- Jun 16, 2015
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DD is on a C level 14U travel team, having played rec since 10U in a non-softball area. DD wants to play in college as a pitcher. We’ve invested time and money with a local pitching coach that was more cheerleader than teacher. DD’s level of commitment to her team and team practice is very strong but not matched by her coach and teammates. Her team operates more as a rec team, with a lot of cancelled or inefficient practices. Very quickly we figured we’d have to get additional lessons if she was to improve. While this was disappointing, we decided to stick out the season. DD is not motivated to practice on her own, and it gets old reminding her. DH unfortunately has little time to catch for her, and I’m unable. Her pitching has been awful this spring, as expected, and if we weren’t already down a pitcher, I’d have no doubt she would be benched. That in itself would be a great lesson. At what point do you stop reminding them to practice and take them to lessons? Is it on us as parents to practice more with her? She has a pitching set-up in the basement to practice on her own, but rarely does so unless I accompany her. Travel tryouts will be in 45 days and we will be trying out for other teams, but after seeing some other local pitchers, DD pales in comparison. She will be taking some camps to sharpen her abilities before tryouts, so I’m hopeful that will help. Any advice is greatly appreciated. It’s difficult sitting on the sidelines watching her struggle and I keep waiting for her to get frustrated enough to improve. Where do you draw the line?