KAT

It sounds like a bad fit, just go to a few tryouts, talk to the coach alot before trying out on his goals, ideas, and his thoughts. Find a team that she can grow with. Make sure its a challenge without being overwhelming. She needs playing time yes, but practicing with better girls will make her better quickly. Good luck and hope you find a team. We have been in this situation before and its uncomfortable. We live in washington state the east side so our choices for high level teams are very restrictive. With that said we were able to find a team with the same goals. Now that DD has ended her sophomore year she had to make a few decisions, one being that softball is her number 2 sport. She has decided to place most of her effort into the basketball side, we will miss softball alot. I spoke with her coach the other day so she understands where we are going etc...so she can plan herself. She is sad to see her go but glad to see she is following her heart. We will finish out the year and she has invited her to play fall ball with the team. She has asked if she would be a pick up player for them during the summer time next year when she is not touring with her basketball team, we were so happy to hear she was still interested in keeping her touching the softball. It's hard to make decisions like this and very hard to tell the coach about it, it went well for us. There are some very good coaches who do care about the girls..along with wanting to play at the highest level that they can play at as a team. Just keep looking, don't be afraid to try several.