- Oct 4, 2020
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DD is the number 2 on her low B travel ball team so gets a good share of the load every weekend. Just started middle school ball and in the beginning of the season the coach threw her into a scrimmage without notice or warmup or anything...frazzled her as it was unexpected. She's used to a thorough warmup before entering the circle. Actually ran over to me for a quick warm up worried but there wasn't time as she needed to jump out there right away. It was between innings - didn't give her the heads up until they were heading back out on the field after their offensive side of the inning. Kind of looked at the clip board and say something like "ok you go here, you go there..." Also a situation where she wanted to impress the new girls and the community around her. Needless to say she didn't do well...walked several. Weird thing is the coach was calling balls and strikes from behind second base. DD and catcher both thought some of the calls were off...I couldn't tell from my vantage point but they looked close. Was agony watching the whole thing go down. Serious blow to her confidence. He just let her walk and walk and walk those batters with the occasional "come on, just dig down and throw strikes". Now, he's not pitching her at all and ended up putting her in center field. As an athlete she does well out there but I know it upsets her. The REAL problem is it seems to have creeped in to her performance on her travel team.
The other thing I should mention is she's gone through a mechanics change from HE to IR this last year and strike percentage has gone down. Before this incident though she's managed to make things work, but after this incident it just seems things started to fall apart.
What do I do? Anything? How do I talk to her? What's my attitude here? I remain composed and positive with her on the outside but inside its killing me. Hoping for some sage advice from those who have been there, done that.
The other thing I should mention is she's gone through a mechanics change from HE to IR this last year and strike percentage has gone down. Before this incident though she's managed to make things work, but after this incident it just seems things started to fall apart.
What do I do? Anything? How do I talk to her? What's my attitude here? I remain composed and positive with her on the outside but inside its killing me. Hoping for some sage advice from those who have been there, done that.