IMO, I wouldn't listen to me when it comes to HS ball I can't hardly watch the train wreck my dd plays on. My dd isn't a big strike out pitcher, more of a ground ball inducer. One game they had 7 errors in the first inning from booting the ball off the glove, to some where over the rainbow throws to first, to chucking the softball to the outfield throwing to second. The coach wants to hug the girls all the time not stand up for his players. To down right kissing the buts of the coaches they're playing. If I get any further away from the field to watch, I'm going to be in another zip code.
This cracked me up. I have mixed emotions about HS ball, but you hit the nail on the head. It is a train wreck!!!
One of the assistant coaches stopped by my classroom and asked what I thought of a recent game. I noted that we had a lot of rainbow throws and booted and dropped fly balls for errors. His response: "we don't call those errors, those are infield hits. If we called them errors the girls would cry".
But, for DD it has been profitable. She has learned to control what she can control. Although it still p!$$es her off, she has learned to shrug off the dropped balls, "hits" through the legs, and the dropped fly balls. So, for my DD it has made her a better pitcher and a better person.
DW is hoping this last year of HS ball will make me a better person, but she's not holding her breath.