Defensive huddles after warm-up pitches and half-innings

[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by WestMichBlue

Girls play sports for social purposes. They get together to chat with friends and make new friends and lead cheers and simply have fun. Even in the pressure of the WCWS, those adult women are cheering and chattering and having fun in the dugouts.

Actually that is not true, according to ASA surveys conducted annually.

I can go get my notes for the ACE classes that I teach our ASA coaches to give you the exact number, but well over two-thirds of the girls playing ASA ball play for the opportunity to play ball. An amazingly small percentage are there to be with friends or for other social purposes. They, like many boys, play because they love the game. Yes, they express themselves differently from boys, but as a wise man once said, vive l'difference.

[NCASAUmp]

Girls... Boys... Kids... Adults... I usually call it all the exact same, and I treat them almost exactly the same (I use different tactics on the kids when their attitudes need adjusting). When you show them from the beginning what you expect of them, they generally rise to the occasion, and they grow to become fine ball players in the future.

So basically, if I were calling an adults game and saw this kind of behavior, I would put a stop to it if it were causing a delay in the game. If women don't want to be treated differently in the real world (and I agree they shouldn't), why should we grant exceptions just because they're young?

Treat 'em firmly, treat 'em fairly, and treat 'em equally.