- Jun 12, 2015
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You coach a 10U team, first year but a talented group. You're playing in a tournament that's lower level teams and you've got a pretty good shot at the championship. You decide for this tournament to play 9, sit 3 each game (usually you play 11, and rotate girls throughout innings). There are 11 girls on the team plus one pick up you're hoping to woo onto your team. What is the reasoning of having girls sit entire games?
Does it influence your opinion of this scenario at all if the pick up girl gets to play every game, while several of the girls who are actually on the team will sit 2-3 entire games?
If you were a parent on this team, what would you think about this scenario? I'm not a coach and often the strategy stuff goes over my head. But to me, this feels like, "I want to win, more than I want to develop this team of talented 9 year olds. I care more about acquiring talent than developing talent I already have." What am I missing? Give me something here.
Does it influence your opinion of this scenario at all if the pick up girl gets to play every game, while several of the girls who are actually on the team will sit 2-3 entire games?
If you were a parent on this team, what would you think about this scenario? I'm not a coach and often the strategy stuff goes over my head. But to me, this feels like, "I want to win, more than I want to develop this team of talented 9 year olds. I care more about acquiring talent than developing talent I already have." What am I missing? Give me something here.