Here's a philosophical question. Your team is going to Nationals of one flavor of another. You have enough to play but are worried about having subs, so you invite a couple of guest players to come along.
How much do you play the guest players? Do you use them as fillers/subs, or do you play them all the time since they're doing your team a favor by coming along?
Ken Krause
Lake County Glory 14U
Contributing editor, Softball Magazine
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From a parent's aspect, if i go through the effort of taking my dd to a game i expect her to get at least one at bat and play an inning or two in one of her normal positions during each game. I wouldn't want her to just be stuck into a position that she hasn't practiced/played at. I'm sure those girls don't agree to come thinking they'll ride the pine the entire weekend.
I always told parents/players right after tryouts, that if there were players that were needed/available for nationals, I would pick them up. I also told them if they were good enough to be picked up, they would play. This way eveerybody knew upfront and that it wouldn't be any suprize if I did it.
If you are going to use a pick up player, then you she is part of the team. So, you treat her like everyone else.
Ray
Former Crazy Daddy
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