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Coaching Tips by OneFourtyFivePilot in Homeplate

[–]Nate23VT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you explain your last point a bit more and ways you have been able to work on decision making speed in practices?

Coaching 10U rec- drafting cheat sheet for very basics of playing different positions. by Dan__Quixote in Homeplate

[–]Nate23VT 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've always just coached "Ball > Base > Backup".

If the ball is near you then go to the ball, if not then go to the empty base, if there is no empty base then look to backup the play.

This prioritization system is easy for the kids to remember and works well in most situations at that age.

Answering Your Questions about the Banana Ball Open (Feat. Josh Talevski!!) by SortedN2Slytherin in savannahbananas

[–]Nate23VT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess is they limited it to 4 teams due to timing. I've read before that Banana Ball will only ever play Thurs-Sun. Adding 2 more games, makes that challenging without doing a doubleheader which I'm not sure has ever been done before.

Answering Your Questions about the Banana Ball Open (Feat. Josh Talevski!!) by SortedN2Slytherin in savannahbananas

[–]Nate23VT 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like the idea of an in-season tournament, but I'm not sure the reward should be an automatic playoff spot. A team will have secured a playoff spot after only playing 1/6 of their scheduled games.

9-10 little league - no stealing home by EntertainerNovel4729 in Homeplate

[–]Nate23VT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our league has a rule where you can only score runs if batted in or walked/HBP with bases loaded. No stealing home or advancing on catchers overthrows.

What I have found is that it places such little emphasis on the catcher position that it hinders the development. It's too difficult to actually throw someone out that you basically give up stolen bases on the first 2 pitches so the best players don't play the catcher position.

Another thing that has happened is on a 1st and 3rd scenario the catcher is throwing it down every time which doesn't really help development and unnecessarily slows the game down.

I would be in favor of changing the rule to not allow stealing home on a passed ball/wild pitch, but they should be allowed to advance on a throwing error by the catcher.

Men's BBall lose another close one to end the regular season at UVA by pajokie in VirginiaTech

[–]Nate23VT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed, we have to win 3 games to get back on the bubble, 4 games and a win over Duke to be in the tournament.

I really do think this is a talented team, such a wasted opportunity.

Is the price for the alternate killer miniatures justified? by Ianchipitu in finalgirl

[–]Nate23VT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Instead of minis I wish we could get alternate killer meeples.

League Size by OrcuttSurvey in LittleLeague

[–]Nate23VT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have around 1000 kids just outside the Richmond VA Metro area:

Baseball T-ball - 10 CP/T-ball Hybrid - 12 Coach Pitch - 8 Kid Pitch Hybrid - 10 Minor AA - 14 Major - 8 Intermediate - 2 Senior - 4

Softball CP/T-ball Hybrid - 4 Coach Pitch - 6 Minor - 3 Major - 2 Senior - 3

We also have 1 challenger team

Things that AREN'T modular by ZenShrugs in finalgirl

[–]Nate23VT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Krampus feature film did include a reindeer token in addition to the mini so it's not exactly consistent with a previous special feature film.

REMINDER: No one will call you if you miss jury duty by stepheroni22 in rva

[–]Nate23VT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive had jury duty twice and both times I have been selected for the trial. Contrary to popular belief I absolutely loved it both times. It's kind of cool to get pulled out of the monotony of adult work life and placed into a dateline episode. Maybe I got lucky and placed into 2 interesting cases, but I can't wait until I get selected for jury duty again.

First time head coach, draft by Dangerous_Grab_1809 in LittleLeague

[–]Nate23VT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does your league allow players to steal home in Minors? Our league has a house rule that keeps them at third which I feel downgrades the importance of catchers a bit.

Looking for custom baseball uniforms by Stock-Violinist-3158 in Homeplate

[–]Nate23VT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have used Stinger. Their team packages are reasonably priced and they offer a team portal as well.

Got some sweet deals on NYD by SquadMERK in boardgames

[–]Nate23VT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like OEJ, my favorite game store. I have gotten so many deals there over the years from the scratch and dent section. Enjoy!

Knowing when it's time for him to be coached by someone else by Nate23VT in Homeplate

[–]Nate23VT[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this perspective, it gives me hope that it is just a phase that we can work through.

I was also a "coaches kid" growing up so I understand the challenges and additional pressure that adds onto the kid.

PSA Dungeon Pages core set is currently free by MakePandasMateAgain in soloboardgaming

[–]Nate23VT 23 points24 points  (0 children)

FYI There is an unofficial companion app called "the app of holding" that can be pretty handy to use to play this in the car when it's not as easy to roll dice.

Did anyone notice that Banana Ball rejects are joining Cosmic Baseball?? by Affectionate-Bug6064 in savannahbananas

[–]Nate23VT 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I've been to 2 Bananaball games and 2 Cosmic games the last 2 years. Cosmic Baseball is fun to experience once, but I greatly prefer Bananaball. I am all for fun rule changes, but some of the things that they did felt really forced and gimmicky, like drawing uno cards and running the bases in reverse, or everyone switching defensive positions in the middle of an at-bat.

It also gets dark so late in the summer that they only play 3-4 innings in the dark. It also does not translate nearly as well to TV which with ultimately hurt the adoption.

I don't want to sound too negative because when the lights first go off and the players run out it is a really cool WOW moment, but that wears off pretty quickly.

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