Head coach of Gold AS team (10U) refuses to look at stats when considering line up. We have 2 girls that have over our first 10 games now hit ~500 with not a single K. Two other players are hitting below 200 with 5 & 7 Ks in 10 games. Two girls hitting well are 11 - 12 in line up, two struggling are hitting 4 & 6. I conceed that the two girls near bottom have about 5-6 fewer at bats (about 20 vs. 25) so a hit can make a difference, but 10 games is enough of a sample to start to notice.
I asked if he had considered moving 11 and 12 up as they were hitting well and he said, "I don't think they were hitting that well overall."
Scorekeeper is brutally honest with not awarding hit if a defensive out should have been made. Scorebook says player 11 has 2 doubles, 5 singles, 7 BB, reached on an error and 6 outs on hit balls. Player 12 has 6 singles, 6 outs, 6 BB and reached on 2 errors. Any recommendations on how I should approach coach with "real" data as opposed to impressions. I am asst coach, but HC doesn't want input. The players involved are not my DD, but I don't want to poison his attitude toward my DD.
We have been batting around in the two tournaments so far so positions shouldn't have necessarily driven his decisions. I am starting to hear sniping from the parents who are smart enough to notice that a couple of our hitters are frequent outs, often in the same inning.
Good news is that we are the #1 seed out of pool play this weekend and our pitching has been rock solid.
Thanks for the advice.
I asked if he had considered moving 11 and 12 up as they were hitting well and he said, "I don't think they were hitting that well overall."
Scorekeeper is brutally honest with not awarding hit if a defensive out should have been made. Scorebook says player 11 has 2 doubles, 5 singles, 7 BB, reached on an error and 6 outs on hit balls. Player 12 has 6 singles, 6 outs, 6 BB and reached on 2 errors. Any recommendations on how I should approach coach with "real" data as opposed to impressions. I am asst coach, but HC doesn't want input. The players involved are not my DD, but I don't want to poison his attitude toward my DD.
We have been batting around in the two tournaments so far so positions shouldn't have necessarily driven his decisions. I am starting to hear sniping from the parents who are smart enough to notice that a couple of our hitters are frequent outs, often in the same inning.
Good news is that we are the #1 seed out of pool play this weekend and our pitching has been rock solid.
Thanks for the advice.