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Possibilities & Opportunities!
- Dec 13, 2019
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10-12u. Yep it can be. I don't think 8u was mentioned in my post, in this thread.
I've had parents tell me a head coach wouldn't even let them know where the next year tryouts were being held so the kid couldn't tryout. 8u to 10u.
The parent finally got the clue after a couple of unanswered calls and texts.
Sure if parents watch practice they'd see what the coaches see. Kids need parent help at these younger ages. If the coach tells them (2) or more times in a practice to do something help your kid. etc..
Examples of what 8u, 10u, and 12u coaches have done to help justify moving kids around or natural attrition/cut. I could write for a day the bad stuff I've witnessed and heard. This is a little cut throat at 10 and 12u. Being cut might be better than having kids subject to the garbage below.
Coaches front tossing to kids with no time for a player to even load a bat properly. Basically speed pitching to kids they want to run or look bad. Turn around and pitch to kids they want to coach with 6 or more seconds between each pitch.
Hit extra hard balls to the girls coaches don't want on or in the infield. Or at least to shut up parents/kids always lobbying for their DD to be on the infield.
During soft toss a HC will only throw to the better players and leaving an assistant to work with the less talented girls.
Have a roster w/multiple catchers to carry the catching load during long tournament weekends and use only one for the entire weekend. Squeaky wheel got the DD some behind the plate time. That'll teach'em.
Not pulling the #4 pitcher on the team when she's getting obliterated because parents think DD should be used more. Just humiliate her with a massive loss so she never wants to pitch again.
Usually a nothing pool game against a great hitting team. Leave team for number 2 spot on another team after the season ends (maybe).
A coach pulling the fine print on the contract to say the kid was violation on the team code to cut a child. Kid wasn't doing anything the other kids weren't already doing the entire time. A targeted mid-season cut.
A coach blaming a loss on a kid (directly calling a girl out for the loss in the post game talk) when it's a long list of bad coaching decisions got the loss. Quits softball for thd Fall. Maybe she'll give it anoher try in the Spring.
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I don’t agree on the
I don’t agree with the different stages of physical development. I can tell the girls that have the building blocks to work with and who has developed the fundamentals needed to be an above average player. Sure size helps but if they don’t have the proper skill development the size won’t really matter.
1. Bluedrivers, Can understand your point about recognizing potential.I don’t agree on the
I don’t agree with the different stages of physical development. I can tell the girls that have the building blocks to work with and who has developed the fundamentals needed to be an above average player. Sure size helps but if they don’t have the proper skill development the size won’t really matter.
My soon to be 11 YO is 5'2" 80 lbs so hopefully that new body is one that includes some muscles..Your DD gets a whole new body when she turns 13 or so. Sometimes it is a dramatic change, sometimes it isn't.
Softball at 12U is getting more and more like child beauty pageants. A child being "good" at 12U doesn't indicate that they are going to be "good" in HS or college.