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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A [b]glorified babysitter[/b] for a baseball or softball little kid team is NOT going to teach your kid how to hit, or throw the ball, or catch the ball.   You need to do that.  Yep - you.  Don’t know how?  Figure it out.  Plenty of instruction on YouTube.  Or, hire someone to do it for you.

Figure it takes 100 hours of practice on each of those skills to get decently competent for a kid who has average athletic ability and pays attention.  A coach with say 12 kids on a team and 4-5 preseason practices is NOT going to do anything to make an individual kid “better”.

The practices are for is to figure out the skill level of the kids.  Knowing that, I can make up a lineup and get kids into positions where they are less likely to get hurt.  No - if your kid sucks - he/she is not going to pitch, or play first base.  Depending on who is pitching, I can put a kid who sucks at 2nd or SS or 3rd.  Most teams will have 1 “good” pitcher.  If kids hit the ball it is more likely to be on a late swing so I need a decent fielder at 2nd base.  That means kids who are not very good can play SS.  3rd is pretty much always for weak players.  I could put the best fielder with a decent arm at 3rd and they still will be unlikely to get an out on a ground ball.

When a weaker pitcher is in - batters at the top 1/3 of the order will be less likely to swing late so now I need a better fielder at SS.  Outfield I always need a decent center fielder to chase down balls the right fielder and left fielder miss.  Faster pitcher - right fielder has to be better.  Slower pitcher - left fielder.  But, still dependent on batting order.

It’s fine if your kid sucks.  As long as he/she tries and is reasonably happy to be playing it’s cool.  The only thing parents did that really ticked me off when coaching is be late, or a no show, and not tell me.  I cured that after a couple years.  Email - if you’re late and don’t let me know, or if your kid is a no show without letting me know.  You are making the lineup for that game or next game if no show.

Try it.  12 kids - get them in positions they can play.  Outfield/infield.  Now pull out one kid.  Re-adjust everything in 15 minutes.

Yes the coaches kid gets some benefits.  But, they also get the fun of racking up puddles on the field 3 hours before the game.  And, picking up trash before and after the game, and laying the bases, and getting the equipment ready.  Always fun going under the stands to grab the dirty diaper and candy wrappers.  Want your kid to have those benefits?  Volunteer.

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FIFY

So pathetic for a grown adult to blame little kids because he thinks coaching a little kid’s team is basically picking players in a fantasy league and moving them around the field to show off how well he strategizes.

I’m so thankful my son has only had two coaches like you in all his years of rec and travel sports.  [/quote]

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