http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:13:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you prepare for a season you really try to make sure you cover everything and it always seems that when you play a real game you find out that you did not cover something enough. This is why I only plan out practice through the first game because when ... http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog/?p=21 I have not blogged for awhile because my wife just had a baby and we were on spring break. Today was our last practice before our first game -- a double header.  Today was the day to polish up on the things that we have been working on.  We did ... http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog/?p=20 Never assume that your team know how to run bases. Base running is a large part of the game, yet it often gets overlooked as coaches tend to think their players should just know how to do it. One way that we work on running bases is I give them ... http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog/?p=19 It is amazing the difference 24 hours makes. I walked away from yesterday's practice and thought that this team is not going to put the required work in to be successful. I said this because within the early part of the season I had to rip them for not working ... http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog/?p=18 Today was the first day that I walked away from practicing thinking that the girls did not give everything they had. The practice started off with them playing catch, and that was all. They were not working on mechanics and not focusing on moving their feet when they caught the ... http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog/?p=17 We had our team meeting about expectations and defensive plays today and I felt that it went well. They all filled out a play notebook and learned our offensive signals. I thought it was a great reminder course for the returners and a good intro to ... http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog/?p=16 I was planning on having the team meeting about expectations and defensive plays yesterday, but I was very sick and had to cancel practice. I did not want to put my assistant coach in a tough situation on having him run his second practice with us alone, plus I was ... http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog/?p=15 Practice was very much the same as the last two days with adding basic outfield fundamentals. We worked on geting behind fly balls and running in for a grounder and then breaking down in a good fielding position. The main thing that was on my mind was Thursday's practice. Instead ... http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog/?p=14 After today's practice I feel really good about the girls infield fielding mechanics. Their foot work for the most part is looking pretty good for just two days in. One thing that I introduced to them was glove time, a full explanation is on the freebies page. In short it ... http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog/?p=13 We just finished the first practice of the season, and I am pretty happy the things went. This is only the second year of the program so I was concerned that with only one year to start setting a tradition, the small things would be forgotten. My fears were put ... http://www.gaptogapsoftball.com/blog/?p=12