Cora useless

[Doug]

Why is Cora always pointing when runner approaches 3rd?  Runner needs to know if he needs to slide and which side of bag.  Pointing is useless.

[Ancient Fan]

Sorry I'm so late to answer your question. The 3rd base coach has more than one thing to relay to the runner coming in as well as any other runner approaching 2nd. Unfortunately, he only has 2 hands. Generally, if the runner needs to slide, he will be using both hands to indicate a slide and to which side of the bag. If a slide is not necessary, the left hand will be raised to indicate a stop at third with or without rounding the bag. The right hand will be pointing to where the ball is or where it is heading. If there is a second runner heading toward second, often the coach will be looking at that runner to insure he is catching the signals he is giving. So, as you can see the 3rd base coach has multiple duties all at the same time. Hope this helped.

[chasfh]

When I coach third and I want the runner to stop there standing up, I want hold up my left hand in a stop sign and point to the bag with the other hand.

[Tenacious D]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

When I coach third and I want the runner to stop there standing up, I want hold up my left hand in a stop sign and point to the bag with the other hand.

Which hands holds the beer?

[Arlington]

Going into third the runner should be reading the third baseman if its close.  Their actions will tell the runner where to slide.  I think the coach is more important with respect to hold up or go, and standup or slide.  

[chasfh]

You know, I’ve been wondering lately how Doug’s been doing.

[Tenacious D]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

You know, I’ve been wondering lately how Doug’s been doing.

Impressively avoided both quality and quantity.  I miss him.

[Tiger337]

On 6/8/2024 at 3:15 PM, Ancient Fan said:

Sorry I'm so late to answer your question. The 3rd base coach has more than one thing to relay to the runner coming in as well as any other runner approaching 2nd. Unfortunately, he only has 2 hands. Generally, if the runner needs to slide, he will be using both hands to indicate a slide and to which side of the bag. If a slide is not necessary, the left hand will be raised to indicate a stop at third with or without rounding the bag. The right hand will be pointing to where the ball is or where it is heading. If there is a second runner heading toward second, often the coach will be looking at that runner to insure he is catching the signals he is giving. So, as you can see the 3rd base coach has multiple duties all at the same time. Hope this helped.

Good post.  When I was in Little League, they used to select players to coach the bases each inning.  I hated that role because I was very shy and didn't want to shout at runners and the manager never gave us instructions on what we were supposed to do otherwise.  I remember hoping that none of our runners would reach third base when I was out there for my inning which just added to the reasons I hated that role.  

[oblong]

In HS our assistant coach was at 1B.  One year we had no assistant so players rotated. Last out of the previous inning. We had to wear a helmet. The coaches didn’t.  I didn’t understand it. We are standing next to a kid not wearing one. I guess because he had a glove to catch anything?

[chasfh]

53 minutes ago, oblong said:

In HS our assistant coach was at 1B.  One year we had no assistant so players rotated. Last out of the previous inning. We had to wear a helmet. The coaches didn’t.  I didn’t understand it. We are standing next to a kid not wearing one. I guess because he had a glove to catch anything?

Right, the glove certainly helps.

Also, liability issues are more pressing for minors than for adults.