Is this what's wrong with kids basketball?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by mutantducky

yeah, I don't like the whole all year long basketball thing and coaches/businesses trying to get into teams and players. Kids need coaching but just as important is getting to the park or the gym and playing without the coaches and distractions. Otherwise it takes out the fun and just becomes too competitive which leads to kids getting worn out and tired of playing.

Amen.

[grunewar]

Where will it all end?

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[BillyMac]

My lab supervisor is an assistant coach for his son's tee ball team. Last weekend he told my about a player on his team, not his son, who made an unassisted triple play. They only had four kids show up for a game, and this five year old was playing a combination first/second base, in the hole between the two bases. With runners on first and second, the batter teed up the ball and hit a little pop-up right to this kid, who caught it, kids seldom catch batted balls in tee ball, according to my supervisor. The runners are taught to start running on contact, so this kid just stepped on second base, and then ran over and stepped on first base. He had an unassisted double play the next inning. Today my supervisor told me that this kid made another unassisted triple play this past weekend. This kid in the only one on the team that wears cleats instead of sneakers, and he is the only one on the team that has his own bat, that he carries in his own bat bag, again, the only one on the team with a bat bag. Give him a contract.

[grunewar]

Tee Ball. Unassisted triple plays?

I know kids twice that age that wouldn't know what to do! Good for him!

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

My lab supervisor is an assistant coach for his son's tee ball team. Last weekend he told my about a player on his team, not his son, who made an unassisted triple play. They only had four kids show up for a game, and this five year old was playing a combination first/second base, in the hole between the two bases. With runners on first and third, and no outs, the batter teed up the ball and hit a little pop-up right to this kid, who caught it, a one in a million catch in a tee ball game, according to my supervisor. The runners are taught to start running on contact, so this kid just stepped on second base, and then ran over and stepped on first base. He had an unassisted double play the next inning. Today my supervisor told me that this kid made another unassisted triple play this past weekend. This kid in the only one on the team that wears cleats instead of sneakers, and he is the only one on the team that has his own bat, that he carries in his own bat bag, again, the only one on the team with a bat bag. Give him a contract.

They keep track of outs? When my son played, everyone had one at bat each inning. Didn't matter how many were on each team. I gotta give this one a thumbs down.

[stratref]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

They keep track of outs? When my son played, everyone had one at bat each inning. Didn't matter how many were on each team. I gotta give this one a thumbs down.

Even if they didn't keep track of outs there could still be an unassisted triple play, it just wouldn't end the inning, I have to give the play by the kid a big thumb up, however having all the gear sounds like a little much.

Jasper

Originally Posted by stratref

Even if they didn't keep track of outs there could still be an unassisted triple play, it just wouldn't end the inning, I have to give the play by the kid a big thumb up, however having all the gear sounds like a little much.

Jasper

Sounds like this kid got a way early advance from his future slow-pitch softball travel team's sponsor.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

With runners on first and third, the batter teed up the ball and hit a little pop-up right to this kid, who caught it, kids seldom catch batted balls in tee ball, according to my supervisor. The runners are taught to start running on contact, so this kid just stepped on second base, and then ran over and stepped on first base.

That sounds like only two outs, to me. The touch of second means nothing.

The kid, though, sounds like he will be a handful when he gets older. Cleats and own bat for tee ball. Lah me.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

That sounds like only two outs, to me. The touch of second means nothing.

The kid, though, sounds like he will be a handful when he gets older. Cleats and own bat for tee ball. Lah me.

There were runners on 1st AND 2nd who had both left for the next base on the hit and had not yet returned since the ball was caught.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

There were runners on 1st AND 2nd who had both left for the next base on the hit and had not yet returned since the ball was caught.

Camron, Unfortunately in his write-up, BillyMac said the runners were on first AND third. Hence Bob correctly points out that the fielder stepping on second after catching the ball is of no consequence.

An oopsy in typing which I have experienced many a time myself and I'm sure I will in the future.....

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Camron, Unfortunately in his write-up, BillyMac said the runners were on first AND third. Hence Bob correctly points out that the fielder stepping on second after catching the ball is of no consequence.

An oopsy in typing which I have experienced many a time myself and I'm sure I will in the future.....

You are correct. I, misread it, perhaps assuming the play as I expected it to be. I'm sure one of his base references was a typo. Whether 1st and 3rd with tags on 1st and 3rd or 1st and 2nd with tags on each, the point of the story is the same.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

There were runners on 1st AND 2nd who had both left for the next base on the hit and had not yet returned since the ball was caught.

Billy did say first and third. I would assume he meant first and second.

Although I have seen some t-ball games where there is enough confusion that the fielder could have had enough time to run to both third and first for the unassisted triple play.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Although I have seen some t-ball games where there is enough confusion that the fielder could have had enough time to run to both third and first for the unassisted triple play.

I was at a T-Ball game once where there were no fences and there were two fields with adjoining outfields (kind of head to head) with space between the outfields.

Young boy hit a ball in the left-center gap and the coach told him to "keep going." So, he ran down the first base line.....and kept going. Right down the first base line onto the other field and down the third base line! Coach a runnin after him and trying to get him to stop! Absolutely hysterical!!!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

That sounds like only two outs, to me. The touch of second means nothing.

Fixed it. Runners were on first and second. Thanks.