I am the Assistant Coach of my dd's rec team in a highly competitive league where multiple travel teams play league ball in between tourneys. Our team is mostly rec girls with the exception of 3 or 4. Those girls work hard and are progressing on a much better pace. Our head coach is very relaxed in everything he does so practices are very laid back and are only about 1 hr twice a week. No matter how much I try to get him to understand that our players need more, they need more practice, more coaching in order to excel in the sport; he doesn't seem to care. I took over practice planning, roster decisions, calling plays and pretty much anything else and things have improved a ton but there is still room to improve.
My dd has been playing for four years and has done well. She can play all positions but primarily plays 1B and P and wants to practice all the time. We usually have the two team practices, 3-4 pitching practices a week depending on our schedules. She wants to play any time she can and wants to play at a higher level. We have been watching some of the select/travel ball teams at tournaments and at open workouts over the last month or so. She has been attending open practices with 3 select teams each week in our area but I am not sure that they are much better than what we are currently dealing with.
I have been coaching softball for 5 years, played select baseball for 8 years, love coaching and want the girls to be the best they can be. I currently have 4 or 5 players that are ready to commit to travel ball with two of them being pitchers.
My question is...Should we choose to play on an existing select team (with the risk of the same stuff) or start our on select team?
My dd has been playing for four years and has done well. She can play all positions but primarily plays 1B and P and wants to practice all the time. We usually have the two team practices, 3-4 pitching practices a week depending on our schedules. She wants to play any time she can and wants to play at a higher level. We have been watching some of the select/travel ball teams at tournaments and at open workouts over the last month or so. She has been attending open practices with 3 select teams each week in our area but I am not sure that they are much better than what we are currently dealing with.
I have been coaching softball for 5 years, played select baseball for 8 years, love coaching and want the girls to be the best they can be. I currently have 4 or 5 players that are ready to commit to travel ball with two of them being pitchers.
My question is...Should we choose to play on an existing select team (with the risk of the same stuff) or start our on select team?