re: Softball: game 1 #16LSU 3 VS #11Tennessee 6 Final

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sten I'm a huge Beth pumper

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You can't argue where she has taken this program. A lot better program than before. And that program was ok. Need to Get another Jaquish and Bell. I think there are some on the way. Hope I am not passed on by then.

Wow! 6 losses in the last 8 games. Not good.

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What I see is Sanchez is not an SEC caliber player either at the plate or in the field.

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Ya'll are so predictable. No matter what happens just complain about the same players. Doyle 0-fer and struggled badly catching at 1st and not a peep. Springfield still stuck at 2 hits in SEC play but not a peep.

There is a glaring problem that many in the starting lineup have and it is where they position themselves in the batters box.

When you see batters swinging and the ball going over the bat or under the bat, could be the ball is moving, but when you see more than a handful of them swinging and the ball is not going over or under the bat but OUTSIDE of it. These girls are position to where there are pitches in the strike zone that they CANNOT REACH.

I am sitting here, week after week, watching them same thing over and over, the same kind of strikeouts. Griggs and those outside pitches have me wanting to jump through the TV screen and tell her MOVE closer to the plate....

But that is Howard's job and for some reason, there is NO change, week after week. Waljasper is too far off, Serret was too close but had adjusted...the rest of them miss by several inches when they swing as the ball passes outside the end of the bat. sheesh how long will this go on?

Jaquish' problem is she WILL NOT swing at the first strike. Somebody got it in her head that she shouldnt swing, and she wont.

Week after week we see Beth making changes.. the batter are pretty much the same, although Springfield did correct one thing she was doing wrong...batting from a crouch and then straightening up a bit when she was swinging.

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Bhs83

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I agree completely. I feel for these pitchers. They literally have every ounce of pressure when the offense can't put up runs against decent pitching.

I am not quite sure what the coaches our telling the hitters to attack and lay off of but we literally never swing at good pitches coming right over the plate.

This is what I see.

We have way too many players who have a horrible stance in the batters box, either to far or too in. Serrett jams herself half the time and Griggs and a few other strike out on every outside pitch because they are too far away.

Swinging mechanics are extremely poor too. A lot of these young girls have really a lot of power, including Serrett and Sanchez. Springfield will never hit any SEC pitcher again until we fix her swing. If she can shorten up and work on her motion she will put up big numbers. Serrett has a weird swing, not sure how to describe it.

I am not bagging on the coaches but it is extremely frustrating watching so much talent go to waste at the plate when a lot of them are more than capable of so much more.

I was watching ULL and A&M the other night. You can just see a clear difference night and day in the way they attack pitches. Their swings are beautiful and have great philosophy at the plate.


People will need to stop bitching about each lineup and order. As many times as Beth shakes it up, its not going to change until we revamp all these players bats.

There is a reason why ULL, Arizona, UCLA, Oregon, Auburn and Tennessee all have offensive systems. A lot of talented kids come out HS with so much talent and raw potential but really poor form not fixed by coaches before they get there. Thats when they completely revamp their style and you see a lot of success.

Serret has an A-B-C swing, the B part is the hitch that she has, and if she catches the ball at the right time, its a screamer, but you want to be breaking your wrist AFTER contact and because she breaks her wrist too early in the swing, the ball usually goes over or under the bat at the point of her hitch... not always.. but it happens.

Springfield needs to ditch the looping swing and come over the top. Watch Jaquish, Landry and the others they may not be completely flat through the zone, but they are not golfing the ball either.

Yeah,, i saw that ULL-A&M game, wow, you can see the batting coaches signature on all those girls. Imagine how Texas A&M felt being down by seven runs like tht.

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Our issue is just the offense top to bottom.

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Clearly but it's just pretty funny that Quinn early in the season, Griggs, and Sanchez get the overwhelming majority of the blame.

At one point it was 11-2. That's down by 9. LOL.

Hey, 357
You have excellent observations. I saw the ull-am game as well. Here's my two cents worth. Sanders didn't get all of the pitch, but still hit her 24th homerun. I think the tigers have, as a team, 25. The grand slam, that, I think, Hayden hit, went out the park in the blink of an eye. Pure power. I noticed all hitters have their hands in the same position, up around their ears, I guess to fight off rise balls. Their power comes from their lower bodies. Always hips first. They do not swing through the ball. Once the bat hits the ball, the swing is over. Not one Tiger has a swing anywhere close to the technique the Cajuns are using. I know most of you on here don't give a crap about the Cajuns, but their swings are things of beauty. Maybe if we get to host a regional, we'll get to see them up close.