Just point to all the popular outfielders in MLB. judge, trout, Betts, etc etc gunning someone down from the outfield is one of the coolest defensive plays in baseball.
Every infielder on the majority of teams I’ve seen are fielding the ball and throwing it in the air to first. My son, who played shortstop during rec season is playing outfield, he rolled with it, and he and a few others will snag a fly ball if it’s within reach.
Lol, the negativity is outstanding. Maybe just take the iPad out your kids hands for a bit and go outside for some catch.
I played catch with my kid yesterday and I have to throw batting practice most days. Some of them are hittable!
Why is the default "go outside/touch grass/play catch" the default for people when faced with the most mild criticism?
At young ages right field is no doubt the shitty kid position. I can remember basically every team I played on if there was a fly ball to right field you were holding your breath cause it was at best 50/50 that kid was going to catch it.
Imo most kids have trouble tracking fly balls. It's not the easiest thing to do in general... especially if you have to go back on it.
I was more talking like 9+ but its just a statistics thing. Not a ton of lefty hitters, kids don't know how to push outside balls to right and try to pull it. You're not going to put your best outfielder where the least amount of balls go.
I use my elite fielding skills to protect myself from my 12 year old in our back yard. Spoiler I make him use a wooden bat
I coach my 5.5 year old and his friends. They are one of (if not the) most talented team in the league. They can't catch anything and miss the ball off the tee half the time they swing. Some of them still don't know the bases. My kid is by far the best of the bunch and he's still never caught a ball on the fly and when I tried to explain force plays at the bases he looked at me like I was explaining quantum physics to him. Congrats on winning the genetic lottery, I guess. Either that, or someone is completely full of shit.
By game 3, most of my son's teeball team didn't chase after every batted ball. Unfortunately when the Yankees showed up on their team bus sponsored by Capri Sun, my Braves were intimidated and said no thanks, lets get ice cream.
I started coaching my oldest this year and it's been not great. We have 10 and 11 year olds on the team and two 9 year olds . We are in rec + but the league didn't have a 12u team front our city they put us in that age bracket. Having 4th and 5th graders go against 6th and some 7th graders has been awful. We have lost multiple games by 20 + . I'm just waiting for one of the little kids to take a rocket off the dome to sue the league.
One of the other coaches might be the most annoying motherfuckers I've ever met. He's probably like 55 and has told the kids probably a dozen times that "Trust me I know what I'm doing, I didn't make little league all stars 3 times for no reason"
My son played in his first soccer tournament over the weekend, playing U7. The amount of 2nd hand embarrassment I got from one of the moms on our team was incredible. During the 3 games: Argued with the ref on what team the ball went out on, including telling him she has it on video Yelled repeatedly at the other team to keep their hands off her kid Screaming so much that the ref stopped the game and told our coach(her husband) to talk to the parents and get them to settle down And the topper, our team were the "champions" (There was no bracket, 4 teams in our group and we went 3-0) so we got a team picture with the "champions" sign the tournament offered. The team we beat in the last game was lining up behind us to also take a picture. As our team was leaving the picture area, she took the champions sign down, folded it up, and put it behind the backdrop. I really thought a fight was going to break out with the other teams parents after she did that.
Most of our players are 6 about to turn 7, they will move up this Fall. That extra year and a lot of them having older siblings that play really helps.
Where could I send you my information? I would like to represent these kids before the word gets out about their advanced abilities. Look forward to seeing them in Williamsport in a few years.
This sounds like my 5 y/o son’s team that I help “coach” when all the actual coaches can’t make it to practices/games. Have two six-year olds that actually can hit and catch while the five year olds just wrestle and try to hit each other with their bats during practice. Had to put most of the team in time out during one practice when they kept hitting each other with their bats.
It's 15 after 3 , but 7 runs an inning max. We had a game earlier this year where we were down 16-1 after 3. Game should be over. The opposing coach was adamant that it was 16-2 , forcing us to play another inning and lose 23-2.
I coach a Coach Pitch baseball team(6-8 year olds) I think we have had 10 outs this season(13 games so far) of a cleanly fielded ground ball and throw to 1st. Its not the norm, as 2 kids have 7 of the 10 plays, but is possible. Also 0% chance you are pitching from 5-6' away, if you are and you get hit in the balls, thats on you.
I guess i had to be there for the champions sign thing. The next team to take pictures was not the champion team, right? So it actually is right to take the banner down for the next team picture?
While I agree with you, there were no actual champions. But yes, if we lost all 3 games, we would not have taken a picture in front of a champions sign. My contention is it is not her place to determine whether or not another group of 5/6/7 year olds, and their parents, wanted a picture in front of a champions sign. And yes, knowing her and the situation, and being at the game, you would know it was a 100% intentional FU to the other team.
Are you my uncle? I still remember a similar occurrence happening to me when I was in little league. It did make me feel slightly better/like I wasn't over valuing myself when a couple kids I knew who made the all-star team called out the 2 coaches kids who were picked over me. Stuff like "why are you here instead of Scorpio?" That experience is why I tried to be as fair as I could in the instances I've coached my kids' teams.
You know, i didn't have an overbearing tee ball, coach pit, little league, and hs baseball coach and look how i turned out. You keep your kids away from those kinds of shit coaches and they too can be a mid 30s garbageman who spends all their free time shitposting on a forum about sports i don't care about.
Left handed doesn’t necessarily mean left eye dominant. You sound like a guy whose kids didn’t even make their kindergarten all star team.