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Originally posted by LS Evans
This first baseman goes to home plate every play unless he has a runner coming to first. Is this common practice? We have 8 years experience with girls softball and have never seen this procedure. This is our second time with this coach and he had his son play this play during the spring season and now the fall season.
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So you have a 7 year old - and probably a new coach at that level too. Ah-ha! The coach probably doesn't trust the catcher to make a play so he's having his first baseman cover instead.
Bad move - not real baseball. Cutoff and backup assignments can vary depending on the anticipated play so there's no one-size-fits-all answer as to who goes where.