2013's team just brought up a very strong JV player who speaks very little English. He works very hard and everyone really likes him and wants to help him be successful, but the language barrier is problematic when the coach is shouting instruction from the dugout.
Several of the players take Spanish and can help out to a degree, but they don't know how to translate all the terminology themselves. We suggested that they talk to their Spanish teacher about a group or extra credit project to develop sort of a baseball dictionary of terms and phrases for the team and coach. She could help them with dialect, etc.
Has anyone else experienced this particular challenge, and do you have any suggestions you can share?
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