Posted by: toti (ddd) on Fri Dec 19 09:00:05 2003

hi all

my last season was a rollercoaster in terms of emotions. my team got into a more competitive league with wood and troubles started to run loose. coming from aluminium, all the players couldn´t move let alone hit with wooden bats. so our coach decided we better put the ball on the ground, because we were good for nothing except for hit and run, and bunting. and he, because of his damn ego, he wanted to win ball games. What´s wrong with this approach? did the coach do the right thing? it seems like the right approach... at the time.
i disagree because i started learning rotational and i started whipping the ball being a small guy and all. if the coach had known better he could have taught us rotational but he didn´t. he decided to sacrifice players learning curve to get easy wins. now, next season, we are going to run into the same exact brick wall of tougher pitching and poor mechanics. most of the guys are hopless. As for me, i am enjoying the ride. the faster the pitcher the better my mechanics because i can hit the ball square and not rush to it. why do coaches egos interfere with player developement over and over? my coach is the usual coach, that repeats linear cues over and over without knowing for sure what they all mean.

how do you guys feel about this?

toti.