Hi forum! My first post. I help coach a Mosquito (u 10 little league team) The situation is
1) two out
2) runner on second and third
3) batter hits a slow roller between home plate, third base and pitchers mound.
I am third base coach. Given the slow roller and my base runner, I tell the runner on third to go home immediately. He runs, then hesitates 2/3 the way to home then runs again and it thrown out at home plate. The boy on third base is the head coaches son and the head coach is upset at the boy for running. I tell the head coach that I instructed him to run and if it was a bad choice, then it was my bad choice. She (head coach) tells me he (her son) should know better -> probably this is why he hesitated because this boy knows that his mom (head coach) would not run in this situation.
Couple of questions. First, given that there is two out and we dont have a strong hitter coming up and children at this level are not too fast nor accurate with their throws, is running home a "bad idea"? If they didn't throw home they could have thrown the runner out on first base!!! Second, even if it is a bad idea, shouldn't the players listen to the third base coach?
Thanks all!
1) two out
2) runner on second and third
3) batter hits a slow roller between home plate, third base and pitchers mound.
I am third base coach. Given the slow roller and my base runner, I tell the runner on third to go home immediately. He runs, then hesitates 2/3 the way to home then runs again and it thrown out at home plate. The boy on third base is the head coaches son and the head coach is upset at the boy for running. I tell the head coach that I instructed him to run and if it was a bad choice, then it was my bad choice. She (head coach) tells me he (her son) should know better -> probably this is why he hesitated because this boy knows that his mom (head coach) would not run in this situation.
Couple of questions. First, given that there is two out and we dont have a strong hitter coming up and children at this level are not too fast nor accurate with their throws, is running home a "bad idea"? If they didn't throw home they could have thrown the runner out on first base!!! Second, even if it is a bad idea, shouldn't the players listen to the third base coach?
Thanks all!
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