How To Deal With Dumb Coaches

[@NickPoeschek]

Matt lurking the comments making sure none of his players leave comments....

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha!!

[@D.remedy]

This is why I always say coaches ruin careers too. Media never talk about it. Young guys make it to the pros and listen to everything the coach/coaches say and none of it works for them and/or the information is just wrong. Now 3 years in the player is labeled a bust and their confidence is shot.

[@joeblow9657]

i think in football they talk about it a little bit. Still you're absolutely right *cough*Jared Goff

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Very good point! Most assume coaches at the highest levels are the best coaches. Not the case

[@BoleDaPole]

This has happened so many times in Seattle with thier prospects, and we are seeing it happen to Kelenic now too.

[@COOLGAMER-lw3ie]

Dumb coaches actually have a dumb mental capacity

[@thomasindler1576]

Virginia's Grayson sir! high school coatch. This guy invented baseball. With his rule book. Absolutely no restance

[@skydragon3857]

im glad you did the southern accent LOL

[@firecrotch1393]

sky dragon This is le racisms I won’t stand for it

[@mystermysterio5348]

You make a good manager in the MLB...you know the game. You played it with great MLB players. Some teams need a Manager that knows what he is doing. Mets need a winner.

[@samkonstan5254]

Mystery Man sorry to break it to you but the Mets need more than a good manager

[@mystermysterio5348]

@@samkonstan5254 ...Managers are the ones who build a team. Who can either trust in a player or disbelieve in him. They can also play you, bench you or decide if you should be on the roster filling a position. Basically they call the shots and even decide on the outcome of a game because it is their decisions and moves that can win games. Smart moves and good baseball stragedy works on building winning teams. Mets have good players and players that play well...Sometimes players make a manager look like a genius.

[@mystermysterio5348]

@@samkonstan5254 They also have the final word on whether a player should be traded or not. Send you down or keep you up. The way a manager pulls his weight around and keeps a good reputation with his players can also make a winning team out of average players. A good Manager gives his players motivation, drive and confidence to believe in themselves. Mets may need a strong bullpen they lack in that department. Long and short relief.

[@samkonstan5254]

Mystery Man dude chill I was just making a joke about how much the Mets suck

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Thanks!!!!

[@DC_1894]

Solid advice combined with dramatic monologue and accents. This is the content I come here for. 😀

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha thanks!!

[@authenticnitro6894]

My hitting coach told me not to rotate my front foot. I did option two and I took my swing and hit a deep line drive. “ great swing see what happens when you listen to me” -coach

[@dontbeaveragebaseball]

Man I just wanna say I’ve watched numerous of your videos and they have single handedly put me through high school and college baseball. We got a new coach this semester and of course you have a video on this! Perfect man! Thank you

[@jbrewer1272]

this indeed comes up at ALL levels and great that you address it> possibility for option 4 (high school or coach situation: have the hitter's "private" instructor who has developed the hitter talk to the coach about the development path the kid is on

[@shappah221]

“When ya hit ya gotta hit dawhn on the bawl, we gonna chop down at the bawl, gonna stay on top of the bawl, drive it into the ground gonna drive it off the plate and get it to bounce over the infielders heds okeey”

[@johnallen457]

As a “Texan”, I appreciated the southern accent. Loved it 🤣👏🏼

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha thanks!!

[@peytonlaxson3278]

that's what people said I sounded like when I went to Chicago

[@markschloss511]

I hit a dinger today!!

[@kalinwatkins5917]

Nice!!

[@Papayajoseph]

Did you chop down on the ball?

[@wetbubbles1538]

One of my coaches when I was little tried telling our righty pitchers that you can pick off a runner at first without stepping off. He demonstrated how to do it “properly” by picking up his knee as if he were about to throw a pitch and proceeded to turn his body 180 degrees and throw it to first.

[@Mike_On_Film]

There is an assistant coach that is total garbage. My advice to my son is; nod and say yes sir....then go out there and do what you know is right.

[@vanscoyoc]

2 bad coaches gave this a thumbs down, lol!

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha!!!

[@treycraig1522]

@@AntonelliBaseball How can I deal with a dumb coach , getting more playing time and we are 0 for 7, I only played 3 out of 7games I’m hitting over.300,he got a young freshman he aight and he batting low .200s and his son on the team too ,he is not hitting good at ,the right fielder is the same way too ,what can I do get more chances on the field ik I am 10*times then those guys . I am redshirt covid Sophomore

[@treycraig1522]

@@AntonelliBaseball I am at Stillman college I’m supposed to be done with classes in the summer and I’m planning on not coming back here ,use my extra year play somewhere else

[@treycraig1522]

@@MrFunMonk He really is man record 3-23 and you not even there no disrespect,same results means the same failure over and over just saying

[@joe_sindell]

I had a 20 year old High School JV coach the past 2 seasons that was terrible he had no idea what he was doing. He would do these things: 1. Whenever something bad happens he stomps around the dugout swearing at the top of his lungs. 2. Wear slides in the dugout because he has feet problems and when he wanted to argue something he would run on the field with his normal shoes partially on. 3. He is so terrible at arguing it just wastes time and no problems are solved. 4. He yells at the worst player on the team whenever he drops a ball. 5. He shares memories of him playing baseball in the umpire meeting and it delays the game. 6. He benched me when I couldn’t see a pop fly that was 50 feet over my head when the sky was white. 7. He posts weird pictures of him hanging out with his girlfriend who is 2 years younger than him on Snapchat. 8. He runs the team Instagram page and only posts alumni pictures of his friends playing baseball. Games are so much better when he isn’t there because he is a seating host for the Mariners. This long list shows how bad of a coach he is.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Wow that is quite a list!!!

[@joemckim1183]

I think sometimes coaches feel the need to tell you to do things just to justify their jobs.

[@rslwannabe9475]

Kid: Perfect swing That one coach: Alright, swing down. Hold your first finger knuckles together, keep your feet together, and make sure you lead with your elbow!

[@oldcop18]

Thanks for what you do Matt, I’ve learned a lot by watching your videos.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Thanks!!!

[@Spyke-lz2hl]

I’m dealing with this now on my kids team. Great group of kids, great players, horrible coach and his wife who only want to win and are not teaching them basic fundamentals to give them a solid foundation, mostly because they’re clueless. Plus, he yells all the time, which I find unacceptable and have told him as much.

[@vanscoyoc]

anybody who makes it to the big leagues...is their own coach.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Very true!!!

[@S.Clause]

Could you make a video about bat weights? Could you include what bat weights are best for what age groups?

[@johnryal]

Brent Dowland find the one that feels right and go down one size.

[@S.Clause]

johnryal When I was eleven years old; I played on a Little League team that had only 32 oz. bats in the duffle bag the town gave to the coach for our team.

[@johnryal]

Brent Dowland I was the same way.

[@danger170388]

Can you do a video on the Kenley Jansen intentional balk? Have you ever seen that before?

[@AntonelliBaseball]

I haven’t but will look into it

[@ashtonloomis9169]

Great idea!

[@wukus1962]

Matt your advise is always spot on. This is my favorite video yet.

[@tnoble]

My 14 year old son stands pretty straight up in his stance, the coaches would yell "bend your knees" while he's up at bat, by the time they say "bend your knees" the 2nd time, he's already hit a single. The coaches left his stance alone as the season went on because he was hitting consistently and his on base percentage is very good. We've had very good experiences with coaches and if you are experiencing success the way you do things and they see you giving effort they usually don't try to fix things that are working

[@Frenite]

One time in little league I had a very stupid coach who told us to swing at every pitch during batting practice. He threw all over the place and told us to swing no matter what. When I questioned him he said, “it’s just practice.”

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha!

[@joeblow9657]

Every time Matt talks about the Nats they always sound worse and somehow sketchier. No wonder Bryce Harper wanted to leave so badly. Also the whole repeatedly choking in the playoffs thing.

[@mirraco323]

Joe Blow I know a another guy who played in the Nationals system and he had the same stuff to say. It’s absolutely their way or the highway and if you don’t like it, you can piss off in their eyes. It’s very militant.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha!

[@Papayajoseph]

mirraco323 So how did they reign in that Soto guy?

[@joeblow9657]

@@Papayajoseph IDFK. I think he's so talented that if he threatens to leave they back off. Edited: Maybe he gives management the Soto shuffle if he doesn't like something

[@KBradAdams]

Great Video, love the advice, I see this happen all the time, we are opting for option #4, give the coach Matt Antonelli's cell number tell Matt to expect a call. Actually I have used option #5 with a hitting coach that was teaching my son some bad habits. Guy played in the Big leagues in the 80s' so there was no video of him swinging, but option #5 ask the coach who his favorite MLB hitter is, or who he thinks you should emulate, find videos of him talking about hitting and doing the opposite of what the coach says and he might change his whole theory on hitting! We had a minor league AA guy doing hitting lesson one time for my son and he didn't want his bat knob pointing at the catcher when he was loaded, first I said don't most big leaguers do that in a nice way and then showed him videos and found a video on youtube of the instructor doing that in his actual game swing hitting a home run. From then on it was never an issue.

[@baberoot1998]

That scenario...is not just in baseball. That scenario...is in any job. That is just life. Bosses and Employees = Life.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Very true!!

[@metaljustice4518]

I love it when a coach suggests changing batting style mid season to a great hitter and totally screws up a kid. Usually in a game setting..lol

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Yes seen that a lot lol

[@bootsgonesavage]

Better option 4 is trying out for a team that isn't a HS team. Some areas have some good HS age baseball Leagues.

[@JMTavares7]

I'd highly recommend if any of his own players are reading, to thank him tomorrow for putting out a video on helping you how to deal with him. It's just too easy not to be done !

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Lol!

[@benkern7030]

Rewatching these videos because they are amazing insight

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Thank you!!

[@steveisrael9825]

Great video, as always! I love the Forrest Gump southern baseball coach accent! This is certainly a situation that seems common across levels of baseball. I would love your perspective on how to deal with dumb conduct by coaches , specifically in the youth baseball world. As the owner/director of a travel baseball organization that includes youth teams (10-13u) and beyond how do you handle situations in which parents disagree with the conduct of the coach of their child’s team? Hypothetical: parent of a 13u player let’s you know that coach calls player a “coward”, tells them to get their ass up after being spiked in forearm, tells player to shut his mouth, and when pitcher struggles on mound says to catcher, “don’t look at me, he (pitcher) sucks”. Coach states that he is “old school” and that he is preparing players for high school and beyond. I know this is a bit off topic but interested on your perspective on this and what steps you would take or suggest that players and or parents take in a similar situation. Thanks

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Thanks!! And that seems like a coach I don’t want in my organization personally. Better ways to prepare them than that.

[@RolandDeschain1]

I've just been watching QB1: BEHIND THE LIGHTS and some of those loud, angry coaches are southern. Between that and FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS I guess it's just become the classic cliche.

[@quinbrigham506]

Keep up the work

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Thanks!!!

[@HighestIntention]

Did you like Moneyball? Did you find it interesting or realistic in any aspects? Thanks!

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Yes I did!

[@bigtalk2598]

BTW, your southern accent killed me. I grew up in NE Ohio and played in college in Chicago and went to medical school and trained there, and ended up in Alabama surrounded by people who talk like that all the time. And lots of dumb coaches around here, even at the high school level. I guess they're everywhere. I would love to hear you do this same video after you have a boy who plays into high school to see if your outlook changes as a dad.

[@bigtalk2598]

I got fired from coaching a 12u travel team, after coaching for almost 20 years, because the high school head coach's kids were on the team, and he preached "hitting down on the ball". I was so sick of watching these fairly athletic kids ground out, I finally had it. We had a practice where I stressed hitting the middle of the ball and trying to elevate it, like my son did, who led the team in HRs and BA. It was like a movie. The kids, even little kids who never hit home runs in their life, hit about 30 HRs in about 20 minutes. I got told the next day that I wasn't there to teach the kids, just to kind of manage the games. I left practice and quit. I tried to use physics and common sense that hitting a ball into the ground is not how to be successful in baseball, only in rare occasions like hit and run and guy on third less than two outs in a close game. I had 9 sets of parents arguing with me, because they didn't want to get on the bad side of the high school coach. It was by far my worst experience in baseball. Just wait till you have kids of your own that you can't coach and they have a bad coach. As much as you know about baseball, you might just go insane.

[@KroMcLovinFaSho]

As a southerner, I can confirm: the worst coaches absolutely talk with heavy southern accents.

[@AP530]

This video is epic. TY

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Thanks!!!

[@timeonly1401]

LOL @ the Dumb Coach with the Southern accent!! 😂❤

[@zdrizzle9136]

Thanks for the vid Matt!

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Thanks for watching!

[@markschloss511]

At 1:24 my friends little league coach is a Marine from down south and he sounds the exact same

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha!

[@markschloss511]

Antonelli Baseball thanks for all videos, I’ve been bin watching them and I’ve been hit dingers and been doing better pitching and I’m a better first baseman now

[@janiechamplin8524]

Brad Ausmus got a lot of heat here in Detroit. But he did his best. Scherzer and Verlander left...we had Dontrell. man that was tough we didn't grab the World Series....Good times though.....

[@dbach1025]

Team payroll was through the roof. And not producing. Don't forget Porcello and Zimmerman. On paper they should have made 4 or 5 AS appearance. Gardenhire did it in MN with no payroll and a good farm system. Tigers are trying to do it the right way now. Got Vmart off payroll. Let's get rid of Cabbies contract and start over. Good times to come. Painful as it is it will take time.

[@josephsparacio9641]

I truly believe anyone has the potential to be a good coach. You may not have all the knowledge, but good organization skills of how practices should be run. Then you can coach the kids what you know and have assistant coaches back you up on whatever you’re missing to help guide you along the way. A good coach never makes a player feel like they’re terrible. A good coach knows when to get tough but also when to be soft and values all perspectives of each of his or her players.

[@robbiegarnz7732]

Most of the time you’re going to be limited by school district lines when it comes to high schools. If you can’t agree with the coach you may need to take it higher to either the head coach or the AD. If you’re a kid sometimes your parents can help, especially if they know the people involved.

[@joeblow9657]

Also, for what it's worth when I played sports in high school (not baseball) my experience was great because the coach was great. it wouldn't have been nearly as great if he sucked. Long story short try to get a coach or play in a sport where the coaching works for you. Also is option 4 do what your dumb coach wants you to do in practice and then play baseball properly and well in games?

[@AntonelliBaseball]

True, but sometimes those practice reps find a way of coming out in the game

[@_velocity90s33]

My coach is dumb I’m the second best hitter on the team but I bat 8th and The coaches son makes so many errors at short stop and I’m way better than him but he puts me in the outfield

[@bothewolf3466]

THEORY: You give him a southern accent because you remember the old loony tunes Foghorn Legohorn cartoon where he is trying to teach his nerdy charge baseball. "Boy! I said ah-boy, chop DOWN, now son, ah-give it a good hard chop on top!"

[@tktktk47]

We have had 1 practice this season and have had opportunities since January to practice. To make up for that I took lessons from Mitch Delfino, a prospect who played AAA ball for the Giants organization. He helped me get more hits in 5 games than I did the whole of last season. In our practice my coaches tell me to do opposite of what I’ve been doing and got yelled at when I kept doing it. It’s a pretty shitty situation 😂

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Well hopefully you keep it up!!!

[@luisexposito6155]

Antonelli was great hiitter !!! Expo!

[@Nick-bs1fc]

Option 2 is how I’m getting through high school when the football coach wants to be on the baseball field

[@dereksheffield7412]

Im a heavy hitter that usually bats in the 4th or 5th hole, but my HS coach keeps telling me to hit the ball on the ground. He gets pissed off when I hit line drives in the cage

[@VicInNocal]

Oh maan, I used to have this hick football coach from Arkansas who used to say dumb shit like when we were stretching "Until u hear something pop, ur not stretching right" and "Basketball is just like football but without the pads"....Needless to say his teams always had pathetic losing records, yet for some reason the school administrators though that hick was awesome and he was even the school's athletic director

[@myattmedia]

can you make a video about the different ways that you coped with striking out on how not to get mad?

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Will do!

[@dbach1025]

Thinking of Tigers Manager Gardenhire asking Nick Castelanos to play first and refusing. Sometimes the player is just down right wrong. Maybe a video there. LOL. Also is there a video coning on the CWS. My boys the Michigan Wolverines. First CWS since 1983. Go Blue. .

[@tonysahatjian3719]

My college coach told the outfielders to sit on the side for the entire practice in COLLEGE. Matt you have coached college have you ever seen any bad coaches like that.

[@Djbeck80]

had to watch this video to make sure i wasn't a stupid coach lololol. Great tips hearing this from this perspective as a coach. I don't tell kids to chop i try and teach them to stay on a plain and keep that bat in the ball path as long as possible during a swing to get best odds of hitting

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

Would have liked to hear your views from the other side. For example, as a coach, how would you deal with a player who disagrees with your suggestions and wants to do it HIS way?

[@AntonelliBaseball]

I’ll do a video on that!

[@ashtonloomis9169]

Great video! I have the coach telling me to "chop down on dat bawll son!" Thanks! Love all your vids!

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Thanks!!!

[@Kamrunzdoesfunctionalfitness]

Option 4 is having a former 1st round draft pick send in an email to the coach showing how big league hitters swing😂

[@Kamrunzdoesfunctionalfitness]

Actually I’d say for the player to make a power point on it and hope for the best

[@AntonelliBaseball]

That too!

[@nicksmirk1286]

Can you make a video on what to do when your coaches tell you different things. like for example you are working on something with your teams hitting coach and the head coach tells you to do the opposite

[@johnprice5457]

LOL coach needs to make more guest appearances in the vids! "I DONT CARE JUST HIT THE DAMN BALL INTO THE PLATE, SON!" HAHA

[@AntonelliBaseball]

haha!

[@cfsports6856]

Thxs Matt!! Ya I had to do option 2 with my coaches the last 3 years but after this 12u year I’m done playing for them Lol

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Good luck to you!!!

[@boxingbasics7015]

I had this experience with my son with a high school coach that didn't know what he was talking about talk about frustrating

[@alexwakely9544]

Love your videos! New subscriber! I did have one question. How do major league teams find out how a player in the minors is doing and when a good time to call him up is? Do they talk to the players minor league coach and ask about players that are doing well?

[@AntonelliBaseball]

There are people in charge of this. They get reports each night from minor league clubs. When the major league team needs a player they are the ones that meet with mlb staff to decide

[@stuartmoore2567]

option 4: do what the coach says but purposely miss the until he tells you to back to the way you used to hit.

[@Onemattressatatime]

We tell our guys Practice is for learning and games are for yelling. Don't listen to me yelling but don't miss any signs . Can't fix it during the game

[@jermaineo.8648]

Choppin Down On The Bawwlll!!! Hilarious!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@quinbrigham506]

I love the videos

[@tahirmeulens798]

This man is so real‼️😂

[@john-robertgranger3492]

Love the southern accent for the coach

[@RolandDeschain1]

Matt, should Pete Rose be put in the HoF?

[@machenga]

The Hit King is rejected, and the Home Run King is ignored

[@joeblow9657]

Yes!!!!! Also, Shoeless Joe Jackson should be a shoe in (pun intended)

[@smoshv2]

Pete Rose knew the rules when he broke them, he knew the risks he was taking, it's a sad thing but it's the way it has to be.

[@joeblow9657]

@@smoshv2 maybe so but other guys get punished without a lifetime ban for other serious stuff. That's my opinion tho

[@steveb7091]

Option 4 - Defect to Cuba and go the international route.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha like that!!

[@jayden7194]

best title!

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Haha! Thanks!

[@owenschuessler8040]

My 12u first base coach told me to stand at the front of the batters box and not “kill” the ball “hit” the ball which can be true but that just causes grounders and weak hits

[@FA-tz9oc]

Great advice 👍🏽.... I have a coach that doesn’t listen to opinions & he doesn’t know he’s messing kids up! 😤 new team hear we come! HA!

[@trose3343]

Hey Matt. Just wanted to comment on Shawn your friend. He’s a great and currently my hitting instructor at hot dawg academy just a cool connection that I felt I should share with you...are you close with him?

[@peytonlaxson3278]

Where are you from that was way too close too us down south man

[@AntonelliBaseball]

I’m from Massachusetts but have a lot of friends from the south lol

[@moonjae-in12thpresidentofr20]

I understand the whole right field thing but if I read the ball better in left I should probably play in left if u wanna win

[@tomokra]

hitting well solves lots of problems, doesn't it?

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Absolutely!!

[@kevinswartos4199]

I know you've done videos on equiptment that players receive. My question is on college players where the college is sponsored by a company. How about the players gloves? Do players receive gloves, even if it is the same sponsor of the college? I noticed today in the College World Series a team was sponsored by X brand and the catcher had Y brand on....

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Usually you get a glove, but I believe you can use a different one if you want.

[@fishncoach8699]

Be careful with blanket statements. To some parents and kids any coach who tries to teach something different than what they have always heard is the dumb coach. This is encouragement to those types not to ever buy in

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Yes those people definitely exist

[@JM-fv3ef]

My little league coach made me hold the runners on at 3rd base. My dad told me not to do that. Once after practice, coach asked me why I wasn’t holding on the runners in front of the whole team... So I told him. He tore into 13 year old me in front of the team and nearly put me in tears. The only thing I regret is not quitting on the spot, little league is for teaching youngsters how the game is played, and that is NOT how it’s played.

[@neal520]

Yeah I had a coach that would make us condition hard after every practice, every mistake we made throughout that practice was an extra lap, every lap we didn’t make in a certain time was an extra lap, a ball went in between my legs once and he came over yelled in my face that he hated people like me this was when I was in 6th grade

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Very true!!

[@amberbailey8241]

how often are college coaches and managers fired? never really hear about them in the media

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Usually their contracts are just not renewed

[@fromyourheadtoyoursoul8785]

That's a tough subject in baseball great video like always ☝️ ☝️

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Thanks!!!

[@MrLarryQ]

Matt--- one idea for a video you might consider is what do teams / organizations tell the players about gambling on baseball games, how do they go about warning you not to do it? I'm thinking of the Black Sox scandal & Pete Rose mess and the fallout from them. The teams must warn you guys about severe consequences of betting on games, correct?

[@AntonelliBaseball]

There is a sign in every clubhouse that says no betting on game.

[@jordanholt4286]

Hey coach , any tips to prove infielders throwing accuracy

[@russellyoung9251]

just hit the first basemen lol

[@glenmorris2913]

I hate when coaches say get on top of the ball. It's like how am I gunna hit the ball solid and far doing that garbage.

[@richardtaylor5948]

Great upload. Say Meal Money in a Southern accent... haha

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Hahaha!

[@michaelfoster3458]

1:10 is very accurate

[@babystander315]

do you have a video about dealing with bad umpires? i keep finding myself in situations where the umpires are awful, and i want to say something to them, but i know they’ll get upset.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

I’m not sure, I’ll see if I can make one though

[@stuckinchaselandia6427]

Option 4- Send the coach a hitting instruction video.

[@pingi223]

what if a coached slapped you a few times? what would you do?

[@zdrizzle9136]

pingi223 Tell your parents because that is assault.

[@amaim23]

You tell him to never put his hands on you, there's no room for that.

[@joeblow9657]

depends if you have bat in hand

[@AntonelliBaseball]

If I’m a young kid I would definitely talk to my parents about it

[@johnmackshighlights8103]

Do u drink protein shakes and if u could talk about what u think about it

[@neal520]

Do you need protein? If so, drink them

[@AntonelliBaseball]

I did when I played and I thought they were helpful

[@nathanharvey4946]

Did you get a new camera?

[@AntonelliBaseball]

No just messed around with the lighting

[@jacksonthorne2666]

Option 2 is always the best

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Probably lol

[@oscarh3777]

Yesterday my coach made me swing a lighter bat or I couldn’t play he is making me swing it for the rest of the season

[@jamesmccormack7434]

Need some advice. I play on babe Ruth senior league and I'm 14. Im easily the best outfielder on the team, and one of the for sure top 5 hitters maybe even best (I'm a contact hitter) and because the coach has always coached the same group he keeps them together and always starts them. I'm lucky if I play 2 innings a game and I bat 11th (we bat everyone it's not a great league) how do I get out of this anyone?

[@tnoble]

We deal with the same thing, my son is by far the best catcher on the team, he rarely lets a ball by him but 2 other catchers let at least 9 balls go to the backstop each per game, they hardly play my son because all the kids go to the same public school and my son goes to a private school.

[@prorobo]

Option 4 is dropping laxatives into coach's coffee before every practice.

[@CruceEntertainment]

Sports aren’t exactly known for attracting rocket scientists.