- Mar 22, 2018
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I was referring to his comment that he would NEVER talk to a coach about his daughter's playing time..I was wondering if he would stay silent in those situations..That's all.
I don't agree with the "the best play and and often the rest complain". We have taught our daughter to work hard and compete for playing time and talk wither her coach. We don't expect her to be on the starting lineup. She is doing everything she is supposed to and, yet, nothing has changed. This is a kid who has played since she was 6 and has played every season since on very competitive teams throughout her softball career. She worked hard enough to get a scholarship to pitch in college and now she's not good enough to play on a high school team? When the team is up 10 -15 runs why not let other girls play?? He's not even allowing the girls that opportunity. How is that right? It's hight school ball for goodness sake.. If a kid goes to a coach to ask what she can do to improve to get playing time, the coach should give her specific feedback on what she's doing and how she can improve. Work harder is a cop out and tells me the coach doesn't have a clue. Be a coach and coach her. Communicate with her. Why is that so difficult? Why shouldn't that be expected of a coach? This is the first time she has ever had an issue with playing time and the team isn't stacked. I'm just trying to figure out the reasoning for a grown man to treat young girls this way...And it's not just my daughter.
We don't think things will change at this point and my daughter has accepted the fact she won't pitch or play third and will sit during her senior year, which sucks. She will continue to work hard and be the best teammate she can. A kid's playing time should be a result of her hard work and effort, not because her parents approached a coach.
I think what is happening in our situation is that the HC either doesn't know how to communicate with the players or is refusing to. I agree that the "work harder" is definitely a cop out in most cases. My DD has done everything she can possibly do at this point, kept her chin up, worked hard in rehab, has been the ultimate teammate, didn't miss a game or practice just because of the injury even when there was scrimmage the day after the injury, has earned her playing time from previous seasons and has been recognized for it and the HC is just going to sit her makes no sense to me - it's not because I approached the coach. My DD is in the same category as she was going to get an opportunity to play college softball but now somehow she's not good enough to play on the HS team, with the same girls she's played with most of her softball life. She's not even getting the opportunity to regain her status as a starter.
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