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Originally Posted by ManInBlue
Teach the pitcher to throw to 1st. Teach the catcher to throw to 1st. One good step and throw will prevent this the rest of the game.
I see this same crap (usually at 3rd) in Dixie Youth - I can't stand it. If coaches would teach the kids the fundamentals of throwing a baseball you'd either catch someone off the base or catch them 10 steps before they get to the next base.
I don't quite get it - throw the baseball - How to play the game, step 1. I seem to remember a rather famous coach say one time "you hit the ball, you catch the ball, you throw the ball" - but then those players lolly-gagged around too  |
They can't throw consistently well at that age. It's a fact of life. You can't fix it through wishful thinking or practice. Their motor skills aren't well enough developed. It's the same reason they can't play the piano as well as an adult. Their bodies won't follow instructions well enough. Don't throw prodigies at me - they're the rare case, not the norm. Kids aren't miniature adults. They cannot perform as an adult. Ask your pediatrician. And that's why coaches teach the "I dare you" tactic.