I can sympathize...
DD was our teams #1 catcher for 1.5 seasons. Then, last January our coach picked up a pitcher "who would only throw to HER catcher" so "obviously" (insert rolling eyes here) they were a package deal. DD was the better catcher - coach admitted it, and eventually so did the pitchers dad. However, coach said he couldn't play the new catcher anywhere but catcher because he couldn't trust her, while he could trust DD to play just about anywhere. So DD became the #2 catcher - catching about 30% of games, and playing 1st most of the rest of the time. We were told at the beginning of this season that catching would be split 50/50 this year. Has it happened? NO. DD has caught probably a total of 12 innings all fall season. She has not caught one full game all season. She was again playing 1st most of the time, until the past 2 tourneys where she has been on the bench or in CF. AC's DD is now playing 1st (and for what it's worth she is awful. If the ball doesn't just land in her glove she won't make a move for it). DD is a great outfielder, but I am annoyed that now she has been pushed out of 2 positions, and I feel like she has lost her edge at catcher. She is working with a couple different pitchers during their lessons, but lessons are not the same as game experience.
Before we go into the next season I am having a sit down with the coach. DD has played for him for 3 years and I really do like him as a person. I think he has gotten caught up in the girls who cry when they don't get to play the positions they want, and the parents who either get in his face or buddy up to him. DD never complains and always does as she's asked with a good attitude. I have never complained to him either but I feel like we are being taken advantage of.
There are 4 teams where I know DD would be welcomed with open arms - and would play as the #1 catcher. However, she loves the girls she plays with and really doesn't want to change teams - but she is frustrated with her play time as of late.
DD was our teams #1 catcher for 1.5 seasons. Then, last January our coach picked up a pitcher "who would only throw to HER catcher" so "obviously" (insert rolling eyes here) they were a package deal. DD was the better catcher - coach admitted it, and eventually so did the pitchers dad. However, coach said he couldn't play the new catcher anywhere but catcher because he couldn't trust her, while he could trust DD to play just about anywhere. So DD became the #2 catcher - catching about 30% of games, and playing 1st most of the rest of the time. We were told at the beginning of this season that catching would be split 50/50 this year. Has it happened? NO. DD has caught probably a total of 12 innings all fall season. She has not caught one full game all season. She was again playing 1st most of the time, until the past 2 tourneys where she has been on the bench or in CF. AC's DD is now playing 1st (and for what it's worth she is awful. If the ball doesn't just land in her glove she won't make a move for it). DD is a great outfielder, but I am annoyed that now she has been pushed out of 2 positions, and I feel like she has lost her edge at catcher. She is working with a couple different pitchers during their lessons, but lessons are not the same as game experience.
Before we go into the next season I am having a sit down with the coach. DD has played for him for 3 years and I really do like him as a person. I think he has gotten caught up in the girls who cry when they don't get to play the positions they want, and the parents who either get in his face or buddy up to him. DD never complains and always does as she's asked with a good attitude. I have never complained to him either but I feel like we are being taken advantage of.
There are 4 teams where I know DD would be welcomed with open arms - and would play as the #1 catcher. However, she loves the girls she plays with and really doesn't want to change teams - but she is frustrated with her play time as of late.
