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Apr 11, 2016
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10. HC doesn't like to respond to emails, calls, or text.
9. Every practice has the same boring drills: e.g., 30 mins of throwing back and forth, 60 mins of scrimmage where most players stood there idol.
8. Coaches keep telling players who have private lessons how to bat/pitch, and each coach overrides the previous coach's "lecture".
7. Lots of yelling and correcting during games when team is fielding. (One coach told the 2B to step to her right 2 steps, a few secs later another one yelled at her and tell her to step to her left 2 steps.)
6. Players made the team because of relationship with HC, not because of skills.
5. HC calls only certain pitches b/c he doesn't understand the other pitches (such as only fastball and change-ups.)
4. HC states that the goal is to develop the girls' skills, so winning isn't important. In reality when the team loses, coaches get upset. (Big warning sign: If your DD normally doesn't cry but cried after the coaches "debrief" after a losing game, you know the coaches had said something.)
3. HC gets upset that players have play dates outside of team practice and his little buttercup wasn't included.
2. There are more than 3 dad-coaches, and HC is one of them. (How about 5 dad-coaches in a team of 11?!)
1. *drum rolls please* HC texts you that the team is dissolved and his buttercup is already on another team! (Ok, venting.)

Feel free to add to this list.

*Note: I understand that most of the coaches are volunteers. I get it. I had coached before myself. It takes time and efforts. But if you sign up to coach, keep in mind that this is a kids' sports. Parents on TB pay a lot of money for their kids to play. They also spend a lot of time to go to practices, games, and private lessons. If someone doesn't know how to be a good coach or refuse to go to the coaches training clinics, then be the assistant coach and ask someone with experience to HC. I've met a lot of great coaches out there, and none of these apply to them.
 
Apr 24, 2017
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11. If your DD is the best OR worst player on the team, find a new team. Generally speaking, they will not be able to grow here. Try to find a team where their skills are better matched.

12. If you are constantly complaining about how far away practice is/finding excuses not to go/have to force your DD to go to practice, find a new team. TB is supposed to be enjoyable.
 
Jan 22, 2011
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13. If you are thinking about posting on DFP about whether you should change teams, change teams.
 
Jun 29, 2013
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14. If the HC blames the kids for every loss except for the one that the umpires caused.
15. IF the coaches get mad during games at every mistake, but don't work on fundamentals in practice.
16. If you take DD to another team's tryout and she looks like she's having fun again for the first time in months. Especially when she gets more positive feedback from the other kids than she's heard in a season from her current team.
 

marriard

Not lost - just no idea where I am
Oct 2, 2011
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13. If you are thinking about posting on DFP about whether you should change teams, change teams.

Full 13.

13. If you are thinking about posting on DFP about whether you should change teams, change teams so you can find out whether you leave the crazy behind or you are bringing the crazy with you.


I try to avoid the 'team change/coach is unfair or insane or whatever' discussion on DFP because it tends to be one side of the story only and the real situation is either 1) the coaches are in the wrong 2) the parents are in the wrong or most likely 3) both the coaches and parents are in the wrong.

My other favorite is the posts which try to make it sound like 1) but it is clear it is 2). And the poster doesn't like the complete lack of sympathy to that situation they get to their post.
 
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Jun 1, 2013
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17) If your coach stands in 3rd base box and calls pitch location for the batter. You may want to step up in class

You may miss out on a good coach with 4 & 7
 
May 15, 2016
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9. Every practice has the same boring drills: e.g., 30 mins of throwing back and forth, 60 mins of scrimmage where most players stood there idol.

This alone would be a deal breaker for me, wouldn't let my DDs waste their time like this.
 

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