I love a poster who asks rhetorical questions:
For all the non-newbies to softball: Is there anything more she had to say?
Ask him if he wants to adopt your DD, because otherwise the only time she will set foot in the circle is when she is running to the outfield.
If the one of the other pitchers breaks a leg or arm.
Please, don't bring logic into a discussion regarding softball. We have softballs that magically rise and umpire strike zones that look like something right out of "Beetlejuice."
There you go with that ridiculous logic again.
She won't...which is why your DD won't get a chance to pitch. If she got to pitch, she might beat out one of the other two.
Your DD is a good athlete or she wouldn't be playing CF. The HC wants her on the team to play CF and, in the event of an emergency, pitch a few innings. Perhaps the coach told you this and you weren't listening, in which case "shame on you". Perhaps he told you something different, which would then be "shame on him". But, in the end, it doesn't matter.
THE TRUTH: If your DD truly wants to be a pitcher, then she has to find a place to pitch. She needs to be either the #1 or the #2 pitcher. It will most likely be for a lesser team, but so what?
AC's daughter is #1, HC's daughter is #2, and my daughter is #3.
For all the non-newbies to softball: Is there anything more she had to say?
My question is, if you've made it this far, is what do I ask the coach -- what can I say to him -- to get him to tell us what my daughter needs to do to be able to pitch for the team?
Ask him if he wants to adopt your DD, because otherwise the only time she will set foot in the circle is when she is running to the outfield.
What will it take for him to let her throw a few innings?
If the one of the other pitchers breaks a leg or arm.
If experience and practice is what she needs, WHERE is she supposed to get it if not from him?
Please, don't bring logic into a discussion regarding softball. We have softballs that magically rise and umpire strike zones that look like something right out of "Beetlejuice."
He won't put her in because she lacks "whatever" something, but unless she's allowed to pitch, how on earth is she supposed to get it?
There you go with that ridiculous logic again.
How can she improve if not given the opportunity?
She won't...which is why your DD won't get a chance to pitch. If she got to pitch, she might beat out one of the other two.
Your DD is a good athlete or she wouldn't be playing CF. The HC wants her on the team to play CF and, in the event of an emergency, pitch a few innings. Perhaps the coach told you this and you weren't listening, in which case "shame on you". Perhaps he told you something different, which would then be "shame on him". But, in the end, it doesn't matter.
THE TRUTH: If your DD truly wants to be a pitcher, then she has to find a place to pitch. She needs to be either the #1 or the #2 pitcher. It will most likely be for a lesser team, but so what?