What do you think? Who does the softball coaching job better? Men or women? Women, I think, have an advantage as far as being able to relate to the players and understand them. However, men can sometimes get a response out of players that most women can’t/don’t get. Then again, others will say that gender [...]
Browsing the archives for the fastpitch tag
Just this evening I had a number of thoughts come to mind about how things have changed in the past 20 years. My daughter is playing in Bobby Sox tournaments as I did 20 years ago. She’s also playing ASA, but we gave Bobby Sox try this year and that’s primarily what’s bringing about all [...]
“Don’t throw hard. Just throw strikes.” Eek! I cringe when I heard coaches or fathers saying these words to their young (or maybe even not so young) pitchers. I know I’m guilty of it sometimes too. Well, not the “Don’t throw hard” part, but the part when I see a pitcher trying to hard to [...]



