Thats great BD. But if my first baseman grounds out Im not going to make him carry his helmet to 3rd base dugout when he is already at first base. Someone is going to pick him up and he is going to already be where he needs to be. But to each his own. "It was a joke."
Coaching has nothing to do with how big your program is. It doesn't matter if its a 6a or 1a program coaching is coaching. My philosophy is I am going to coach my players in practice and let them play the game on game day. Coaching first base is coaching first base. Coaching the game in the dugout is another issue. Coaching in practice is another issue. The last thing I want my baserunners doing is having any of their attention to what they need to have it on distracted by someone talking to them , instructing them while they are trying to play the game. Do that in practice so you dont have to during the game.
I teach my catchers to call their own game. I want my catchers to call their own game. If you have to constantly remind a player what to do while they are trying to do what they need to do then someone has not properly coached them to know what to do. Players can not play instinctively when they are constantly coached up while trying to play the game.
This is just the way I do it and it works for us. We work very hard in practice and we coach them very hard. When its game time we shut up and let them play. The more you have to coach during a game the less coaching you have done prior to the game. Players will never play instinctive baseball when they are looking to be told what to do and constantly reminded of what they need to do while they are trying to play.
Good luck to you coach if it works for you fine. For me the less coaching I have to do during a game the better job I have done before it.