Scoring Coach-Pitch Games

[SupraxM]

Do you have any suggestions on how to score coach-pitch games?? Our league has the coach pitch 3 innings and then the kids pitch the last 3 innings. I am having issues with the player that is fielding the pitching position during the coach-pitch innings appearing in the pitching stats and absorbing the coach's pitches as his own. The only reason that I need the pitcher in the position is in case he makes a defensive play. Any suggestions??

[hilltop7u]

We have a similar issue with my son's league except that we use a pitching machine for three innings. I just don't track ball/strikes during that time for the offense. Just hit "In Play" or "Out" based on the batter-runner's performance.

I made a decision that at 8 years old, I really don't care what the count was when they got their hit or out. And, given a season of 8 year old pitching, I'm not sure I should have tracked their pitching...in the end it's still really about learning the fundamentals.

[mprusak]

If its really that critical to track the defensive plays at the pitcher position (find it hard to believe it would be), you can have a dummy player named "Coach" at pitcher, then if there is a play to the pitcher, you substitute that player in before recording the play, then substitute "Coach" back.

[Camerabry]

You could always take note of the pitch count totals at the end of the 3rd inning and manually subtract them from the stats for the kids later.