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If you're a player and you don't know, ask the question so you can understand it and either get the most out of it or ask someone more qualified if it makes sense. If you're a coach, be sure you understand it rather than simply copying something you saw at a clinic or someone else's practice on in a book or DVD.

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Even if they get it right they won't know why, and thus whatever you'retrying to accomplish is not going to be accomplished; the players willjust fall back on what they usually do as soon as the drill is done.







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As a coach, it's critical that you explain the drill and what it's supposedto do. Merely asking players to execute drills with no understanding ofthe underlying reasons is just asking for trouble.







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The reverse is also true — good drills can go bad if no oneunderstands the point. As a player, it's critical thatyouunderstand what you're supposed to get out of a particular drill.Without that knowledge you're just wasting your time.







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In my opinion there are good drills and not-so-good drills. But eventhe not-so-good drills can serve a purpose in the right hands. Manyteams wear t-shirts that say "Practice with a purpose." Apparentlysome need to read those t-shirts and apply the lesson it contains.







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For me, the problem is none of the girls executing it had any idea why they were doing it — or bothered to ask. If that's the case, how do you know whether you're doing it right or wrong, or getting out of it what you're supposed to?







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To me, that's a problem. Forget that the drill itself is downright idiotic. Catchersneed to learn to block the ball, and bouncing the ball in to them with noequipment on is no way to make that happen. It's counter-productive andpretty much guarantees runs will score that shouldn't.
















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After the pitching lesson I asked her what gives, and that's when shetold me she'd just come from a team workout (not sure if it was HS ortravel ball) where the coach was bouncing balls into the catchers, whowere only wearing masks. I asked her what the purpose/point of thedrill was, and she said she didn't know.







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As the pitcher was working, she occasionally threw a ball into theground. My expectation was that Lindsay would drop and block theball, or at least catch it competently. But instead, she was just sort ofswatting at it, which looked very odd.







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Yet another story from the fastpitch front, i.e. lessons. Tonight I wasdoing a pitching lesson where the pitcher brought her own catcher. Thecatcher happens to be a girl named Lindsay, a former player of mineand a personal favorite.







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