Tried to find more info about this situation with no luck so I thought I'd register here and get the answer straight from the source.
A close friends daughter is just starting her senior year. She's been playing Varsity and Club Softball since she was a freshman, while not a "blue chipper" she clearly has some college interest and should make it to the next level on scholarship. She works insanely hard on her softball and is an AP student with a high GPA.
She's also a reasonably decent forward in Basketball - but not scholarship material there.
Now she's been with this club team since she was a frosh - made all the trips to Vegas, Denver and god knows where else - been a grinder for her coach and the Club since day one. Her parents kicked in all the money when asked, did all the boosting and whatever else was requested. When she played B-ball last year and it caused her to miss a practice, she sat. She knew she would sit and so it was a calculated decision on her part.
This year as I said she has college scouts looking at her, she has the highest OBP and batting average on her team and she has a gun from 3B. And she wants to play basketball. So that's gonna cut in to some practices for the Club Team, and the coach is already talking about benching her.
What would you guys do? The girl plays B-ball to stay in shape and that team, while a marginal bunch of white girls, needs her. Don't college softball teams desire a multi-sport athlete when evaluating talent? Why, knowing what this family and this girl has dedicated to this Club, would the coaches not try and find a working solution that's a win-win for both parties? She's a Senior and she has her furture on the line with this Club. I get benching her as a Junior, but there's too much invested by both sides to do that now.
Plus she's a kid - shouldn't she be able to have some fun shooting hoops with her GF's? I played D1 college football in the late 80's and 90's so I know a little about pressure, and I'm sorry.... this is not that. Let the kid play basketball is my thought, but it looks like this Club stuff is serious, so maybe I'm off base.
Maybe the Club Softball world should say, up front and in writing, that other sports are banned......?
What would you guys/gals do? What have you done before? I have no clue about this stuff whatsoever and I just want to help this kid.....
A close friends daughter is just starting her senior year. She's been playing Varsity and Club Softball since she was a freshman, while not a "blue chipper" she clearly has some college interest and should make it to the next level on scholarship. She works insanely hard on her softball and is an AP student with a high GPA.
She's also a reasonably decent forward in Basketball - but not scholarship material there.
Now she's been with this club team since she was a frosh - made all the trips to Vegas, Denver and god knows where else - been a grinder for her coach and the Club since day one. Her parents kicked in all the money when asked, did all the boosting and whatever else was requested. When she played B-ball last year and it caused her to miss a practice, she sat. She knew she would sit and so it was a calculated decision on her part.
This year as I said she has college scouts looking at her, she has the highest OBP and batting average on her team and she has a gun from 3B. And she wants to play basketball. So that's gonna cut in to some practices for the Club Team, and the coach is already talking about benching her.
What would you guys do? The girl plays B-ball to stay in shape and that team, while a marginal bunch of white girls, needs her. Don't college softball teams desire a multi-sport athlete when evaluating talent? Why, knowing what this family and this girl has dedicated to this Club, would the coaches not try and find a working solution that's a win-win for both parties? She's a Senior and she has her furture on the line with this Club. I get benching her as a Junior, but there's too much invested by both sides to do that now.
Plus she's a kid - shouldn't she be able to have some fun shooting hoops with her GF's? I played D1 college football in the late 80's and 90's so I know a little about pressure, and I'm sorry.... this is not that. Let the kid play basketball is my thought, but it looks like this Club stuff is serious, so maybe I'm off base.
Maybe the Club Softball world should say, up front and in writing, that other sports are banned......?
What would you guys/gals do? What have you done before? I have no clue about this stuff whatsoever and I just want to help this kid.....