This may get long...
I have talked about this before but DD is in JROTC. She can't join the drill team because it interferes with high school softball. She played JV her freshman year and started a lot of games on Varsity her sophomore year. This year she has mostly played every game but isn't one of the top 6 that won't sit any part of a game. It's fine - she gets playing time. We already have issues with how the coach does things but we've dealt with it.
So she is actually on a team in ROTC that is supposed to have monthly meetings. Which she misses because of softball. She's told her sergeant about it and he is fine with it. In the beginning of school email from ROTC it said there would be a town parade that ROTC would march at and it was required for all cadets. So I checked our SB schedule and it's only supposed to be individual practices - so no game and it sounds like maybe 30 min practices for each player.
So we thought DD could make the parade.
She emailed her coach to let him know about it and that she'd miss practice. He replied and said - the parade wasn't required so she couldn't go. And then she said that her sergeant got an email from a coach asking if the parade was required. He said no - it wasn't because I guess if something was more important he wouldn't be forcing them to go. DD texted her coach back and said - she thought that since it was just a short practice, it'd be okay for her to miss. Her coach replied "I don't see how that makes it okay?"
So at this point - DD says she wants to not play high school sb her senior year. I just don't know what to do anymore. She goes to practice every day - is a team player - misses out on anything else. Has to stay up late to just get her homework done because she is gone from 6am-9pm when they have games. It'd def make next year less stressful but I hate the idea of her missing her senior year. But I don't know how to get through to this coach and why he is this way.
It clearly seems to him that softball >>>>> school, life, sleep, etc
But we aren't great - if we were on a team that had a chance to even make it to playoffs it'd be one thing - but we won't make it.
I'm literally shaking with how upset I am about this. I honestly thought this year was going to better.
And I know - high school softball sucks.
I have talked about this before but DD is in JROTC. She can't join the drill team because it interferes with high school softball. She played JV her freshman year and started a lot of games on Varsity her sophomore year. This year she has mostly played every game but isn't one of the top 6 that won't sit any part of a game. It's fine - she gets playing time. We already have issues with how the coach does things but we've dealt with it.
So she is actually on a team in ROTC that is supposed to have monthly meetings. Which she misses because of softball. She's told her sergeant about it and he is fine with it. In the beginning of school email from ROTC it said there would be a town parade that ROTC would march at and it was required for all cadets. So I checked our SB schedule and it's only supposed to be individual practices - so no game and it sounds like maybe 30 min practices for each player.
So we thought DD could make the parade.
She emailed her coach to let him know about it and that she'd miss practice. He replied and said - the parade wasn't required so she couldn't go. And then she said that her sergeant got an email from a coach asking if the parade was required. He said no - it wasn't because I guess if something was more important he wouldn't be forcing them to go. DD texted her coach back and said - she thought that since it was just a short practice, it'd be okay for her to miss. Her coach replied "I don't see how that makes it okay?"
So at this point - DD says she wants to not play high school sb her senior year. I just don't know what to do anymore. She goes to practice every day - is a team player - misses out on anything else. Has to stay up late to just get her homework done because she is gone from 6am-9pm when they have games. It'd def make next year less stressful but I hate the idea of her missing her senior year. But I don't know how to get through to this coach and why he is this way.
It clearly seems to him that softball >>>>> school, life, sleep, etc
But we aren't great - if we were on a team that had a chance to even make it to playoffs it'd be one thing - but we won't make it.
I'm literally shaking with how upset I am about this. I honestly thought this year was going to better.
And I know - high school softball sucks.