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re: Parents cheering kids striking out in coach pitch 8yr old
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:44 pm to Indefatigable
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:44 pm to Indefatigable
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Seems like it would be far more advantageous to get them used to the ball coming at them generally rather than break them in with the ball coming from a 6 foot tall adult---something they won't see again until high school in most cases.
not sure what coming at them generally means but often times, you'll see coach pitcher on their knee. we had the flame thrower for a couple years before transition to coach pitcher. flame throwers were finicky too. not always the best solution.
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Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:44 pm to lsufball19
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There is nothing wrong for cheering on your kids' team mates when they do something good.
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kids striking out in coach pitch
Uh I'm not sure you understand how this sport works.
You cheer for outs and hits and shite like that in Coach Pitch but not K's
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:45 pm to TackySweater
Most people would fair 100% better if they learned to keep their mouths more closed than open.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:47 pm to Chad504boy
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not sure what coming at them generally means
It would mean literally what I said, which is the ball coming at them instead of being on a tee.
I've been around the game a long time, and always thought that coach pitch sucks to be honest. It has no bearing on the player pitching they'll be seeing the next year or so.
This post was edited on 9/23/24 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:48 pm to Indefatigable
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It would mean literally what I said, which is the ball coming at them instead of being on a tee.
who is talking about a tee?
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:50 pm to Chad504boy
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who is talking about a tee?
No one.
I stated that in my mind it would be more advantageous to get them more used to the ball coming at them at all (as opposed to stationary) before worrying about it coming from an adult's arm angle that they won't see again for many years, regardless of whether the coach is on his knee or not.
You chose to pretend that you didn't know what "coming at them generally" meant, so here we are.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:52 pm to Indefatigable
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No one.
I stated that in my mind it would be more advantageous to get them more used to the ball coming at them at all (as opposed to stationary) before worrying about it coming from an adult's arm angle that they won't see again for many years, regardless of whether the coach is on his knee or not.
You chose to pretend that you didn't know what "coming at them generally" meant, so here we are.
jesus christ i give up on you. you're saying dumb shite.
this thread is about coach pitching. i'm giving you the reason many parks have chosen to go to a coach pitching to their players over using pitching machines and you're yapping about a ball coming generally at them. if your kid struck out, i'm clapping loudly.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:54 pm to Chad504boy
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i'm giving you the reason many parks have chosen to go to a coach pitching to their players over using pitching machines
The only example you gave of that was apparently the very bad choice of a particular machine called the flame thrower.
You suck at being a message board poster and you know, discussing things. My point was that there is some merit to getting used to the ball coming at them at all (pitching machine/coach pitch being the transition from tee ball to live arm) without having to read the ball coming from an adult's arm angle that they won't see again for years and that has no similarity to the outright chaos they're going to get from 9 year old pitchers the following year.
This post was edited on 9/23/24 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:54 pm to TackySweater
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Parents cheering kids striking out in coach pitch 8yr old
The fact that this thread has gone on for six pages seems to indicate that some of y’all think this is a debatable topic. That is really damn sad.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:56 pm to TackySweater
Definitely a learning experience during failure but could never cheer if an opposing player failed.
Also didn’t cheer is our players succeeded. Just let them have fun and learn ups and downs.
Also didn’t cheer is our players succeeded. Just let them have fun and learn ups and downs.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:56 pm to Dadren
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The fact that this thread has gone on for six pages seems to indicate that some of y’all think this is a debatable topic. That is really damn sad.
No, it took six pages for a lot of them to figure out what coach pitch is.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 3:59 pm to Indefatigable
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The only example you gave of that was apparently the very bad choice of a particular machine called the flame thrower.
You suck at being a message board poster and you know, discussing things. My point was that there is some merit to getting used to the ball coming at them at all (pitching machine/coach pitch being the transition from tee ball to live arm) without having to read the ball coming from an adult's arm angle that they won't see again for years and that has no similarity to the outright chaos they're going to get from 9 year old pitchers the following year.
i'm discussing things very clearly. There's really no reason to use machines over coach pitch. it does help kids adjust to live hitting off of live throwing. gonna blow your mind when you find out tee ball is mostly live tossing too. jesus.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 4:01 pm to Chad504boy
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tee ball is mostly live tossing
So tee ball no longer involves the ball sitting on a tee? Genuinely didn't know that.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 4:03 pm to TackySweater
When coaching coach pitch, I don't want parents of opposing team cheering me when I strike out my kids...just like I don't want my team's parents booing me for giving Braxxxton some chin music for taking me yard in his previous at bat.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 4:03 pm to Indefatigable
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So tee ball no longer involves the ball sitting on a tee? Genuinely didn't know that.
pitch pitch pitch bust out the tee bro.
you should apologize for your rude comments to me dissing my knowledge on such baseball and softball issues.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 4:04 pm to Chad504boy
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pitch pitch pitch bust out the tee bro.
For the 4/5/6 year old age range? Didn't realize that.
And not sure that helps them in the scheme of things either.
This post was edited on 9/23/24 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 9/23/24 at 4:05 pm to Indefatigable
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And not sure that helps them in the scheme of things either.
i thought you were a proponent of balls generally coming at them?
Posted on 9/23/24 at 4:06 pm to STEVED00
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Coach pitch really should be pitching machine.
Would be horrible for the development of the kids. So much harder to time. They need to see live pitching
Posted on 9/23/24 at 4:09 pm to Chad504boy
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thought you were a proponent of balls generally coming at them?
By 8ish when they are first transitioning off of the tee, correct. My thought would be to get them used to the ball coming in for the transition year prior to learning to read live arm in the next age group. It was that way for a long time.
Younger than 7 or 8 or so I don't see how live arm/ball coming at them would help with their development at all. They can barely swing the bat at that point and I figured the focus would be more on the elementary fundamentals there.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 4:09 pm to TackySweater
It’s probably been said at least 20 times but it’s amazing how many people dont actually read before posting
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