at 10u, I do not care how good a player is, you need to provide others some opportunities as well. limiting the pitchers to only OF or bench when they are not pitching (do they still hit?) is a way of avoiding contreversy when they outperform HC or ACs kids, as at that age, the pitchers much of the time are the more athletic kids.
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at 10u, I do not care how good a player is, you need to provide others some opportunities as well. limiting the pitchers to only OF or bench when they are not pitching (do they still hit?) is a way of avoiding contreversy when they outperform HC or ACs kids, as at that age, the pitchers much of the time are the more athletic kids.
So...this is 10u...and REC ball or Club or Travel Ball? And the HC is already limiting where girls play? Does she even get reps at multiple positions OF/IF during the practices? Or is the HC even limiting reps there as well?
THEY ARE TEN YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!! WTH is wrong with people "chosen" to coach or end up being the HCs??? ALL girls should get reps at multiple spots.
Say "Adios!" to that team, please. You'd be better off taking your DD down to the fields on your own and hitting her ground balls, pitching, hitting, fly balls, etc. You'd get more reps and improve more than it sounds like you would with that team and HC.
Blows my mind that girls at 10 yrs old are being slotted for specific positions already.
THEY ARE TEN YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!! WTH is wrong with people "chosen" to coach or end up being the HCs??? ALL girls should get reps at multiple spots.
Say "Adios!" to that team, please. You'd be better off taking your DD down to the fields on your own and hitting her ground balls, pitching, hitting, fly balls, etc. You'd get more reps and improve more than it sounds like you would with that team and HC.
Blows my mind that girls at 10 yrs old are being slotted for specific positions already.
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I said that but just assuming that the HC kid is not good as he thinks she is without seeing the kid isn't fair either..
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Yeah well you didn't give that information before did you? I played SS and pitched when I was 9-12 YO in LL and my father was the coach..nobody was accusing him of Daddy ball if they watched the games.
My older daughter plays on a team where the HC has a daughter play also and you would never even know which kid it was. She addresses him as “Coach” and she is treated the same as the others. I would never make that accusation for that team.
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Crazy.
First of all, as said above, 13 is too many. Honestly I like 10 or 11. I'm happy to play a game/tourney with 9 girls. And the real players love that too. More at bats, less bench time.
The bench in 10U should be evenly shared. And girls should get to play positions that interest them. They should get to practice any position they like and play it in games. Perhaps not in bracket games until they get better at the position, but what your coach proposes is crazy.
First of all, as said above, 13 is too many. Honestly I like 10 or 11. I'm happy to play a game/tourney with 9 girls. And the real players love that too. More at bats, less bench time.
The bench in 10U should be evenly shared. And girls should get to play positions that interest them. They should get to practice any position they like and play it in games. Perhaps not in bracket games until they get better at the position, but what your coach proposes is crazy.
Don't think my DD has struck out 14 times in her life.
If you do not have pitchers that can throw strikes (less than 3 or 4 walks per game), softball is unwatchable, IMO.
Nothing to do with anything but DD and me hated 10U.
Less then 3 or 4 walks a game, lol. I needed to read your post to make sure you Didn't say an inning.
Less then 3 or 4 walks a game, lol. I needed to read your post to make sure you Didn't say an inning.
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