It's harder than one might think to teach a bunch of U10 softball girls how to chase down a base runner caught in a pickle. So much so that we spent almost the whole practice tonight working on it. The coaches had to play all the roles (a runner and a couple fielders) before the girls started to get it, but even then some didn't quite put it all together (not that there's anything wrong with that... it takes time). The main thing here was not just teaching the girls how to handle runners, but also how to be those runners. We've had this problem of late, and aren't sure how it got started. But suddenly even the veteran players are running right to opposing players that are holding the ball. Nobody seems to realize that sometimes you can turn around and go back, instead of running right into the tag.
So now I feel like there's some kind of life-parallel I'm supposed to be realizing myself...
Don't get caught in a pickle?
Turn around and go back?
Stay on the bag in the first place?
Eye on the ball stupid?
Run Forrest?
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