- May 14, 2010
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I think school ball has more pressure than travel. Every game counts. But why is the coach borderline insane?
Extremely dumb question. What coach isn't insane? Why else would we put up with the crap?
I think school ball has more pressure than travel. Every game counts. But why is the coach borderline insane?
In other words, you and your DD are "spoiled'--your DD plays for a TB coach and a TB team you carefully selected to fit you and your DD's wants and needs.
Dd's skill set has been destroyed in HS ball... batting avg has dropped about 200 points, and her pitching has never been worse. She is made to do push ups for utilizing an IR approach, if HE isn't performed she is told to drop and push ten. Thanks to this a-- hole her speed is down about 10 mph and the spin/movement is horrible. Been such a horrible experience that it's highly unlikely she'll play next year. Thinking we'll give tennis a whirl.
Extremely dumb question. What coach isn't insane? Why else would we put up with the crap?
This drives me nuts. Why would they try to change someone in such a short amount of time?
Something very similar happened to one of our travel players who is on JV in another town. She tucks the ball behind her head in her overhand throwing motion. Her throwing motion is not optimal, but she has great hands and is very quick with the catch and throw sequence. Despite the motion she has a good arm and she's a really nice kid from a great family.
Early on in practices, the high school coach told her she had to change and showed her how she should throw. When she didn't immediately change her motion, the coach pretty much sidelined her. She didn't see much playing time in HS ball and is really upset. She is one of the few travel ball players on the team.
This is not something a player can change in a 5 weeks of preseason workouts. If she told her, "It is not optimal, fix it for next year", I could understand. At least that is within the realm of possibility.
I can only surmise the coach is enamored of her coaching prowess and when her wizened words didn't cause muscle memory to be magically undone she was annoyed.
Hello All:
I am interested to learn about High School Softball. My daughter plays for a HS coach who is borderline insane.
My kid is a travel player who plays on a top level team. She is a mid infielder that hits between .400-.450avg a season in travel.
But its been a frustrating high school season where she barely hit .400 after 20 games played . Seems in high school she hits the ball hard but gets unlucky and either hits the ball right at them or they make an unbelievable catch etc...
The coach bats her ninth & after 20 games she only has 16 RBI'S .360avg
Is it possible to have more pressure in High School ball than travel ? How do we make sense of this ???
Need some input please ...
JWP