I attended a high school game this past weekend. I was talking to one of the fans and the topic of giving signs came up. He pointed to me that all of the players were wearing wrist bands (like a quarterback) he said the coach would call a color or number or whatever and the players would look on their wrist. I have been out of it awhile and yes I am one of those old timers but ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!
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We just had a long thread on this. It's becoming very popular.
Watched my son's college team this weekend (3 game series). It sure was refreshing to see signs sent the old fashion way........
Calling out 3 or 4 digit numbers always seems to irritate me. I remember noticing this when my son played in travel tournaments. Maybe it wouldn't seem so out of place if the players would at least memorize the "numbers" and not constantly have to look at the wristband.
Watched my son's college team this weekend (3 game series). It sure was refreshing to see signs sent the old fashion way........
Calling out 3 or 4 digit numbers always seems to irritate me. I remember noticing this when my son played in travel tournaments. Maybe it wouldn't seem so out of place if the players would at least memorize the "numbers" and not constantly have to look at the wristband.
Unless your team is a bunch of rainmen, having the numbers able to be memorized would defeat the purpose.
Watched my son's college team this weekend (3 game series). It sure was refreshing to see signs sent the old fashion way........
Calling out 3 or 4 digit numbers always seems to irritate me. I remember noticing this when my son played in travel tournaments. Maybe it wouldn't seem so out of place if the players would at least memorize the "numbers" and not constantly have to look at the wristband.
They don't always stay the same from game to game.
Watched my son's college team this weekend (3 game series). It sure was refreshing to see signs sent the old fashion way........
Calling out 3 or 4 digit numbers always seems to irritate me. I remember noticing this when my son played in travel tournaments. Maybe it wouldn't seem so out of place if the players would at least memorize the "numbers" and not constantly have to look at the wristband.
Unless your team is a bunch of rainmen, having the numbers able to be memorized would defeat the purpose.
Watched my son's college team this weekend (3 game series). It sure was refreshing to see signs sent the old fashion way........
Calling out 3 or 4 digit numbers always seems to irritate me. I remember noticing this when my son played in travel tournaments. Maybe it wouldn't seem so out of place if the players would at least memorize the "numbers" and not constantly have to look at the wristband.
Unless your team is a bunch of rainmen, having the numbers able to be memorized would defeat the purpose.
Like I said, that defeats the purpose.
The numbers on wristbands are assigned randomly. No digit or number has any inherent relationship with a given play or pitch. This avoids the ability for the opposition to pick up on any pattern. The purpose of wristbands is to eliminate patterns.
Watched my son's college team this weekend (3 game series). It sure was refreshing to see signs sent the old fashion way........
Calling out 3 or 4 digit numbers always seems to irritate me. I remember noticing this when my son played in travel tournaments. Maybe it wouldn't seem so out of place if the players would at least memorize the "numbers" and not constantly have to look at the wristband.
Unless your team is a bunch of rainmen, having the numbers able to be memorized would defeat the purpose.
Like I said, that defeats the purpose.
The numbers on wristbands are assigned randomly. No digit or number has any inherent relationship with a given play or pitch. This avoids the ability for the opposition to pick up on any pattern. The purpose of wristbands is to eliminate patterns.
Watched my son's college team this weekend (3 game series). It sure was refreshing to see signs sent the old fashion way........
Calling out 3 or 4 digit numbers always seems to irritate me. I remember noticing this when my son played in travel tournaments. Maybe it wouldn't seem so out of place if the players would at least memorize the "numbers" and not constantly have to look at the wristband.
Unless your team is a bunch of rainmen, having the numbers able to be memorized would defeat the purpose.
Like I said, that defeats the purpose.
The numbers on wristbands are assigned randomly. No digit or number has any inherent relationship with a given play or pitch. This avoids the ability for the opposition to pick up on any pattern. The purpose of wristbands is to eliminate patterns.
No, they don't. The numbers are independent of what is called. A 1 in one call has nothing to do with a 1 in another. You have enough numbers on the wristband to avoid repeating, so that eliminates that issue. They're the baseball equivalent of random-number pads. What you are using is a cipher, which can be figured out.
I used to work camps years back all ages. I used to do a session on signs. Even the kids 10 and 11 got it. Now high school kids need a list on their arm? How many things do they have to remember. Bunt steal hit and run. Overwhelming!!!!!
