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<blockquote data-quote="West Coast Johnny" data-source="post: 552518" data-attributes="member: 9306"><p>QUOTE(BABYFACE @ Apr 29 2010, 08:00 AM) [snapback]552417[/snapback]</p><p>Face decided to volunteer and coach his youngest daughter's coed-baseball team per her request. It appears she is the only girl on the team that is full of boys.</p><p></p><p>Face's concerns are that since he will pitching to 2nd graders and does not want to strike them out or bean them. He is in a situation that practicing throwing a overhand lob ball accurately has not been much of option withut a practice catcher and batter. It has been two decades since Face hurled a baseball besides playing catch which I did for the first time recently for the first time in about 15 years. Bought both daughters and himself gloves.</p><p></p><p>Well, the first practice is this afternoon and while Face had a good arm in his youth that was honed over the years playing the infield, he hopes not to brush back his players or bean them while throwing some BP as their parents look on. Face hopes his arm does not go the Mitch Wiliiams route.</p><p></p><p>Post practice report to follow.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm a little league manager with a lot of experience. The first lesson that you should teach your kids is the proper technique with an inside pitch. For a right handed hitter - left shoulder turned in towards the plate, head and face down and facing the back stop, bat down, and knees bent. If the kids are moving their feet away from the plate to avoid inside pitches, that is the first step towards a bail out swing which will take years to correct. </p><p></p><p>I assume that you are using soft practice balls? Put a whiffle ball in the BP bucket. When you secretly pull this ball, throw it at the head of the hitter. Repeat until the kids learn the proper way protect themselves from an inside pitch. <strong>This should be the first lesson that you teach the kids.</strong></p><p></p><p>Is your league coach pitch? The most valuable player on the team will be the adult that throws the pitches. Practice! Do not throw slow balls that arc in with gravity. Put a little bit of steam on the throw so that they are straight. Its much more difficult to hit an arcing ball than a straight one. The kids will compensate for the arc by upper cutting - which will take years to correct.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="West Coast Johnny, post: 552518, member: 9306"] QUOTE(BABYFACE @ Apr 29 2010, 08:00 AM) [snapback]552417[/snapback] Face decided to volunteer and coach his youngest daughter's coed-baseball team per her request. It appears she is the only girl on the team that is full of boys. Face's concerns are that since he will pitching to 2nd graders and does not want to strike them out or bean them. He is in a situation that practicing throwing a overhand lob ball accurately has not been much of option withut a practice catcher and batter. It has been two decades since Face hurled a baseball besides playing catch which I did for the first time recently for the first time in about 15 years. Bought both daughters and himself gloves. Well, the first practice is this afternoon and while Face had a good arm in his youth that was honed over the years playing the infield, he hopes not to brush back his players or bean them while throwing some BP as their parents look on. Face hopes his arm does not go the Mitch Wiliiams route. Post practice report to follow. I'm a little league manager with a lot of experience. The first lesson that you should teach your kids is the proper technique with an inside pitch. For a right handed hitter - left shoulder turned in towards the plate, head and face down and facing the back stop, bat down, and knees bent. If the kids are moving their feet away from the plate to avoid inside pitches, that is the first step towards a bail out swing which will take years to correct. I assume that you are using soft practice balls? Put a whiffle ball in the BP bucket. When you secretly pull this ball, throw it at the head of the hitter. Repeat until the kids learn the proper way protect themselves from an inside pitch. [B]This should be the first lesson that you teach the kids.[/B] Is your league coach pitch? The most valuable player on the team will be the adult that throws the pitches. Practice! Do not throw slow balls that arc in with gravity. Put a little bit of steam on the throw so that they are straight. Its much more difficult to hit an arcing ball than a straight one. The kids will compensate for the arc by upper cutting - which will take years to correct. [/QUOTE]
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