GIMNEPIWO wrote:SnocatzDad wrote:ocsoftball wrote:The coach should be fired for doing this to his kids
That's a little extreme. I think the rounding is definitely taking it too far, but I'd rather fire all the coaches that let the girls hang their head after a strike out and mope back the dugout even when they had a chance to advance to first base on a dropped third strike, I see that way more than I see kids running on a dropped third strike when it's occupied with less than 2 outs.
Girls should definitely be taught to be aware of the game situation, but If I had to choose, I would rather have girls always running to first on strike three, rather than never running on strike three.
Which is exactly what this Coach, or Coaches are trying to drive home ( although somewhat extreme ) ... I have found myself scrutinized over teaching techniques that I have employed as well ... Sometimes you just gotta go with what works ...
I like that the players are being taught to run on a swinging 3rd strike (especially for slappers, they're moving anyways) but teaching them to automatically round first base just doesn't make any sense. They should be running straight through the safety base.
