So DD as a 2004 is on our area's top TB team of 2003/2004 players. DD is going into the offseason as (AFAIK) the #2 or #3 pitcher. Very big and strong kid who has worked extremely hard and has gained recognition. Have a great PC affiliated with our team who DD has taken clinics and private lessons with since she was 8 (she turns 13 in March). He's got the right personality and great technical knowledge and it all just works for her.
We get to see PC for an hour per week (for now; it will go up in the new year) plus we each week we have a one-hour session with the team's "kinda" PC (two or three pitchers have been showing up for those) plus a weekly one-hour "unstructured" session of pitching/catching.
It's the latter times (and to a certain extent even the sessions with the team's "kinda" PC) that are the issue. The team's "kinda" PC I can live with because at least she has a bit of knowledge (former pitcher with this organization and Div III college player) and occasionally has a tidbit that makes sense for DD, but at the unstructured session sometime the other ACs jump in with tips that are at best not that helpful and in some cases completely wrong.
DD and I are deeply appreciative of the good intentions of the ACs and the fact that they are donating their personal time to the organization (none has any kids on the team nor does the HC). But pitching is obviously a highly technical endeavour and I feel like non-PC ACs who are not qualified to offer technical advice should probably avoid it. Again, I know they are well-meaning. Last week DD was somewhat upset b/c she felt like she had to listen to an AC's pitching tip even though she knew it was wrong. When we saw her longtime PC the following evening he told DD (diplomatically) that she could safely ignore that particular tip.
I don't want the kid to get caught in a tug-of-war among coaches or to be a disruptive influence on the team - but I also think it's counterproductive for someone who is not a PC to be giving random tips to a very talented pitcher. I think I'm inclined to have her just politely smile and nod then more or less ignore the advice, but if an AC insists on something that is wrong should I gently intervene? Or talk to the HC with my concerns?
We get to see PC for an hour per week (for now; it will go up in the new year) plus we each week we have a one-hour session with the team's "kinda" PC (two or three pitchers have been showing up for those) plus a weekly one-hour "unstructured" session of pitching/catching.
It's the latter times (and to a certain extent even the sessions with the team's "kinda" PC) that are the issue. The team's "kinda" PC I can live with because at least she has a bit of knowledge (former pitcher with this organization and Div III college player) and occasionally has a tidbit that makes sense for DD, but at the unstructured session sometime the other ACs jump in with tips that are at best not that helpful and in some cases completely wrong.
DD and I are deeply appreciative of the good intentions of the ACs and the fact that they are donating their personal time to the organization (none has any kids on the team nor does the HC). But pitching is obviously a highly technical endeavour and I feel like non-PC ACs who are not qualified to offer technical advice should probably avoid it. Again, I know they are well-meaning. Last week DD was somewhat upset b/c she felt like she had to listen to an AC's pitching tip even though she knew it was wrong. When we saw her longtime PC the following evening he told DD (diplomatically) that she could safely ignore that particular tip.
I don't want the kid to get caught in a tug-of-war among coaches or to be a disruptive influence on the team - but I also think it's counterproductive for someone who is not a PC to be giving random tips to a very talented pitcher. I think I'm inclined to have her just politely smile and nod then more or less ignore the advice, but if an AC insists on something that is wrong should I gently intervene? Or talk to the HC with my concerns?