions in the field.

What's best, though, is that they showed the opposition players what [b]an elite-level Coach pitch team[/b] looks like. They set the standard for what kids will need to make an 8u travel team here in summer 2017. No daydreaming in the outfield, no half-swings, full hustle on every pitch.

After the game, I just shook my head at the two dorks who "coached" our opponents. They're truly a joke, a couple of "it's all good", "good try" types who can't coach their team out of a paper bag. I feel really sad for a couple of their players who might have potential, but won't get challenged to be the best under these two bozos. The worst was when the one who "pitched" kept bouncing balls because his wrist flopped all over the place. Finally I went out and told him I'd pitch. It was the first time these kids faced actually GOOD pitches. I can't imagine what the high school coaches think, with losers like this failing to train their ball players. That's twelve kids down the drain because the coaches can't find their b*lls and DEMAND excellence.

I've thought about ordering my players to tell their opponents in the "good game" line that their coaches s**k. It's probably against the bylaws to do that, but Coach pitch is where you lock down your fielding skills. Can't do that if the other coach can't get it over the plate. Kids listen to each other, and kids should know who's a bad coach. The damage bad coaches do to our HS program is enormous. We can and will get it done, but we all gotta pull together.[/quote]

Well, that made me laugh - what're we talking about 6 - 7 year olds?  Hey coach, you're a massive tool! I guess you fall short somewhere so you overcompensate with an over intense focus on "professional level" kids sports.  Loser!

I know what an excellent high school athletic program looks like.  I'm a graduate of one.  Look up Smith, George and St. Thomas Aquinas High School.[/quote]

OP here: I saw him coach when I was scouting for a buddy at a D-1 program. He's like Morgan Wootten: he just rolls out the equipment and expects his super-talented kids to get it done. He doesn't add value.

With my squad, I had them watch old video highlights of the 1980s Cardinals, the BillyBall Athletics, and even a clip of the Go-Go White Sox from 1959. What did those teams do? They took every base possible. My kids just aren't quite strong enough to park it. And that's OK. I've introduced a nutritional supplement routine through a buddy who can work directly with their parents and hook them up. But they just haven't had time to cycle through enough rounds to see the gains they'll get by say U-11.

But what they CAN do great in coach pitch is run run run. Take second on a grounder in the whole when the SS tries to throw to first. Go second to home on a grounder to first. Run on contact even with no outs, assuming that even if the fielder catches it on the fly, he'll throw it away.

Kids need to be challenged to grow. They need to see the opponent hang 30 to their ZERO, to learn they never EVER want to be Grenada ever again. Their coaches can talk sportsmanship, but that's for losers who can't win.

Our high school programs at Yorktown and Washington-Lee need WINNERS. And that's what I'm constructing and delivering, time of arrival February 2024!!![/quote]

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