As is so often the case, life's most important lessons are often the most unpleasant to go thru. I certainly don't want to sound glib, but IMO, she's actually been given a great gift. Through a bad situation, she's been given the opportunity to develop a healthy-skepticism that will serve her...
As long as she has a good back-up bat, one she's very comfortable with, then I agree with Core. As long as there's no cracking, and the end cap is still seated firmly, you've probably got quite a bit of life left in the bat. The problem is, when they do finally break, its never at a very...
I was initially going to ask if you actually happened to witness the coach yelling, or were told this by your DD? In my experience, a lot of young ladies can misinterpret stern instruction, or intensity as yelling. However, after reading this.....
I'm leaning towards "Idiot"
If there's one thing my limited experience in fastpitch tells me, its that facemasks are only going to get more popular. I see exponentially more masks at every level (travel, HS, and college), than I did 15 years ago, when DD1 first started playing. I see nothing to make me believe this trend...
We'll be making the trip south this weekend. Looks like they have us (14's) playing at Mid-American, nice facility. Haven't seen a lot of these teams since last spring, so it should be a lot of fun. MSP always puts on a nice event. Going down early so I can get my OK Joe's fix out of the...
Sounds like this game may have a lot to do with where she may be playing next season. Wishing her the best; hope you're able to make the trip to see it!
My DD plays for one of the host teams, and if that happened at the Urbandale fields, I think we witnessed that shot. Couple of us dads were trying to guess the distance, figured it was easily 240 of more (200 ft fence+ 15-20 ft greenspace+ 1 row of SUVs= BOMB!) Congrats!!
I'd try not to be too tough on her. Sounds as if she's a pretty huge part of her team; both defensively and with the bat. Along with that comes a tremendous amount of pressure (some external, but mostly self-implied). Most 13 yo are ill-equipped to deal with these feelings, both physically...
Re-read your OP; I think you've forgotten who this is supposed to be about. A comfy chair in the outfield is not a bad idea. I'm guessing the coach, the team, the parents, and probably your DD could use the break
It seems to me there's very little vacillating going on. She made a decision. The coach knows of the decision. The coach disagrees with the decision. Pretty cut-and-dry, IMO
Four teams practicing together? That's 40-50 girls; that's not practice, that's a zoo. Those numbers sound more like a camp. I'd guess that you definitely have the upper hand in one-to-one instruction; because in his practice scenario, I'm assuming there is little to none.