he may be annoying but his type is necessary for a good league

T ball is child care. The concept of practices for five year olds is rediculous. 30 minutes of practice before "games" with 1-2 inning "games" to follow. It should be called "an introduction to baseball" instead of T ball.

. I have a feeling a confrontation is coming between us.

I am coaching my daughters 9-10 yr old softball team. Things have been going pretty well, but I do have one overly excited Dad that wants to constantly take over. We had practice last night and I had to keep correcting him on things he was telling the girls. And I don't think he was too happy with me when we were working on fielding I had his daughter in RF. But he doesn't see the concept of that is an extremely important position in girls softball because they constantly have to back up missed throws to 1st base. I have a feeling a confrontation is coming between us.

I am coaching my daughters 9-10 yr old softball team. Things have been going pretty well, but I do have one overly excited Dad that wants to constantly take over. We had practice last night and I had to keep correcting him on things he was telling the girls. And I don't think he was too happy with me when we were working on fielding I had his daughter in RF. But he doesn't see the concept of that is an extremely important position in girls softball because they constantly have to back up missed throws to 1st base. I have a feeling a confrontation is coming between us.

Well granted outfield is a relative term in 9-10 yr old girls softball. Everyone is pretty much on on the infield just some are a little further back.

No chants. I hate those things.

Edit: and yes the fielders behind 1st base are really important. Very few throws to 1st base are completed successfully at this age

My daughter started T-ball this year and here's the schedule so far:
She has had practices on Monday and Wednesday for an hour each time Since April 1st. Not a single kid has hit the ball past the pitcher. Not a single throw to first base has made it there on the fly and the First baseman is yet to catch the ball on the fly. They do the practice getting grounders and throwing which is good. However two hours of practice a week makes sense with kindergartners .

They had their first game last Saturday, each team has three coaches in the field that would direct kids how to play. The kids were getting restless in the field as only the pitcher and first base man were the only ones really playing.

My daughter liked to hit but was completely bored by playing the field and can't wait for soccer to start.

My daughter started T-ball this year and here's the schedule so far:
She has had practices on Monday and Wednesday for an hour each time Since April 1st. Not a single kid has hit the ball past the pitcher. Not a single throw to first base has made it there on the fly and the First baseman is yet to catch the ball on the fly. They do the practice getting grounders and throwing which is good. However two hours of practice a week makes sense with kindergartners .

They had their first game last Saturday, each team has three coaches in the field that would direct kids how to play. The kids were getting restless in the field as only the pitcher and first base man were the only ones really playing.

My daughter liked to hit but was completely bored by playing the field and can't wait for soccer to start.

On the other hand, for the older kids, the practice time is more important than the games. I try to have many more practices in a year than games.

I am assisting on T ball.

Hey, look at Mr Bigshot asst here.

I was at T-Ball practice watching my boy do....stuff, yesterday.

God bless a coach that can semi-hold the attention of a bunch 4-5 year olds for that amount of time. They get no complaints or suggestions from me...

Its pretty much 90% make sure they're paying attention and facing the right way. Its an ongoing process.

Starting early

We had practice with like 25 kids yesterday. The teams were picked last night but the guy just wanted to get as many kids and parents out there as possible. Good idea.


Me: Hey how's it going (extends hand for shake)

Overly excited t ball coach: Hey, how are you (shakes hand)

Me: Yeah I coached the blue team last year, were you the red team?

OETBC: No, not the red team

Me: Oh, ok. Did you coach, maybe I just saw you at a game?

OETBC: Yeah, I coached the maroon team

Me: Oh, not red, but maroon. Cool.